50 Let Pobedy

History
Russia
Name50 Let Pobedy (50 лет Победы)
Namesake50th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War
OwnerRussian Federation
OperatorFSUE Atomflot
Port of registryMurmansk,  Russia
BuilderBaltic Shipyard
Yard number705
Laid down4 October 1989
Launched29 December 1993
Commissioned23 March 2007
Maiden voyage2007
Identification
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class & typeArktika-class icebreaker
Tonnage
Displacement25,168 tons
Length159.6 m (524 ft)
Beam30 m (98 ft)
Draught11 m (36 ft)
Depth17.2 m (56 ft)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • Nuclear-turbo-electric
  • Three shafts (3 × 18 MW)
Speed18.6 knots (34.4 km/h; 21.4 mph) (maximum)
Endurance7.5 months
Crew189
Aircraft carried1 × Mi-2, Mi-8 or Ka-27 helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHelipad and hangar for one helicopter

50 Let Pobedy (Russian: 50 лет Победы; "50 Years of Victory", referring to the anniversary of victory of the Soviet Union in World War II) is a Russian Arktika-class nuclear-powered icebreaker. The ship was laid down in the Soviet Union in 1989, and construction was halted by the Russian government in 1994 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Construction was restarted in 2003 and completed in 2007.