Akademik Tryoshnikov

Akademik Tryoshnikov in Bremerhaven, Germany
History
Russia
NameAkademik Tryoshnikov
NamesakeAlexey Tryoshnikov
OwnerArctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Port of registrySaint Petersburg,  Russia
OrderedJanuary 2008
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Yard number02440
Laid down30 July 2009
Launched29 March 2011
Sponsored byTatyana Nesterenko
Completed15 December 2012
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class & typeResearch ship
Tonnage
Displacement16,539 t (16,278 long tons)
Length133.53 m (438 ft 1 in)
Beam23.25 m (76 ft 3 in)
Draught8.50 m (27 ft 11 in)
Ice classRS Arc7
Installed power
PropulsionDiesel-electric; two shafts (2 × 7,000 kW)
Speed
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
  • 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) in 1.1 m (3.6 ft) ice
Range15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km; 17,000 mi)
Endurance45 days
Capacity80 special personnel
Crew60
Aircraft carriedTwo Bölkow Bo 105 helicopters

Akademik Tryoshnikov (Russian: Академик Трёшников) is a Russian scientific diesel-electric research vessel, the flagship of the Russian polar research fleet.