Yermak (1898 icebreaker)
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Yermak[1] (Russian: Ермак, IPA: [jɪrˈmak]) was a Russian and later Soviet icebreaker. It was the first polar icebreaker in the world, having a strengthened hull shaped to ride over and crush pack ice.
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Yermak on the Baltic Sea before 1917 | |
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Russian Empire/RSFSR/USSR | |
Name | Yermak |
Builder | N. I. Yankovsky, R. I. Runeberg, Armstrong Whitworth and others |
Yard number | 684 |
Laid down | 1897 |
Launched | 17 October 1898 |
Completed | 1899 |
Acquired | 1899 |
Out of service | 1963 |
Fate | Scrapped 1964 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 8730 tons |
Length | 97.5 m |
Beam | 21.6 m |
Draught | 7.3 m |
Ice class | Icebreaker |
Installed power | 9000 hp |
Propulsion | 4 shaft, 8 VTE steam engines, 6 boilers |
Speed | 12 knots |
Crew | 102 |
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