26/04/2019

Soviet Icebreakers - 4.

Icebreaker "Malygin".
Ледокол "Малыгин".
Jäälõhkuja "Malõgin".

1959.

Ярославский СМХ ф-ка "Маяк".
Jaroslavli tikuvabrik "Majak" (Majakas).

* "Malygin" was built in 1912 as the SS Bruce for the Newfoundland shipping company and sold to Russia in 1915. In 1928, she took part in the search of the Umberto Nobile's dirigible expedition. In 1922-1939, she performed hydrological research in the Arctic Ocean. Named after the Russian 18th century arctic explorer Stepan Malygin. - Wikipedia.

24/04/2019

Soviet Icebreakers - 3.

Icebreaker "Yermak".
Ледокол "Ермак".
Jäälõhkuja "Jermak".

1959.

Ярославский СМХ ф-ка "Маяк".
Jaroslavli tikuvabrik "Majak" (Majakas).

* "Yermak" (1898-1963) was a Russian and later Soviet icebreaker. It was the first polar icebreaker in the world, having a strengthened hull shaped to ride over and crush pack ice. - Wikipedia

12/04/2019

Soviet Icebreakers - 2.

Icebreaker "Sedov".
Ледокол "Седов".
Jäälõhkuja "Sedov".

1959.

Ярославский СМХ ф-ка "Маяк".
Jaroslavli tikuvabrik "Majak" (Majakas).

* "Sedov" was a Soviet ice-breaker fitted with steam engines. She was originally the Newfoundland sealing steamer Beothic (1909) and was renamed after Russian Captain and Polar explorer Georgy Sedov. This icebreaker became famous as the first Soviet drifting ice station. - Wikipedia.

03/04/2019

Soviet Icebreakers - 1.

Icebreaker "Sibiryakov".
Ледокол "Сибиряков".
Jäälõhkuja "Sibirjakov"

1959.

Ярославский СМХ ф-ка "Маяк".
Jaroslavli tikuvabrik "Majak" (Majakas).

* "A. Sibiryakov" was a Soviet icebreaker which was active in the Russian Arctic during the 1930s. She was built in 1909 in Glasgow and was originally the Newfoundland sealing steamer Bellaventure. After being purchased by Russia in 1916, she was renamed A. Sibiryakov, in honour of Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov, an Imperial Russian gold mine proprietor. Sunk by German cruiser "Admiral Scheer" 1942. - Wikipedia.