World Navies Today - Russian Civilian Scientific & Support Vessels

World Navies Today:
Russian Civilian Scientific & Support

Vessels
Revised 18 October 2001
Version 1.02
Compiled and Maintained by: Andrew Toppan
World Navies Today Main Page: http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/
This list includes all known Russian government owned/operated vessels subordinated to
civilian (non-naval) agencies of the government. Only vessels over 500 tons displacement
are included. Non-self-propelled craft and non-seagoing vessels are not included.
Ships not yet commissioned, or in long-term overhaul/conversion, are listed in italics.

Navigation and surface-search radars are not listed. All classifications are purely
unofficial and are based on an attempt to use standard classifications throughout all
navies; they may or may not correspond to "official" designations.
State of the Russian Fleet: Due to continued political, economic and societal chaos in
Russia, the Fleet is in a badly deteriorated state. Even those ships that remain in
commission and theoretically operational are generally unable to deploy, due to lack of
trained crews and lack of funds to buy fuel and stores. In general maintenance is minimal
or nonexistent, and there are no funds to conduct much-needed overhauls, even for major
fleet units. Many ships have been abandoned when repairs or refits came due.
This list identifies those units believed to remain operational, but most of these units are
unable to deploy for the reasons cited above. Ships in refit are listed only when there is a
reasonable chance of them returning to service. Ships laid up pending refit generally are
listed, as they could return to service if funding became available.
Many ships, especially auxiliaries, have been operating in commercial or charter freight
or passenger service to raise operating funds. These are listed as active units, as they
could rapidly return to naval roles if required.
Fleets: The following abbreviations are used to indicate fleet assignements:

NOR: Northern Fleet, headquarters at Severomorsk.
PAC: Pacific Fleet, headquarters at Vladivostok.
BLK: Black Sea Fleet, headquarters at Sevastopol.
BALT: Baltic Sea Fleet, headquarters at Kaliningrad.
CASP: Caspian Flotilla.
RIV: Units assigned to service on inland rivers.
Ministry of the Merchant Marine

Ministry of the Gas Industry and oil/gas exploration ships
Hydrometeorological Service and weather ships
Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Geology
Ministry of Fisheries
Other Scientific Ships
Sail Training Ships
Ministry of the Merchant Marine
Arktika class nuclear powered polar icebreakers (3+1
ships)
Displacement: 23,625 tons full load (last unit: 25,800 tons full load)
Dimensions: 150 x 30 x 11 meters/492.1 x 98.4 x 36.1 feet (last unit: 159.6 x 30 x 11
meters/523.6 x 98.4 x 36.1 feet)
Propulsion: Steam turbine-electric, 2 reactors, 3 shafts, 72,000 shp, 20.5 knots
Crew: 147 + 35 passengers
Radar: MR-760 Fregat-MA/Top Plate 3-D air search in some
Aviation: aft flight deck and hangar for 2 Ka-32 helicopters
Concept/Program: Large, highly capable icebreakers intended for service in heavy polar
ice conditions. Are the world's most powerful icebreakers; all units have been to the
North Pole at least once. Have lavish accommodations and have been used as polar cruise
ships in recent years. The final unit is being built to a modified design, with
accommodations for 100 passengers, but construction has stalled.
Builders: Baltic SY, St. Petersburg.
Disposals/Reserve: Arktika and Sibir' have been laid up since 1992, reportedly due to
severe hull deterioration; they probably will not return to service.
Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Rossiya 1985 NOR
Sovetskiy Soyuz 1990 NOR
Yamal 1992 NOR
50 Let Pobedy suspended
Yermak class polar icebreakers (2 ships)

Displacement: 20,241 tons full load
Dimensions: 134.83 x 26.07 x 11 meters/442.4 x 85.5 x 36.1 feet
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 9 Sulzer diesels, 3 shafts, 36,000 shp, 19.5 knots
Aviation: aft helicopter deck
Concept/Program: Russia's most powerful non-nuclear icebreakers.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Kapitan Makarov scrapped 1995.

Yermak 1974 PAC Vladivostok
Krasin 1976 NOR Murmansk
Discarded Classes: All five Moskva class polar icebreakers stricken by 1997.
Taymyr class large nuclear powered coastal icebreakers

(2 ships)
Propulsion: Steam turbine-electric, 1 KLT-40M reactor, 2 turbines, 3 shafts, 48,000 shp,
22 knots
Crew: 110 + flight crew + medical personnel
Aviation: aft helicopter deck and hangar for 1 Ka-32 helicopter
Concept/Program: Very large icebreakers intended for service in Arctic estuaries and
other shallow areas. Russia's largest icebreakers, by displacement. Can break 1.8
meter/5.9 foot ice continuously.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland/completed by Baltic SY, St. Petersburg.

Taymyr 1989 NOR
Vaygach 1990 NOR
Kapitan Sorokin large coastal icebreaker (1 ship)

Dimensions: 138 x 30.5 x 8.5 meters/452.8 x 100.1 x 27.9 feet
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 6 Sulzer diesels, 3 shafts, 22,300 shp, 19 knots
Crew: 76
Aviation: aft helicopter deck and hangar for 1 helicopter
Concept/Program: Formerly a standard unit of the class listed below; has been refitted
with an englarged bow to improve icebreaking capabilities. Intended for work in shallow
coastal waters. Fitted for towing and salvage.

Kapitan Sorokin 1977 NOR Murmansk
Kapitan Sorokin class large coastal icebreakers (3 ships)
Displacement: 14,790 tons full load (K. Nikolayev: 15,200 tons full load)
Dimensions: 132.4 x 26.5 x 8.5 meters/424.4 x 86.9 x 27.9 feet (K. Nikolayev: 134.18 x
26.5 x 8.5 meters/440.2 x 86.9 x 27.9 feet)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 6 Sulzer diesels, 3 shafts, 22,300 shp, 19 knots
Crew: 76
Aviation: aft helicopter deck and hangar for 1 helicopter
Concept/Program: Non-nuclear icebreakers for work in shallow coastal waters. Capable

of breaking 1.4 meter/4.6 foot ice continuously; fitted for towing and salvage. Class
leadship has been modified with a new bow and is listed separately, above.

Kapitan Nikolayev 1978 NOR Murmansk
Kapitan Dranitsyn 1980 PAC Vladivostok
Kapitan Khlebnikov 1981 PAC Vladivostok
Mudyug coastal icebreaker (1 ship)

Dimensions: 111.36 x 22.2 x 6.5 meters/365.4 x 72.8 x 21.3 feet
Propulsion: 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 9,380 bhp, 17.45 knots
Crew: 34 + 9 transients
Concept/Program: Formerly a standard unit of the class listed below; has been refitted
with an englarged bow to improve icebreaking capabilities. Intended for operations in
shallow, protected seas; can break 1 meter/3.3 foot ice.

Mudyug 1982 NOR Arkhangel'sk
Mudyug class coastal icebreakers (2 ships)

Crew: 34
Concept/Program: Smaller icebreakers intended for operations in shallow, protected
seas; can break .5 meter/1.6 foot ice. Class leadship has been modified with a new bow
and is listed separately, above.

Magadan 1982 PAC Vladivostok
Dikson 1983 NOR Murmansk
Dobrynya Nikitich class port icebreakers (6 ships)

Displacement: 2,675-2,940 tons full load
Dimensions: 67.7 x 18.29 x 6.06 meters/222.1 x 60 x 19.9 feet
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 3 diesels, 2 shafts, 5,400 shp, 14.5 knots; 1 bow shaft
Crew: 39
Concept/Program: Standard Soviet/Russian port icebreakers; this class and variants are
or were operated by several Soviet/Russian agencies and several foreign nations. Often
used as ocean tugs in the summer.
Builders: Admiralty SY, St. Petersburg.
Disposals/Reserve: Several sisters discarded 1990's.

Khariton Laptev 1962 PAC Vanino
Yerofey Khabarov 1963
Ivan Kruzhenshtern 1964 BALT St. Petersburg
Yuriy Lisyanskiy 1965 BALT St. Petersburg
Ivan Moskvitin 1971 PAC Vladivostok
Semen Dezhnev 1971 BALT St. Petersburg
Discarded Classes: All three Kapitan Belosuv class port icebreakers had been discarded
by 1996.
Kapitan Yevdokimov class river icebreakers (9 ships)
Dimensions: 76.5 x 16.6 x 2.5 meters/251 x 54.5 x 8.2 feet
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 4 shafts (2 forward, 2 aft); 5,170 shp, 13.5 knots
Crew: 25
Concept/Program: Intended for service in Arctic rivers.

Kapitan Yevdokimov 1983
Kapitan Babichev 1983
Kapitan Borodkin 1983
Kapitan Chudinov 1983
Kapitan Evdokimov 1983
Avraamiy Zavenyagin 1984
Kapitan Metsayk 1984
Kapitan Demidov 1984
Kapitan Moshkin 1986
Kapitan Chechkin class river icebreakers (6 ships)

Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 3 diesels, 3 shafts, 6,300 shp, 14 knots
Crew: 28
Concept/Program: Intended for service in Arctic rivers. Can break 1 meter/3.3 foot ice.

Kapitan Chechkin 1977
Kapitan Plakhin 1977
Kapitan Bukayev 1978
Kapitan Chadayev 1978
Kapitan Krutov 1978
Kapitan Zarubin 1978
Kapitan M. Izmaylov class river icebreakers (3 ships)
Crew: 24
Concept/Program: Intended for service on inland rivers and seas. Fitted for towing,
salvage and firefighting. Kapitan A. Radzhabov may have been transferred to Azerbaijan.

Kapitan M. Izmaylov 1976 CASP Astrakhan
Kapitan A. Radzhabov 1976
Kapitan Kosolabov 1976 AZOV Mariupol
Stroptivyy class icebreaking rescue tugs (7 ships)

Propulsion: 2 Pielstick diesels, 2 shafts, 7,600 bhp, 15 knots
Crew: 40 + 12 rescuees/passengers
Concept/Program: Large icebreaking tugs intended to support the fishing fleets in

northern seas. Equipped for firefighting, salvage, ocean towing, and repair duties.

Stroptivyy 1979
Stakhanovets 1980
Sibirskiy 1980
Spravedlivyy 1982
Suvorovets 1982
Fobos 1983
Deymos 1983
Ministry of the Gas Industry and oil/gas
exploration ships
(This section lists ships subordinated to the Ministry of the Gas Industry, and oil/gas
exploration ships of unknown subordination)
Bavenit class research drillships (2 ships)

Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 6,000 shp, 12.75 knots
Crew: 65
Concept/Program: Research drillships built for the Arctic Complex Marine Geology
Expedition of the Ministry of the Gas Industry.
Builders: Hollming, Rauma, Finland.

Bavenit 1986
Bakerit 1986
Akademik Fersman (B-93 type) geophysical research

ships (4 ships)
Propulsion: 1 Sulzer diesel, 1 shaft, 4,200 bhp, 14.5 knots
Crew: 31 + 29 mission crew
Concept/Program: Research ships built the "Shel'f" offshore oil exploration project. Ice
strengthened hulls.
Builders: A. Warski SY, Szczecin, Poland.
Disposals/Reserve: 5 other units have been sold or placed on long-term charter.

Akademik Shatskiy 1986
Akademik Sel'skiy 1986
Akademik Lazarev 1986
Akademik Kreps 1989
Modified Akademik Shuleykin class seismic survey ships
(2 ships)
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 3,126 bhp, 14 knots
Crew: 31-38 + 31-38 mission crew
Concept/Program: Modified versions of the Shuleykin class weather ships, built for the
Ministry of the Gas Industry as seismic survey/research ships. A sister serves the
Ministry of Geology.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.

Akademik Golitsyn 1984 NOR Murmansk
Professor Polshkov 1984 NOR Murmansk
Trias research drillship (1 ship)

Displacement: ?? (2,500 grt)
Dimensions: 71.4 x 16.01 x ?? meters/234.3 x 52.5 x ?? feet
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 2,800 bhp, ?? knots
Crew: ??
Concept/Program: Japanese-built research ship fitted with a drilling tower; no other

details known. Has been employed in commercial cargo service in recent years.
Builders: Fukushima Zosen, Matsue, Japan.

Trias 1984 PAC
Diorit (Modified Al'pinist) class coastal research

drillships (2 ships)
Propulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 1,320 bhp, 12.5 knots
Concept/Program: Sternhaul trawlers modified as geophysical resarch drillships for the
Ministry of the Gas Industry, for service in the Baltic. A sister serves the Ministry of
Geology.
Builders: Yaroslavl' SY.

Diorit 1983 BALT Kaliningrad
Diabaz 1983 BALT Kaliningrad
Iskatek'-2 class coastal geophysical research ships (3

ships)
Displacement: 742 tons full load
Dimensions: 49.3 x 18.2 x 1.52 meters/161.7 x 59.7 x 5 feet
Propulsion: 2 Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts, 1,140 bhp, 11.9 knots
Concept/Program: Catameran-hulled research ships built for shallow water work in

support of the "Shel'f" offshore oil exploration project.
Builders: Stocznia Wisla, Gdansk, Poland.

Iskatek'-2 1986
Iskatek'-3 1987
Iskatek'-4 1988
Professor Ryabinkin (Professor Fedinskiy class) coastal

geophysical research ship (1 ship)
Displacement: approx. 580 tons full load
Crew: 30
Concept/Program: Built for the Ministry of the Gas Industry.
Builders: Rauma-Repola, Savonlinna, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Professor Fedinskiy to Azerbaijan.

Professor Ryabinkin 1989 CASP
Hydrometeorological Service and weather
ships
(This section lists ships subordinated to the Hydrometeorological Service, and weather
ships of unknown subordination)
Mikhail Somov (Amguema class) polar logistics ship (1

ship)
Crew: 54
Cargo: approx. 6,500 tons
Concept/Program: A standard commercial icebreaking passenger/cargo ship formerly

used by the Arctic and Antarctic Institute as a resupply ship; now assigned to the
Hydrometeorological Service.
Builders: Kherson SY, Ukraine.

Mikhail Somov 1975
Akademik Kurchatov class weather reporting ships (4

ships)
Dimensions: 124.2 x 17 x 6.1 meters/407.5 x 55.8 x 20 feet
Propulsion: 2 MAN diesels, 2 shafts, 8,000 shp, 18.3 knots
Concept/Program: Large weather reporting ships; resemble small cruise ships in design.
Two sisters assigned to the Academy of Sciences. Mostly inactive since 1991.
Builders: Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. Built 1966-1968.
Disposals/Reserve: Professor Zubov now in Ukranian commercial service.

Akademik Korolev 196? PAC Vladivostok
Akademik Shirskov 196? PAC Vladivostok
Akademik Vernadskiy 196? BLK Sevastopol
Professor Vize 196?
Passat class weather reporting ships (3 ships)

Propulsion: 2 Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts, 4,800 bhp, 16 knots
Concept/Program: Large weather reporting/research ships built for the Hydromet

Service. Are now largely employed in carrying commercial cargoes.
Builders: A. Warski SY, Szczecin, Poland. Built 1969-1970.
Disposals/Reserve: Six sisters and near-sisters are now in Ukranian commercial service.

Okean PAC Vladivostok
Priboy PAC Vladivostok
Priliv PAC Vladivostok
Georgiy Sedov (Dobrynya Nikitich) class weather

reporting ships (2 ships)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 3 diesels, 2 shafts, 5,400 shp, 14.5 knots; 1 bow shaft
Crew: 39
Concept/Program: Standard Soviet/Russian port icebreakers modified as weather

reporting ships for the Hydromet Service.
Builders: Admiralty SY, St. Petersburg.

Georgiy Sedov 1965
Petr Pakhtusov 1966
Valerian Uryvayev class weather reporting ships (3
ships)
Dimensions: 54.8-55.6 x 9.5 x 4.27 meters/179.8-182.4 x 31.2 x 14 feet
Propulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 880 bhp, 11 knots
Concept/Program: Hydrometeorological Service-operated versions of a widely-used

research/survey ship class; outfitted for weather research/reporting duties.
Builders: Khabarovsk SY.

Vesvlod Berezkin 1975 NOR Murmansk
Dalnziye Zelentsy 1978 NOR Murmansk
Valerian Uryvayev 1988 PAC
Vadim Popov class weather reporting/coastal logistics

ships (5 ships)
Dimensions: 49.9 x 10 x 3.5 meters/163.7 x 32.8 x 11.5 feet
Propulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 1,340 bhp, 12 knots
Crew: 21 + 7 mission crew + 7 passengers/transients
Concept/Program: Small coastal cargo ships intended for resupply of remote stations
and for weather reporting duties.
Disposals/Reserve: Vasily Lominadze to Azerbaijan.

Vadim Popov 1986 PAC
Viktor Buynitskiy 1986 NOR Murmansk
Pavel Gordienko 1987 PAC
Igor Maksimov 1987 PAC
Ivan Petrov 1988 PAC
Academy of Sciences
Akademik Kurchatov class oceanographic research ships
(2 ships)
Dimensions: 124.2 x 17 x 6.1 meters/407.5 x 55.8 x 20 feet
Propulsion: 2 MAN diesels, 2 shafts, 8,000 shp, 18.3 knots
Concept/Program: Large oceanographic research ships; resemble small cruise ships in

design. Four sisters are weather reporting ships for the Hydromet Service. Mostly
inactive since 1991.
Builders: Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. Built 1966-1968.
Disposals/Reserve: Professor Zubov now in Ukranian commercial service.

Akademik Kurchatov BALT
Dmitriy Mendeleyev PAC Vladivostok
Vityaz' class survey ships (3 ships)

Propulsion: 2 Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts, 6,400 bhp, 16 knots
Concept/Program: Large, well-equipped survey ships designed for worldwide seafloor

survey work. Carry small submersibles.
Builders: A. Warski SY, Szczecin, Poland.

Vityaz' 1981 BLK Novorossiysk
Adademik Aleksandr Nesmeyanov 1982 PAC Vladivostok
Adademik Aleksandr Vinogradov 1983 PAC Vladivostok
Akademik Mstislav Keldysh oceanographic research ship
(1 ship)
Propulsion: 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 5,820 bhp, 16 knots
Concept/Program: Large general-purpose oceanographic research ship built for the

Academy of Sciences; carries two research submersibles.
Builders: Hollming SY, Rauma, Finland.

Adademik Mstislav Keldysh 1980 BALT Kaliningrad
Akademik Boris Petrov class oceanographic research

ships (4 ships)
Propulsion: 2 Pielstick diesels, 1 shaft, 3,430 bhp, 15.5 knots
Crew: 41 + 26 mission crew + 7 transients
Concept/Program: General-purpose research ships built for the Institute for

Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences. 5th and 6th units
apparently cancelled or never ordered.

Akademik Boris Petrov 1984
Akademik M.A. Lavrent'yev 1984
Akademik Nikolay Strakhov 1985
Akademik Oparin 1985
Akademik Shuleykin class weather reporting ships (5

ships)
Dimensions: 71.6 x 12.8 x 4.85 meters/234.9 x 42 x 15.9 feet
Concept/Program: Weather reporting ships built for the Academy of Sciences.

Akademik Shuleykin 1982 BALT St. Petersburg
Professor Pavel Molchanov 1982 NOR Murmansk
Akademik Shokalskiy 1982 PAC Vladivostok
Professor Khromov 1983 PAC Vladivostok
Professor Mul'tanovskiy 1983 BALT St. Petersburg
Zarya (Korall class) oceanographic research ship (1

ship)
Propulsion: Sail, 3 masts; 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 300 bhp, 7-8 knots
Concept/Program: A survivor of a large class of three masted schooners built by

Finland as war reparations. Now used by the Institute of Earth Magentism, Ionoshpheric
and Radio Wave Propagation of the Academy of Sciences. Two sisters survive in other
roles; see below.

Zarya 1952 NOR Murmansk
Ministry of Geology
Geolog Dmitriy Nalybkin (Modified Akademik Shuleykin
class) seismic survey ship (1 ship)
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 3,126 bhp, 14 knots
Concept/Program: Modified version of the Shuleykin class weather ships, outfitted as a

seismic survey/research ship for the Ministry of Geology.

Geolog Dmitriy Nalyvkin 1985 NOR Murmansk
Poligon (Modified Al'pinist) class research drillship (1

ship)
Concept/Program: Sternhaul trawler modified as geophysical resarch drillships for the

Ministry of Geology. Sisters serve the Ministry of the Gas Industry.

Poligon 1989
Geolog Primor'ye coastal geophysical research ship (1

ship)
Crew: ??
Concept/Program: Catameran-hulled research ship operated by the Ministry of
Geology. Can lay a four point moor.
Builders: unknown, Vladivostok.

Geolog Primor'ye 1983 PAC Nakhodka
Discarded Classes: The new research ship Dalmorgeologiya was cancelled in 1992, as
was a new research icebreaker being built in Finland.
Ministry of Fisheries
Rift (Modified Al'pinist) class oceanographic research
ships (2 ships)
Concept/Program: Sternhaul trawlers modified as oceanographic research ships,

carrying small manned submersibles.
Disposals/Reserve: Gidrooptik taken over by Georgia.

Rift 1982
Gidronavt 1983
Other Scientific Ships
(This section lists ships whose subordination is unknown, and those ships subordinated to
agencies that do not have their own section in this list.)
Akademik Fedorov polar logistics ship (1 ship)

Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 18,132 shp, 16 knots
Aviation: aft helicopter deck and hangar for 1 Ka-32S helicopter
Concept/Program: Large icebreaking cargo ship built for the Arctic and Antarctic
Institute to support installations in the Antarctic. Can break 1.8 meter/5.9 foot ice.
Builders: Rauma-Repola, Rauma, Finland.

Akademik Fedorov 1987
Kosmonavt Pavel Belyayev class space event support

ships (4 ships)
Crew: 56 + 70-80 mission crew
Concept/Program: Converted from Vytegrales class timber carriers. Operated by the

Navy until transferred to the Ministry of Space in 1995. Mostly inactive since 1991.
Builders: Construction and conversion by Severnaya Verf 190, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Kosmonavt Pavel Belyayev 1963/77
Kosmonavt Vladislav Volkov 1964/77
Kosmonavt Viktor Patseyev 1968/78
Kosmonavt Georgiy Dobrovolskiy 1968/78
Discarded Classes: All other space event support ships discarded as follows: Akademik
Nikolay Pilyugin sold incomplete for conversion to a cruise ship, Kosmonavt Yuriy
Gagarin and Akademik Sergey Korolev to Ukraine upon the breakup of the USSR and
sold for scrapping in 1997; all four Borovichi class sold for scrapping 1989.
Akademik Sergei Vavilov class oceanographic research

ships (2 ships)
Propulsion: 2 Pielstick diesels, 2 shafts, 6,934 bhp, 15 knots
Concept/Program: Large oceanographic research ships; both have operated in

commercial cruiseship service since 1994.

Akademik Sergei Vavilov 1988
Akademik Ioffe 1989
Modified Pulkovskiy Meridian class oceanographic

research ships (9 ships)
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,900-7,004 bhp, 14.5-15.5 knots
Crew: approx. 52 + 40 mission crew
Concept/Program: Converted from sternhaul factory trawlers while under construction.

Employed in various research roles, and vary greatly in equipment and appearance.
"Geolog" named units are probably subordinated to the Ministry of Geology.
Builders: Chernomorskiy SY, Nikolayev, Ukraine.
Disposals/Reserve: Geolog Petr Antropov sold 1995.

XVII Syezd Profsoyuzov 1982
Morskoy Geolog 1983 PAC
Akademik Aleksander Karpinskiy 1984
Akademik Aleksander Sidorenko 1985
Geolog Fersman 1986
Sevmorgeologiya 1989
Gelendzhik 1990
Professor Logachev 1991
Yuzhmorgeologiya 1992
Dmitriy Ovtsyn class coastal survey ships (15 ships)

Dimensions: 68.75 x 11.9 x 4.2-4.5 meters/225.6 x 39 x 13.8-14.8 feet
Concept/Program: General-purpose survey ships, subordinated to the Ministry of the

Maritime Fleet, Academy of Sciences, and Hydromet Service.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku/Abo, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Four sisters to Ukraine upon the breakup of the USSR.

Dmitriy Laptev 1970
Dmitriy Ovtsyn 1970
Dmitri Sterlevgov 1971
Eduard Toll 1972
Nikolay Kolomeytsev 1972
Nikolay Yevgenov 1974
Vladimir Sukhtskiy 1974
Fyodor Matisen 1976
Professor Bogorov 1976
Georgiy Maksomov 1977
Ivan Kireyev 1977
Pavel Bashmakov 1977
Yakov Smirnitskiy 1977
Professor Shtokman 1979
Aleksey Maryshev class coastal survey ships (3 ships)

Propulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 3,500 bhp, 13.9 knots
Crew: 40
Concept/Program: Small survey ships built for use along arctic coasts and rivers;
resemble buoy tenders. At least two have been employed in carrying commercial cargoes
in recent years.
Builders: Hollming, Rauma/Turku, Finland.

Aleksey Maryshev 1991
Petr Kottsov 1991
Grigoriy Mikheyev 1991
Valerian Uryvayev class oceanographic research ships

(14 ships)
Dimensions: 54.8-55.6 x 9.5 x 4.27 meters/179.8-182.4 x 31.1 x 14 feet
Propulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 880 bhp, 11 knots
Concept/Program: General-purpose research ships employed in various roles by the

Arctic and Antarctic Institute and the Academy of Science. Sisters serve the Hydromet
Service.
Builders: Khabarovsk SY.
Disposals/Reserve: Several sisters transferred to other nations upon the breakup of the
USSR.

Poisk 1974 PAC
Morskoy Geofizik 1975 PAC
Vulkanolog 1976 PAC
Iskatel' 1977 PAC
Vyacheslav Frolov 1979 PAC
Vladimir Obruchev 1984 PAC
Issledovatel' 1988 CASP
Professor Gagarinskiy 1989 PAC
Chayvo 1982 PAC
Elm 1982 CASP
Geofizikh 1983 PAC
Kern 1991 NOR Murmansk
Impuls 1992 PAC
Kapitan Prikhodko 1995 PAC
Polyarnyy Odissey (Korall class) oceanographic research

ship (1 ship)

Finland as war reparations. Now used by the Northern Branch of the Russian
Geophysical Society. Two sisters survive in other roles.

Polyarnyy Odissey 1950 NOR
Kapitan V.N. Aktylov (Modified T-43 class) coastal

oceanographic research ship (1 ship)
Concept/Program: Former T-43 minesweeper converted to an acoustical monitoring

ship, then to a research ship. Subordinated to the A.N. Krylov Research Institute.

Kapitan V.N. Aktylov BLK
Discarded Classes: Research ship Vladimir Parshin is now Azerbaijani property;

Akademik Aleksey Krylov, Izumrud, and Akademik Petrovskiy are now Ukranian property;
Otto Schmidt was sold in 1992. Surviving Akademik Aleksey Krylov class ocean survey
ships were laid up in 1994.
Sail Training Ships
Sedov sail training ship (1 ship)
Displacement: ??
Dimensions: ??
Propulsion: Sail, 4 masts
Crew: ??
Concept/Program: Large four-masted bark, originally a German-owned working sailing

ship, taken over by the USSR in 1946. Operated by the Kaliningrad Higher Marine
Engineering College. Largest active sailing ship in the world.
Builders: unknown, Hamburg, Germany.

Sedov 1921/46 BALT Kaliningrad
Kruzenshtern sail training ship (1 ship)

Displacement: ??
Dimensions: 177 x ?? x ?? meters
Propulsion: Sail, 4 masts
Crew: ??
Concept/Program: Large four-masted bark, originally a German-owned working sailing

ship, taken over by the USSR in 1946. Operated by the Kaliningrad Higher Marine
Engineering College. Second-largest active sailing ship in the world.
Builders: unknown, Hamburg, Germany.

Kruzenshtern 1926/46
Mir class sail training ships (4 ships)

Propulsion: Sail, 3 masts; 2 Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts, 1,140 bhp, 17 knots
Crew: 53 + 90 cadets
Concept/Program: Group of four relatively modern sail training vessels; three masted
full-rigged ships.
Builders: Stocznia Gdansk, Poland. Built late 1980's.

Mir 1987 BALT St. Petersburg
Pallada 1989 PAC Vladivostok
Druzhba
Nadezhda
Kodor (Korall class) sail training ship (1 ship)


Finland as war reparations. Now used by the St. Petersburg Higher Engineering Marine
College as a training ship. Two sisters survive in other roles.

Kodor 195? BALT St. Petersburg
Discarded Classes: Sail training ship Tovarishch is now Ukranian.

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Ships not yet commissioned, or in long-term overhaul/conversion, are listed in italics.

Fleets: The following abbreviations are used to indicate fleet assignements:

Ministry of the Merchant Marine

Builders: Baltic SY, St. Petersburg.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Yermak class polar icebreakers (2 ships)

Concept/Program: Russia's most powerful non-nuclear icebreakers.

Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.

Disposals/Reserve: Kapitan Makarov scrapped 1995.

Taymyr class large nuclear powered coastal icebreakers

Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland/completed by Baltic SY, St. Petersburg.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Kapitan Sorokin large coastal icebreaker (1 ship)

Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Concept/Program: Non-nuclear icebreakers for work in shallow coastal waters. Capable

Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Mudyug coastal icebreaker (1 ship)

Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Mudyug class coastal icebreakers (2 ships)

Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Dobrynya Nikitich class port icebreakers (6 ships)

Builders: Admiralty SY, St. Petersburg.

Disposals/Reserve: Several sisters discarded 1990's.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Concept/Program: Intended for service in Arctic rivers.

Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Kapitan Chechkin class river icebreakers (6 ships)

Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Stroptivyy class icebreaking rescue tugs (7 ships)

Concept/Program: Large icebreaking tugs intended to support the fishing fleets in

Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Bavenit class research drillships (2 ships)

Builders: Hollming, Rauma, Finland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Akademik Fersman (B-93 type) geophysical research

Builders: A. Warski SY, Szczecin, Poland.

Disposals/Reserve: 5 other units have been sold or placed on long-term charter.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Trias research drillship (1 ship)

Concept/Program: Japanese-built research ship fitted with a drilling tower; no other

Builders: Fukushima Zosen, Matsue, Japan.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Diorit (Modified Al'pinist) class coastal research

Builders: Yaroslavl' SY.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Iskatek'-2 class coastal geophysical research ships (3

Concept/Program: Catameran-hulled research ships built for shallow water work in

Builders: Stocznia Wisla, Gdansk, Poland.

Name Year FLT Homeport Notes

Professor Ryabinkin (Professor Fedinskiy class) coastal

Concept/Program: Built for the Ministry of the Gas Industry.

World Navies Today - Russian Civilian Scientific & Support Vessels

World Navies Today - Russian Civilian Scientific & Support Vessels