Project 21180M icebreaker
{{Short description|Russian icebreaker class}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=300px |Ship caption=Evpatiy Kolovrat in 2023 }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Project 21180M |Builders=Almaz Shipbuilding Company, Saint Petersburg |Operators=*{{navy|Russia}} |Class before=Project 21180 |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range=2018–present |In service range= |In commission range=2024–present |Total ships building=1 |Total ships planned=2 |Total ships completed=1{{Cite web|url=https://russianships.info/eng/support/project_21180m.htm|title=Project 21180M|website=russianships.info|access-date=24 April 2024}} |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active=1 |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Ship class= |Ship type=Icebreaker |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement={{convert|4080|t|LT|abbr=on}} |Ship length={{convert|82|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|19|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|4.6|m|abbr=on}} |Ship ice class=RMRS Icebreaker6 |Ship power=Two Kolomna 3-10D49 and one 4-10D49 diesel generators (3{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}3.5{{nbsp}}MW){{cite web|url=https://mashnews.ru/voennyij-ledokol-evpatij-kolovrat-prinyali-v-sostav-vmf-rossii.html|language=ru|title=Военный ледокол «Евпатий Коловрат» приняли в состав ВМФ России|date=26 July 2024|accessdate=28 July 2024|website=Mashnews}} |Ship propulsion=Diesel-electric; two azimuth thrusters and one fixed shaft line{{cite web|url=https://www.korabel.ru/news/comments/sostavyat_li_rossiyskie_vrk_konkurenciyu_azipod_i_prochim_podam.html|title=Составят ли российские ВРК конкуренцию AZIPOD и прочим PODам?|language=ru|publisher=Korabel.ru|date=2 June 2020|access-date=22 November 2020}} |Ship speed=* {{convert|14|kn}}
|Ship range={{convert|7600|nmi}} |Ship capacity= |Ship complement=28 |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= |Ship boats= |Ship aircraft facilities=Helideck |Ship aircraft= }} |
Project 21180M is a series of icebreakers being built for the Russian Navy, developed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, intended as a cheaper alternative to the larger and more expensive Project 21180.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3269247|title=Ледоколы дошли до "Алмаза"|date=13 April 2017|access-date=24 April 2024|language=ru|website=kommersant.ru}}
Development and construction
In the mid-2010s, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation announced that a fleet of new auxiliary icebreakers would be built for the Russian Navy as part of the ongoing fleet renewal program to replace Soviet-era vessels.{{cite web|url=http://function.mil.ru/news_page/world/more.htm?id=11911651@egNews|title=Минобороны России закупит перспективные корабли и подводные лодки для Военно-Морского Флота|language=ru|publisher=Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation|date=25 March 2014|access-date=22 November 2020}} However, the initial plans for the construction of four {{convert|6000|t|LT|adj=on}} Project 21180 icebreakers was revised after the lead ship, Ilya Muromets, turned out to be too expensive. Consequently, Vympel Design Bureau developed a revised design, Project 21180M, with about two thirds of the displacement and more limited functionality compared to the bigger vessel.{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3269247|title=Ледоколы дошли до "Алмаза"|language=ru|publisher=Kommersant|date=13 April 2017|access-date=22 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201504030941-40gq.htm|title=12 тысяч миль льда за 60 суток. Военные ледоколы 5-го поколения будут патрулировать Арктику|language=ru|publisher=TV Zvezda|date=4 April 2015|access-date=22 November 2020}}
The construction of the first Project 21180M icebreaker was awarded to Almaz Shipbuilding Company in 2017. The vessel was laid down on 12 December 2018,{{cite web|url=https://portnews.ru/top_news/269262/|title=Almaz shipyard lays down icebreaker of Project 21180М, Yevpaty Kolovrat, for RF Navy|publisher=PortNews|date=12 December 2018|access-date=22 November 2020}} launched on 24 November 2020,{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/89992/|title=Евпатий Коловрат|language=ru|website=Fleetphoto|access-date=28 December 2020}} and delivered to Russian Navy on 1 July 2024 after having been towed from Saint Petersburg to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the previous year.{{cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2023/january/12754-russia-project-21180m-icebreaker-yevpaty-kolovrat-to-go-to-kamchatka.html|title=Russia Project 21180M icebreaker Yevpaty Kolovrat to go to Kamchatka |publisher=Navy Recognition|date=26 January 2023|access-date=27 January 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://sudostroenie.info/novosti/42736.html|language=ru|title=Ледокол "Евпатий Коловрат" передан заказчику|website=Sudostroenie.info|date=1 July 2024}} Evpatiy Kolovrat, named after the 13th century bogatyr described in The Tale of the Destruction of Ryazan, entered service with the Pacific Fleet on 26 July 2024.{{cite web | title=Военный ледокол «Евпатий Коловрат» приняли в состав ВМФ России | website=РБК | date=2024-07-26 | url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/66a352999a79476bef388601 | language=ru | ref={{sfnref | РБК | 2022}} | access-date=2024-07-27}}
The keel of the second vessel was laid down on 1 September 2023.{{cite web|url=http://www.petrogradnews.ru/news/2023-09-01/vladimir-omelnitskiy-uchastvoval-v-zakladke-ledokola-na-sudostroitelnoy-verfi--almaz/|title=Владимир Омельницкий участвовал в закладке ледокола на судостроительной верфи «Алмаз»|language=ru|publisher=АНО "Санкт-Петербургский центр информационной поддержки"|date=1 September 2023|accessdate=3 September 2023}} The vessel will be named Svyatogor after the mythical bogatyr and its delivery to the Northern Fleet is envisaged for 2027.{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2022/01/russian-navy-builds-more-icebreakers|title=Russian Navy builds more icebreakers|publisher=The Barents Observer|date=7 January 2022|accessdate=8 January 2022}}
Ships in class
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| Name
! Builder ! Laid down ! Launched ! Commissioned ! Fleet ! Status |
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| Evpatiy Kolovrat
| 24 November 2020{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/89992/|title=Евпатий Коловрат|language=ru|website=Fleetphoto|access-date=28 December 2020}} |
| Svyatogor
| | Laid down |