Purga (1960 icebreaker)
Icebreaker Purga (left) escorting other ships in ice in 1970 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| → Soviet Union → Russia | |
| Name | Purga (Пурга) |
| Namesake | Russian for "blizzard" |
| Operator | Baltic Fleet |
| Ordered | 18 May 1957 |
| Builder | Admiralty Shipyard (Leningrad, USSR) |
| Yard number | 761 |
| Laid down | 31 May 1960 |
| Launched | 10 December 1960 |
| Completed | 23 October 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 1 June 2012 |
| In service | 1961–2012 |
| Fate | Broken up in 2018 |
| 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 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | Later disarmed |
Purga (Russian: Пурга, lit. 'blizzard') was a Soviet and later Russian Navy icebreaker in service from 1961 until 2012. It had two sister ships, Dobrynya Nikitich (1960–1998) and Vyuga (1962–1991).