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Project 22220, also known through the Russian type size series designation LK-60Ya, [note 1] is a series of Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers.The lead ship of the class, Arktika, was delivered in 2020 and surpassed the preceding Soviet-built series of nuclear-powered icebreakers as the largest and most powerful icebreaker in the world.
The Arktika class is a Russian (formerly Soviet) class of nuclear-powered icebreakers.Also known by their Russian designations Project 10520 (first two ships) and Project 10521 (from third ship onwards), they were the world's largest and most powerful icebreakers until the 2016 launch of the first Project 22220 icebreaker, also named Arktika.
This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels (except cargo ships and tankers) capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold .
Nuclear icebreaker Yamal, 2015. A nuclear-powered icebreaker is an icebreaker with an onboard nuclear power plant that produces power for the vessel's propulsion system. . Although more expensive to operate, nuclear-powered icebreakers provide a number of advantages over their diesel-powered counterparts, especially along the Northern Sea Route where diesel-powered icebreaker operations are ...
Arktika (Russian: Арктика, romanized: Arctic, IPA: [ˈarktʲɪkə]) is a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker built by Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg. [17] It is the lead ship of Project 22220 icebreakers and superseded the preceding class of nuclear-powered icebreakers as the largest and most powerful icebreaker ever constructed. [18]
The keel of the fourth Project 22220 icebreaker was laid on 26 May 2020 [3] and the vessel was launched on 22 November 2022. [4] The vessel left for sea trials on 1 December 2024. [21] The icebreaker, named Yakutiya (Russian: Якутия) after the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), was officially delivered on 28 December 2024. [5]
The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to bolster their defenses in the Arctic, where Russia has been increasingly active, the ...
The world's first diesel-electric icebreaker was the 4,330-ton Swedish icebreaker Ymer in 1933. ... Canada's largest and most powerful icebreaker, ...