| Purga-class icebreaker | |
|---|---|
| Class overview | |
| Builders: | Almaz shipbuilding company |
| Operators: |
 Russian Navy/Border Guard Service of Russia |
| Preceded by: | Ivan Susanin class icebreaker |
| Built: | 2007–present day |
| In commission: | 2009–present day |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Icebreaker patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 1,066 tons full load |
| Length: | 71 m |
| Beam: | 10.4 m |
| Draught: | 3.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesel(ABC 16M VZDC-1000-180) 5,440 hp |
| Speed: | 24 knots |
| Range: | 6,000 km at 14 knots |
| Complement: | 25 |
| Armament: | 2 x MTPU pedestal machine gun 'Kord' 12.7 mm. |
| Aircraft carried: | Helipad for Ka-226 Helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | helicopter pad |
The Purga class are a group of icebreaker Patrol ships operated by the Russian maritime border guard. The Project 22120 patrol ship Purga (en,code "blizzard") is a new generation border patrol vessel. Originally founded as a big revenue cutter. Vessel has ice strengthening, providing independent navigation in a rarefied one-year ice thickness up to 0.6 m in winter and spring to navigate and up to 0.8 m thick in summer and autumn navigation.[1]
Operators[]
Russia
- Russian Navy/Border Guard Service of Russia (not formally part of the Navy, the ship is a Border Guard Service)
Ships[]
| Name | Builders | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS-824 | Almaz shipbuilding company | 2007 | 24 December 2009 | 22 December 2010 | Pacific Ocean |
| PS-825 | Almaz shipbuilding company | 25 November 2011 | 5 December 2012[2] | 6 July 2013[3] | Pacific Ocean |
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