Helsinki, Sweden?
Posted on 02/10/2016 5:46:11 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
Built by Arctech Helsinki for the Russian Ministry of Transport, the Icebreaking Multipurpose Emergency and Rescue Vessel Baltika is a first-of-its-kind icebreaker built with an asymmetrical hull allowing for not only ahead and astern icebreaking, but also “oblique†icebreaking for a greater angle of attack.
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Our Nation is not fading, it's being willfully slaughtered!
Built in Helsinki, so if anyone’s deserving of kudos it’s the Finns. It is an impressive video.
With global warming who needs it.
She rolls like a mofo in open water, much like the USCG buoy tender I was on. That will be a puker boat for sure. Good luck tot he uninitiated!
Impressive piece of engineering. Using propulsion other than Propellers I would guess?
We could one-up them with “Variable Geometry Hull” technology. Not that it actually exists but we could at least float the idea.
Wow, that was fascinating........The great lakes coast guard could use a couple of those
Sig Hansen could likely catch crabs with it.
The only thing Russia had to do with this icebreaker is to write the check to pay for it. It was developed and is being built by a company in Finland called Aker Artic.
Helsinki, Sweden?
Yep, it’s got a nice davit, would just need some minor mods. And tanks, Although I’m sure it’s got sizable ballasting tanks.
If you like exciting movies, especially with maritime themes, you'll love it. Too intense for kids. Think of it as "The Perfect Storm," without Clooney and with a happy ending.
what tender where you on?
Neat vessel.
WLM 545 White Heath 133’ out of Boston
I plan to see that when it’s available on Netflix or whatever.
Why? What do we really need icebreakers for? From what I understand the ones we've had spend most of their time in Antarctica. Any Alaskan ports that get iced in are also accessible by road.
How about you? What unit(s) did you serve with?
I think I figured it out by your screen name.
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