Afanasy Nikitin (icebreaker)
| History | |
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| → Soviet Union → Ukraine | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Afanasy Nikitin |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Admiralty Shipyard (Leningrad, USSR) |
| Yard number | 764 |
| Laid down | 1 November 1961 |
| Launched | 31 May 1962 |
| Completed | 1 November 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 28 May 1995 |
| In service | 1962–1995 |
| Identification | IMO number: 6500791 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Dobrynya Nikitich-class icebreaker |
| Displacement | 2,935 t (2,889 long tons) |
| Length | 67.7 m (222 ft) |
| Beam | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Draught | 5.35 m (17.6 ft) |
| Depth | 8.3 m (27.2 ft) |
| Installed power | 3 × 13D100 (3 × 1,800 hp) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric; three shafts (2 × 2,400 hp + 1,600 hp) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Endurance | 17 days |
| Complement | 42 |
Afanasy Nikitin (Russian: Афанасий Никитин) was a Soviet and later Ukrainian icebreaker in service from 1962 until 1995. It was one of twelve Project 97A icebreakers built by Admiralty Shipyard in Leningrad in 1961–1971.