“Akademik Ioffe” is a research vessel . Named after the Soviet scientist physicist Abram Fedorovich Ioffe
| Academician Ioffe | |
|---|---|
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| Flag |  Russia |
| Class and type of vessel | Research / Passenger |
| Port of registry | Kaliningrad |
| IMO Number | 8507731 |
| Call sign | UAUN |
| Operator | Institute of Oceanology RAS |
| Launched | 1988 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 6600 |
| Length | 117 m |
| Speed | 15 knots |
| Autonomy of swimming | 60 days |
| Crew | 43 |
| Passenger capacity | 127 |
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View from the upper deck of the boat and stern decks
The ship was built in 1988, has a displacement of 6,600 tons, a length of 117 meters. Academician Ioffe and Academician Sergei Vavilov were built on a joint project. Both vessels in the central part have a vertical shaft with a diameter of about two meters, overlooking the main deck in a special room. Having lowered the receiver or emitter with the help of a winch through the shaft, one vessel can radiate and the other can receive acoustic signals. Vessels were used for experiments on the distant propagation of sound in the ocean.
The ship belongs to the Institute of Oceanology. P.P. Shirshova RAS .
- 1 flight - August - December 1989, together with the R / V “ Akademik Vavilov ”. 6 groups of researchers from the USSR Academy of Sciences. Including - attempts to register neutrinos, studies of the passage of ultra-low-frequency oscillations ...
- 8th flight - June - September 2000.
- 10 flight - October - November 2001. Geological exploration in the equatorial part of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Flight 19 - Autumn 2005. Hydrological sections in the Drake Channel, Bransfield Strait and Loper Strait.
- 20th flight - spring 2006.
- 21 flights - summer 2006. A hydrological section along 59 ° 30 'from the shelf of Great Britain to the southern tip of Greenland - Cape Farwell.
- 22nd flight - fall of 2006.
- 23rd flight - summer 2007. A hydrological section along 59 ° 30 'from the shelf of Great Britain to the southern tip of Greenland - Cape Farwell with the end in the port of Iqaluit .
- 24th flight - autumn 2007. Hydrological section through the Drake Channel.
- 25th flight - summer 2008. A hydrological section along 59 ° 30 'from the shelf of Great Britain to the southern tip of Greenland - Cape Farwell with the end in the port of St. Johns (Newfoundland)
- 29th flight - October - November 2009.
Links
- Sovetov Yu. Geological forum under the Southern Cross // Science in Siberia : Newspaper. - 2000. - No. 48 . - about the 8th voyage of the vessel
- Kolobov V. 32 days in the Atlantic and four debuts // Science in Siberia : Newspaper. - 2002. - No. 4-5 . - about the 10th voyage of the vessel
- Akademik Ioffe 2009 (inaccessible link) . MAR-ECO. Date of treatment June 14, 2010. Archived October 25, 2010. - a description of the 29th voyage of the ship according to Dr. A. Perez (Brazil)