KAPITAN WORONIN

Very nice shot! Data from Miramar Ship Index:

IDNo: 5181689 Year: 1955
Name: KAPITAN VORONIN Keel:
Type: Icebreaker Launch Date:
Flag: RUS Date of completion: 11.55

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Tons: 3416 Link: 2449
DWT: 1446 Yard No: 354
Length overall: 83.2 Ship Design:
LPP: 77.1 Country of build: FIN
Beam: 19.5 Builder: Wartsila Sandviken
Material of build: Location of yard: Helsinki
Number of
screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 2/2DE-15

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Naval or paramilitary marking :
A: *
End: 1996

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Subsequent History:

Disposal Data:
BU Alang 8.5.96, work began 26.5.96 [B.Melaram]

Fantastic shot ... most dramatic and brings back Baltic memories ...... Thanks ,,, any more would be most welcome

Very interesting photo from the Dudinka - the outer port of Norilsk, one of the world's richest and largest metallurgical fields and plants in the enormous Siberian river Ob mouth. Many of these fine diesel-electric ice-breakers were built in various versions for USSR, Finland, Sweden and others for decades, and served efficiently for decades.

I guess the most correct transcription of the ship name here is VORNIN as the Russian has no "W" - only Polish has chosen to use the "w" -instead of "v"- among the Slavic langauges - however the sound value is always the same: "v".