Akademik Shuleykin-class oceanographic research vessel

Arnold Veimer as HMS Trossö in Swedish Navy
Class overview
Name:	Akademik Shuleykin class (Project 637)
Builders:	Valmetin Laivateollisuus Oy, Turku, Finland
Operators:	Soviet Navy and other Government agencies
Completed:	10
Active:	9
Scrapped:	1
General characteristics
Type:	ice-strengthened research vessels; many now passenger vessels
Tonnage:	1,753 GRT
Displacement:	2140 tonnes
Length:	71.6 m (235 ft)
Beam:	12.8 m (42 ft)
Draft:	4.5 m (15 ft)
Depth:	6.45 m (21.2 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × diesel engines, 3,120 hp (2,330 kW)
Speed:	10–14 knots (19–26 km/h)
Endurance:	70 days

The Akademik Shuleykin- class vessels are Finnish-built ice-strengthened ships built for the USSR. They were originally used for oceanographic research; currently several have been converted for tourism in Arctic/Antarctic waters, carrying approximately 50 passengers.

Ships in class

• Akademik Shuleykin 1982 IMO: 8010324; renamed Polar Pioneer (now converted for tourism);^[1]
• Akademik Shokalskiy, 1982 IMO: 8010336 (1998 converted for tourism)
• Professor Molchanov, 1982 IMO: 8010348 (converted for tourism)
• Professor Khromov, 1983 IMO: 8010350; renamed Spirit of Enderby (now converted for tourism)
• Professor Multanovskiy, 1983 IMO: 8010362 (converted for tourism)
• Akademik Gamburtsye, 1983 IMO: 8118994; 1997 renamed Fregat; 2003 renamed Nordsyssel (used by the governor of Svalbard); 2014 renamed Polar Surveyor (survey ship for Gardline Marine Sciences)
• Arnold Veymer, 1984 IMO 8119027; 1991 renamed Livonia; transferred to Estonia as a patrol and pollution cleanup ship, sold to Sweden and converted again (now HSwMS Trossö)
• Akademik Golitsyn, 1984 IMO: 8119003 (Академик Голицын)
• Professor Polshkov, 1984 IMO: 8119015 (scrapped 2013)
• Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, 1985 IMO: 8119039

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