Vasiliy Golovnin (ship)

Vasiliy Golovnin (Russian: «Василий Головнин»; IMO 8723426) is a Russian Project 10620 icebreaking cargo ship built in 1988 in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,[1][2][3] and named after the Russian navigator, vice admiral Vasily Golovnin (1776—1831). The vessel is operated by Russia's Far East Shipping Company (FESCO).[4]

The Vasiliy Golovnin has regularly been chartered for entire seasons, including by Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina.[5][6]

On April 29, 2019, TASS reported that 2 crew members died from methanol poisoning.[3][4]

References
  1. "Antarctic support and research vessels". 2006-03-10. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
  2. "Davis Station News" (PDF). Australian Government. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2007-09-02. Retrieved 2008-01-26. Later the same day the Xue Long anchored off Davis and the next afternoon we had 80 Chinese visitors ashore. Many made a beeline for the post office where Post Mistress Camilla "stamped until I dropped". About 20 Davis folks also got a trip out to the Xue Long and a tour and meal (the ship is a younger sister ship to the Vasiliy Golovnin).
  3. "Two Crewmembers of Russian Icebreaker Die on Antarctic Voyage". Maritime Executive. 2019-04-30. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. At the time of the incident, the Golovnin was under way back to South Africa after a three-month charter to deliver cargo and fuel to the Indian Antarctic research stations Bharati and Maitri. She departed Cape Town with 1,000 tons of cargo and a new delegation of Indian scientists on January 26; TASS reported that the resupply mission was challenging, with poor weather and ice conditions, and Golovnin had difficulty getting free of the ice pack on her return voyage.
  4. Erofey Schkvarkin (2019-04-30). "Antarctic supply ship reported two dead crew". Maritime Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-06-04. Antarctic supply ship VASILIY GOLOVNIN reported on Apr 29 or earlier, that two crew on board died of poisoning, assumedly by methanol alcohol.
  5. "Galería de imágenes del rompehielos M V Vasiliy Golovnin" [Image gallery of the icebreaker MV Vasiliy Golovnin]. Fundacion Neusta Mar (in Spanish). 2008-08-22. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  6. Mariano De Vedia (2018-01-30). "El abrazo del Irízar al ARA San Juan" [The embrace of Irizar to ARA San Juan]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Ante la imposibilidad de contar con el Irízar, en los últimos diez años el gobierno argentino alquiló para las campañas antárticas de verano buques polares extranjeros, como la embarcación rusa Vasiliy Golovnin, que no tenían la capacidad de un rompehielos y estaban impedidos de llegar a la base más austral.
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