MV Xue Long information

	Xue Long departing from Fremantle in March 2016
History
China
Name	Xue Long (simplified Chinese: 雪龙; traditional Chinese: 雪龍; pinyin: Xuě Lóng)
Operator	Polar Research Institute of China
Port of registry	Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Builder	Kherson Shipyard, Ukraine
Yard number	6003
Laid down	1 January 1990
Completed	1 March 1993
Refit	2007
Identification	IMO number: 8877899; Call sign: BNSK; MMSI number: 412863000;
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	Research vessel
Tonnage	15,352 GT; 4,605 NT; 8,759 DWT;
Displacement	21,025 tons
Length	167 m (548 ft)
Beam	22.6 m (74 ft)
Draft	9 m (30 ft)
Ice class	CCS B1*
Installed power	BMZ 8DKRN60/195 (13,200 kW) (1993–2013); Wärtsilä 6RT-flex60C (13,200 kW) (2013–);
Propulsion	Single-shaft, ducted controllable-pitch propeller
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (max); 1.5 knots (2.8 km/h; 1.7 mph) in 1.1 m (3.6 ft) ice;
Range	20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)
Complement	34 crew, 128 passengers or researchers
Aircraft carried	One helicopter (e.g. Kamov Ka-32A (Snow Eagle) used by Chinare or Harbin Z-9)[citation needed]
Aviation facilities	Helipad
Notes	100 m2 (1,100 sq ft) laboratory space

Xue Long (simplified Chinese: 雪龙; traditional Chinese: 雪龍; pinyin: Xuě Lóng; lit. 'Snow Dragon', shway-lung)^[6] is a Chinese icebreaking research vessel. Built in 1993 at Kherson Shipyard in Ukraine, she was converted from an Arctic cargo ship to a polar research and re-supply vessel by Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding of Shanghai by the mid-1990s. The vessel was extensively upgraded in 2007 and 2013.

Until 2019, Xue Long was the only Chinese icebreaking research ship in service. A second Chinese polar icebreaker named MV Xue Long 2,^[7] slightly smaller but more capable, entered service in July 2019.^{[citation needed]}

^ "Xue Long (8877899)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Xue Long (93S1010)". Register of Ships. China Classification Society. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Xue Long (8877899)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
^ China Classification Society Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
^ A Brief Introduction of R/V Xuelong. Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
^ Alan Boyle (2013-12-30). "How icebreakers work — and why they sometimes don't work". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30.
^ "First Chinese-built polar icebreaker gets name". Xinhua. 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

[equasis-1] "Xue Long (8877899)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 2012-09-12.

[ccs-2] "Xue Long (93S1010)". Register of Ships. China Classification Society. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[seaweb-3] "Xue Long (8877899)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 2015-10-21.

[CCSold-4] China Classification Society Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

[caaa-5] A Brief Introduction of R/V Xuelong. Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration. Retrieved 2012-07-17.

[6] Alan Boyle (2013-12-30). "How icebreakers work — and why they sometimes don't work". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30.

[7] "First Chinese-built polar icebreaker gets name". Xinhua. 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

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History
Xue Long departing from Fremantle in March 2016
China
Name	Xue Long (simplified Chinese: 雪龙; traditional Chinese: 雪龍; pinyin: Xuě Lóng)
Operator	Polar Research Institute of China^[2]
Port of registry	Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Builder	Kherson Shipyard, Ukraine
Yard number	6003^[3]
Laid down	1 January 1990^[4]
Completed	1 March 1993^[2]
Refit	2007
Identification	IMO number: 8877899 Call sign: BNSK MMSI number: 412863000^[1]
Status	In service
General characteristics ^[2]
Type	Research vessel
Tonnage	15,352 GT 4,605 NT 8,759 DWT
Displacement	21,025 tons
Length	167 m (548 ft)
Beam	22.6 m (74 ft)
Draft	9 m (30 ft)
Ice class	CCS B1*
Installed power	BMZ 8DKRN60/195 (13,200 kW) (1993–2013) Wärtsilä 6RT-flex60C (13,200 kW) (2013–)^[3]
Propulsion	Single-shaft, ducted controllable-pitch propeller
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (max) 1.5 knots (2.8 km/h; 1.7 mph) in 1.1 m (3.6 ft) ice
Range	20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)^[5]
Complement	34 crew, 128 passengers or researchers
Aircraft carried	One helicopter (e.g. Kamov Ka-32A (Snow Eagle) used by Chinare or Harbin Z-9)^{[citation needed]}
Aviation facilities	Helipad
Notes	100 m² (1,100 sq ft) laboratory space