Floating power barge Severnoe Siyanie. Project 1527

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

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