According to information published by Tass on January 26, 2023, the icebreaker Yevpaty Kolovrat built for the Pacific fleet is sailing from St. Petersburg to the home port of call in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Kamchatka.
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Project 21180M icebreaker Yevpaty Kolovrat. (Picture source: sudostroenie)
The 4,080-tonne (4,020-long-ton) Evpatiy Kolovrat is 82 metres (269 ft) long overall, has a beam of 19 metres (62 ft), and draw 4.6 metres (15 ft) of water. The icebreaker is served by a crew of 28.
Evpatiy Kolovrat features a diesel-electric power plant with three 3.5-megawatt (4,700 hp) diesel generators that provide electricity for both propulsion motors and auxiliary systems.
The icebreaker is propelled by three stainless steel monoblock propellers, two driven by Steerprop azimuth thrusters and the third by a fixed shaft line. In addition, the vessel has a 700 kW (940 hp) bow thruster.
Evpatiy Kolovrat is classified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping with ice class Icebreaker which requires the vessel to be capable of operating in level ice with a thickness of 1 metre (3.3 ft) in a continuous motion and her hull strengthened for navigation in non-Arctic waters where ice can be up to 1.5 metres (5 ft) thick. The vessel's speed in open water is 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) and range 7,600 nautical miles (14,100 km; 8,700 mi).
