PRV Valchek (L-2)
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| History | |
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 Arkava
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| Name: | Valchek |
| Namesake: | Boris Valchek |
| Ordered: | 1988 |
| Builder: | Baltic Shipyards, Allanea |
| Cost: | $200 million |
| Laid down: | 15 October 1991 |
| Launched: | 12 May 1996 |
| Acquired: | 13 May 1995 |
| Commissioned: | 10 September 1999 |
| Maiden voyage: | 15 February 2000 |
| Homeport: | Budyazov Naval Base |
| Identification: | Hull number: L-2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 55,000 tonnes |
| Length: | 178 meters |
| Draft: | 11-13 meters |
| Installed power: | Two Ritm-400 nuclear reactors (x 400 MW thermal output) |
| Speed: | 25 knots (2-3 knots with up to 4m thick ice) |
| Range: | 5,200 nautical miles at 20 knots |
| Complement: | 127 crew, up to 100 passengers |
| Aircraft carried: | x2 AS532 Cougar helicopters or x1 VTOL |
| Aviation facilities: | 1 helicopter landing deck |
The PRV Valchek (L-2) is an Allanean Glacier-Class icebreaker currently in service with the Arkavan Navy.