Built 2007–present day Completed 2 | In commission 2009–present day | |
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Builders Almaz shipbuilding company Operators Russian Navy/Russian Coast Guard Preceded by Ivan Susanin class icebreaker |
The Purga class are a group of icebreaker Patrol ships operated by the Russian Coast Guard. The Project 22120 patrol ship Purga (en,code "blizzard") is a new generation border patrol vessel. It was built as a big revenue cutter. Vessel has ice strengthening, providing independent navigation in a rarefied one-year ice thickness up to 0.6 m in winter and spring to navigate and up to 0.8 m thick in summer and autumn navigation.
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