Floating power barge Severnoe Siyanie. Project 1527

VESSEL CLASS

KM L3 III of USSR Maritime Register

PURPOSE

The ship is intended to supply power to industrial regions of the North and North-East of Russia. The electrical power plant is located in artificial and natural lakes protected against wind and wave.

DESIGN FEATURES

Non-self-propelled single-deck ship with an excessive freeboard, with a long forecastle and a well-developed three-tier superstructure, with a power plant (two  gas-turbine units) arranged on the tanktop in the hull. Gas-turbine units are capable to operate on diesel oil, motor fuel as well as on fuel gas. Provision is made for accommodation and public spaces for the crew.

Main Features

  • Length overall, m 74.8
  • Length at DWL, m 72.0
  • Breadth overall, m 17.0
  • Breadth at DWL at draft of 2.1m, m 16.33
  • Depth, m 3.7
  • Operating draft, m 2.18
  • Draft at transit, m 1.72
  • Maintenance crew, pers. 38

Power plant

  • Main power plant
  • Gas turbine engine, pcs. x kW 2x12000
  • Diesel generator, pcs. x kW 2x320
  • Boiler unit, pcs. x kg/h 2x6.0
  • Exhaust boiler, pcs. x kg/h 2x18.0
  • Electrical power plant:
  • main plant - 6.3 kW
  • auxiliary plant - 0.4 kW