Russia has floated out the hull for what will soon be the world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker.

Russia unveils world's biggest nuclear icebreaker: Gigantic ship can smash through ice 10 feet thick and 13 feet deep

• The enormous Arktika icebreaker is 586 feet long and more than 100 feet wide

• It will be equipped with two water distillers, each able to process 70 tonnes of water

• The new icebreakers from Project 22220 will be able to break ice up to 10ft thick, and 13ft deep

Russia has floated out the hull for what will soon be the world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker.The Arktika is set to become the most powerful twin-reactor icebreaker, and will join the Rosatomflot fleet to help maintain national defences and navigate the Arctic.The massive vessel is a part of the $1.9 billion Project 22220, and when completed, the Arktika will be able to process nearly 150 tonnes of water.

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Russia has floated out the hull for what will soon be the world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker. The Arktika is set to become the most powerful twin-reactor icebreaker, and will join the Rosatomflot fleet to help maintain national defences and navigate the ArcticARKTIKA ICEBREAKERRussia’s enormous icebreaker is 586 feet long and more than 100 feet wide.It will be able to break ice up to 10 feet thick, and 13 feet deep.

The Arktika will be equipped with two water distillers, each able to process 70 tonnes of water, and will displace 33,540 metric tons.The ship was launched in a gala ceremony at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg on Thursday, and is the leading ship in Russia’s Project 22220.It’s been nearly three years since the Arktika’s keel was laid in November 2013, providing the structural support for the hull.

Russia’s enormous icebreaker is 586 feet long and more than 100 feet wide, according to Sputnik News, and will be able to break ice up to 10 feet thick, and 13 feet deep.

‘The Arktika’s launch is a victory in all senses,’ said Rosatom chief Sergey Kiriyenko.‘Today we can say that by the end of 2017, this icebreaker will join Rosatomflot. 'This will open up fundamentally new opportunities in front of our country in terms of maintaining the national defences and year-round navigation in the Arctic and ensuring economic development in a region that is of crucial importance to Russia and the whole world.’

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The ship was launched in a gala ceremony at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg on Thursday, and is the leading ship in Russia’s Project 22220. It’s been nearly three years since the Arktika’s keel was laid
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The Arktika will be equipped with two water distillers, each able to process 70 tonnes of water, and will displace 33,540 metric tons.
According to the Russian media, the ship will have a ‘variable buoyancy feature’ to help ship convoys traverse the frozen waters.

The Baltic Plant has so far assembled 10,000 tonnes of metal structures, and builders have begun working the superstructures for the Arktika, along with sections of the Sibir, the second ship in the series.

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Russia’s enormous icebreaker is 586 feet long and more than 100 feet wide, and will be able to break ice up to 10 feet thick, and 13 feet deep.

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The Arktika will be equipped with two water distillers, each able to process 70 tonnes of water, and will displace 33,540 metric tons. It wil also have a ‘variable buoyancy feature’ to help ship convoys traverse the frozen waters
Soon, the teams will get to work on the first three frame sections for The Ural.
The Arktika has two RITM-200 nuclear-power reactors, and these will be brought to the site in June from Podolsk, near Moscow.
According to Sputnik, the first two ships will be commissioned in December 2019 and December 2020.

The hull-launch ceremony was attended by Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, head of the Rosatom corporation, Sergey Kiriyenko, Federation Council Member, president of the State Polar Academy Artur Chilingarov, president of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Aleksey Rakhmanov. 

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The massive vessel is a part of the $1.9 billion Project 22220, and when completed, the Arktika will be able to process nearly 150 tonnes of water

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The Ivan Gren landing ship has arrived in the port of Baltiysk in Russia’s Kaliningrad region for testing before it joins the Russian fleet later this year,Rossiyskaya Gazeta reportedon Monday.The vessel was the first Project 11711 ship to be launched to water in 2012 after construction at Kaliningrad’s Yantar shipyard. Construction of a second landing ship of the same class, Petr Morgunov, began in 2014.
Ivan Gren has a water displacement of 6,000 tons, its length is 120 meters and its beam is 16.5 meters. It can carry up to 300 marines, 36 armored transport vehicles or 13 tanks. It is fitted with two Ka-29 naval combat and transport helicopters, and a 30mm automatic cannon.© SPUTNIK/ ILYA BOGACHEV
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The Russian navy originally planned to commission six of the ships, but last year announced their number will be reduced to two in favor of a new, larger generation of landing ship, which will be able to carry several helicopters.
“In the next five years construction will be underway of a new generation of large amphibious warships, larger than Ivan Gren or Petr Morgunov and will be able to carry even more infantry and several helicopters,” head of the Russian navy’s shipbuilding directorate, 1 rank Captain Vladimir Tryapichnikov told RIA Novosti last year.
A source in the Defense Ministry told Lenta.ru that the large landing ships will be similar in design to the Dutch Rotterdam or Johan de Witt amphibious warfare ships.
They will have a displacement of 14-16,000 tons, be able to carry 500-600 marines or six helicopters, and landing craft.© RIA NOVOSTI. IGOR ZAREMBO
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The source said that the Kaliningrad shipyard will use experience gained from constructing some of the parts for the Mistral-class amphibious assault ships that Russia had ordered from France, before the French government scuppered the deal.
“The staff at the Baltic factory learnt everything, they did their part of the work to a really high standard,” he said.
“The French specialists strictly controlled the production process, and they were very pleased.”