Admiralty Shipyards hands over RV Akademik Treshnikov to the customer
Admiralty Shipyards on Oct. 10th handed over the RV Akademik Treshnikov to the Customer, the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia (Rosgydromet). The ceremony was attended by Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev, the shipbuilding firm press service said. The newbuild contract was valued at nearly RUB 6 billion.
General characteristics: length - 133, 59 m, beam - 23 m, depth - 13.5 m, draft - 8.5 m, deadweight - 5580 tons, operational speed in open water - 16 knots, speed in the 1.1m-thick ice - 2 knots, endurance - 45 days, range – 15,000 nm, crew - 60, expedition personnel - 80, two Ka-32 helicopters. The vessel is powered by three Wartsila main engines 2h6300 kW 1h4200 kW, two main propulsion motors 2h7100 kW.
Admiralty Shipyards (Admiralteysky Verfy) is the oldest Russian shipbuilder, founded back in 1704. The company is part of Western Center of Shipbuilding controlled by United Shipbuilding Corporation. JSC Admiralty Shipyards specializes in the design, construction and upgrade of civil vessels and warships for the Russian Navy. To date, the Company has built more than 300 submarines (including 41 nuclear-powered subs) and 68 deep submergence vehicles and ROVs.
Currently, Admiralty Shipyard is building two series of six submarines: Project 636.1 for foreign navies and Project 636.3 for the Russian Navy. The shipyard is also executing an order for a salvage ship (Igor Belousov) with DSRV "Bester-1" on the board.