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The first of the Russian Navy's new Arctic multipurpose support vessels entered service with the Black Sea Fleet during a ceremony held in Sevastopol, Crimea, on 29 May, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced. A commissioning ce...

Conceptual drawing (Admiralty Shipyard) Close× Russia launches unusual floating science station for the high Arctic 24 December 2020 Russias Admiralty Shipyard has launched one of the most unusual ships to go down the ways in 2020. The future  Severnyy Polyus (North Pole), also known as Project 00903, is as much a floating installation as it is a self-propelled vessel. The bulbous ship is designed to the Russian Arc8 ice class standard, one step down from the top Arc9 rating, and it is inte...