- Design
- Ships in class
- References Notes Bibliography See also
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}} | 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. Design {{Expand section|date=November 2016}} 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|A264|6}})
- Akademik Golitsyn, 1984 IMO: 8119003 (Академик Голицын)
- Professor Polshkov, 1984 IMO: 8119015 (scrapped 2013)
- Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, 1985 IMO: 8119039
References Notes 1. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=273454860| title=Polar Pioneer| publisher=MarineTraffic.com| accessdate=12 June 2011}}
Bibliography {{Empty section|date=December 2013}} See also - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102115612/http://fleetphoto.ru/models/1394/ Тип Академик Шулейкин, проект 637 (Project 637 list)(Russian)]
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