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KRASIN icebreaker

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The stamp issued by Russia in 2000 features the picture of R.L. Samoylovich. On the left of the stamp there is a composition devoted to the rescue party to save the aircrew of the Italian airship ITALY in 1928: the icebreaker KRASIN in the Arctic ice; the distressed members of the expedition; the plane of the flier B.G. Chukhnovskiy on the ice; the map of the course of the rescue party (the region of the Spitsbergen Archipelago).

R.L. Samoylovich (1881-1940). A polar explorer, a doctor of geographical sciences, a professor. The first commander of the Northern scientific operation expedition (1920-1925), director of the Institute of exploring the North (1925-1930).
The mission commander on the icebreaker KRASIN (1928), RUSANOV (1932), SEDOV (1936 and 1937-1938). The commander of the scientific part of the expedition on the airship COUNT ZEPPELIN (1931).

The KRASIN was built under yard No 904 as an icebreaker by the yard of Armstrong, Witworth & Co., Ltd, Newcastel, Great Britain for the Russian Government.
1915 Keel laid down.
Launched under the name SVIATOGOR, named after a fictional hero found on traditional Russian epic poetry.
Tonnage 5.168 gross, 2.342 net, with a displacement of 9.300 ton. Dim. 323.2 x 71 x 26ft., length bpp. 297ft.
Powered by three triple expansion steam engines, manufactured by Richardsons, Westgarth & Co., Middelsbrough, 10.000 ihp, connected to three shafts, speed 15 knots.
February 1917 completed, with homeport Archangelsk.

After delivery used in northern waters of Russia.
During the Civil War in Russia was she scuttled in Archangselsk to block the port for advancing British Forces. The English were not deterred, and some of the crew were shot for the trouble.
Seized by the Royal Navy on 03 August 1918 and refloated and commissioned in the Royal Navy and given the pennant No. N.N4, she returned to England for repair and was given the Royal Navy Pennant No. N.A8 on 01 November 1921.
In service with the Royal Navy until 19 November 1921, when she was transferred or bought back by the Soviets, due in large to measure to the efforts of the People’s Commissar of Foreign Trade L.B. Krasin.
Stationed at Leningrad, later Murmansk.
When he died the SVIATOGOR was renamed in KRASIN in 1928.

In 1928 she became famous when she rescued the Italian balloonist U. Nobile’s ill-fated Arctic airship expedition. On receiving the distress call, the camp was found on the ice by the German aircraft UG-1 that then guided the KRASIN to the men on the ice. She was the only ship, which reached 82º latitude in this rescue operation. Thereafter used to keep the northern seaway open
When on 25 July 1928 the German passenger vessel MONTE SERVANTES with 1835 persons on board collided with an iceberg, the KRASIN came to the rescue, and escorted the damaged vessel to Spitzbergen.

1933 She made a winter voyage to the north of Novoja Zemlja under command of Capt. J. P. Legzdin, the first winter voyage at that latitude.

In 1934 she came again in the news, when she was send out to search for the trapped crew of the steamer CHELUSKIN, which was on 13 February 1934 lost trough the pressure of the ice in a position about 44 mile from the Cape Wellen. The KRASIN rescued the crew from the ice.

During World War II she was given the Naval Pennant No. LD2 and got a busy life.
1941 She completed its second round the world voyage and during a stay in an American port was she fitted out with guns. During the war she was commanded by M.G. Markov.

Took part in one of the Murmansk convoys, convoy PQ 15 in 1942 when she was homeward bound from the USA. Otherwise used to keep the Northerly routes open and escort Russian and Allied ships with war supplies in the Arctic.

She survived the war but was totally worn out. She sailed to the Mathias Thesen Werft in East Germany in 1957 for repair and a refit after the war. She was strengthened and reinforced.
Got three new triple expansion steam engines, oil fired, manufactured by the Ottensener Eisenwerk, Hamburg. Her twin funnels were replaced by one more streamlined funnel, and superstructure was replaced by a more modern one. (One both stamps is she depict before the alternations).
1958 After her refit again used in the Arctic waters, with homeport Murmansk until 1972.

Converted in a research vessel. Her port and starboard engines removed and the two stern tubes blocked up, and two large generators were placed in place of the engines.
She was then renamed LEONID KRASIN and carried out research work in the Arctic. Most probably renamed after a new icebreaker KRASIN was launched.

1974 Removed from service as a research vessel and used as a floating energy station at Spitsbergen.
1977 Moved to Franz Joseph Island and there also used as a floating energy station.

1986 Again used as a research vessel, 1989 the owner became the International Foundation for the History of Science, Leningrad, with the view to use her as a floating museum and research center, she was renamed again KRASIN.

Her history is a little bit hazy thereafter but in 1990 she made a visit to Hamburg, Rotterdam and Tilbury near London then back via Copenhagen to Leningrad.
First it was planned to scrap her, but a group of volunteers headed by an old captain of the vessel, Capt. L. Yu Burak the ship was saved from the blowtorch.

She is now owned by State Enterprise “Icebreaker Krasin”, managed by Museum of the World, and used as a floating museum with on board 700 objects in its collection.
Moored alongside the Lieutenant Shmidt quay at St Petersburg, Russia.
IMO No. 5196402 . Tonnage now given as 5.484 grt,. Call sign UGXN.

Source: Many websites. Marine News 1991/32. Marhst-L http://www.scs-shipping.com/EnglishHome ... rasin.html Watercraft Philately Vol. 52 page 6.

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Re: KRASIN icebreaker

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:36 pm

Sea Transport. Transportation on seas. Sea vessels are divided into passenger ships, dry cargo ships, tankers, and facilities ships. Modern vessels are complex engineering constructions equipped with hi-tech navigation devices. Ice-boats are a separate group, they are used for navigation is ice seas. In the lower left corner of the stamp there is Svyatogor ice-boat built in 1917 (name changed to Krasin in 1927). In 1928 the ice-boat took part in a rescue mission to save Nobile's expedition, it also lead ship caravans in Arctic areas in 1941-1945, and was widely used until 1972. In the right part of the stamp there is Arctika (ARKTIKA), a nuclear ice-boat built in 1975 (148 m long, 23.4 thousand tons displacement, engine of 55 megawatt). In 1977 navigation season it reached the North Pole. In the upper left corner of the stamp there is a modern dry cargo long-distance ship. (I believe one of the Russian SA-15 class, first unit built was NORILSK). Multicolor

Russian 2000 3.00R sg?, scott?

Source Russian Post web-site

Bulgaria 2021 0.65L sgMS?, Scott? (The polar icebreaker KRASIN is depicted in the margin.)
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Re: KRASIN icebreaker

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:26 pm

For the 100th Anniversary of the KRASIN the Russian mail issued 1 stamp.

KRASIN is an Arctic vessel of Soviet and Russian fleets. She was called SVYATGOR prior to 1927, after which she was renamed KRASIN to honor a recently deceased Soviet political leader Leonid Krasin.

The postage stamp depicts the KRASIN Icebreaker against the background of an aurora borealis.

Russia 2017 24P sg?. scott.
Source Russian Post.
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