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Fyodor Litke (icebreaker)
''Fyodor Litke'' may refer to one of the following icebreakers named after Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke Friedrich Benjamin Graf von Lütke (russian: Фёдор Петро́вич Ли́тке, Fyodor Petrovich Litke; – ), more commonly known by his Russian name Fyodor Litke, was a German-Russian navigator, geographer, and Arctic explorer. He ... (Fyodor Petrovich Litke): * ''Fyodor Litke'' (1909), a Russian and later Soviet icebreaker built in 1909 as CGC ''Earl Grey'' and sold to Russia in 1914. * ''Fyodor Litke'' (1970), a Soviet diesel-electric icebreaker built in 1970. {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Fyodor Litke'' (icebreaker) Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels, such as the icebreaking boats that were once used on the canals of the United Kingdom. For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most normal ships lack: a strengthened hull, an ice-clearing shape, and the power to push through sea ice. Icebreakers clear paths by pushing straight into frozen-over water or pack ice. The bending strength of sea ice is low enough that the ice breaks usually without noticeable change in the vessel's trim. In cases of very thick ice, an icebreaker can drive its bow onto the ice to break it under the weight of the ship. A buildup of broken ice in front of a ship can slow it down much more than the breaking of the ice itself, so icebreakers have a specially designed hull to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Benjamin Von Lütke
Friedrich Benjamin Graf von Lütke (russian: Фёдор Петро́вич Ли́тке, Fyodor Petrovich Litke; – ), more commonly known by his Russian name Fyodor Litke, was a German-Russian navigator, geographer, and Arctic explorer. He became a count in 1866, and an admiral in 1855. He was a corresponding member (1829), Honorable Member (1855), and President (1864) of the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg. He was also an Honorable Member of many other Russian and foreign scientific establishments, and a corresponding member of the French Academy of Science in Paris. Biography Friedrich came from the Lütke family ( ru) of Brandenburgish origin and originated in Jüterbog. Count Lütke's grandfather was Johann Philipp von Lütke, a German Lutheran preacher and writer on physical science and theology. In 1745, Johann went from Germany to Moscow as pastor of a Lutheran parish in order to spread Lutheranism to Russia and Baltic provinces. As a youth, Friedrich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Litke (1909 Icebreaker)
The icebreaker ''Fyodor Litke'' (SKR-18, russian: Фёдор Литке, СКР-18) was active in the Soviet era in the Arctic, until the late 1950s. It was built in 1909 in England for the Saint Lawrence River service and initially named CGC ''Earl Grey'' after Albert Grey, Governor General of Canada.Fraser, p.3 After four years in Canada it was sold to the Russian government and eventually renamed ''Fyodor Litke'' in honour of the Arctic explorer Fyodor Petrovich Litke. ''Litke''Name of the ship was usually reduced to ''Litke'', omitting ''Fyodor''. became famous for its Arctic operations in 1932–1935, survived World War II and was retired in 1958 after nearly 50 years of service. Unlike conventional icebreakers that crush ice with their own weight from above, ''Litke'' belonged to an older generation of vessels, relying on ramming and cutting ice without any downward movement. For this reason, ''Litke'' was uniquely classified as an ''ice-cutter'' (russian: ледо ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Litke (1970 Icebreaker)
''Fyodor Litke'' ( rus, ХФёдор Литке) was a Soviet and later Russian icebreaker in service from 1970 until 2013. It was one of twelve Project 97A icebreakers built by Admiralty Shipyard in Leningrad in 1961–1971. Description In the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union began developing a new diesel-electric icebreaker design based on the 1942-built steam-powered icebreaker ''Eisbär'' to meet the needs of both civilian and naval operators. Built in various configurations until the early 1980s, the Project 97 icebreakers and their derivatives became the largest and longest-running class of icebreakers and icebreaking vessels built in the world. Of the 32 ships built in total, the unarmed civilian variant Project 97A was the most numerous with twelve icebreakers built in 1961–1971. Project 97A icebreakers were long overall and had a beam of . Fully laden, the vessels drew of water and had a displacement of . Their three 10-cylinder 13D100 two-stroke oppos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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