Sibir (1977 icebreaker)

History
Sibir in 2012
Name:	Sibir
Owner:	FGUP Atomflot
Operator:	Murmansk Shipping
Port of registry:	1977–1992: Murmansk, Soviet Union 1992 onwards: Murmansk, Russia
Builder:	Baltiyskiy Zavod
Yard number:	701
Laid down:	26 June 1974
Launched:	23 February 1976
Completed:	28 Dezember 1977
Out of service:	Decommissioned in 1992
Identification:	Call sign: UWDS IMO number: 7604491 MMSI number: 273138200
General characteristics
Class and type:	Arktika-class icebreaker
Tonnage:	20,665 GT^[1] 4,096 DWT^[1]

Sibir (Russian: Сибирь), built 1977, is a retired Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker of the Arktika class. She is the only icebreaker of her class that does not feature a red superstructure.

She was withdrawn from service in 1992 and was reported in 2012 as being moored at Murmansk awaiting scrapping.^[2]

She has a gross tonnage of 20,655 and a dead weight of 4096 tonnes.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "SIBIR". www.marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
↑ Pettersen, Trude (26 January 2012). "Russia scraps three nuclear icebreakers". Barents Observer. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

Nuclear-powered icebreakers of Russia
LK-60Ya class (Project 22220)	Arktika* Sibir* Ural*
Arktika class (Project 10520)	Arktika^† Sibir^† Rossiya^† Sovetskiy Soyuz^† Yamal 50 Let Pobedy
Taymyr class	Taymyr Vaygach
Other	Lenin^† Sevmorput
* Under construction or on order ^† Not in service

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