Icebreaker “KRASIN” 100 years c/s R100LK

Radio Officer Biagio VENANZONI IK0PRH reported to trafficlist.net the Special Activation for 100 years of the famous I/B “KRASIN” which will be on the air with callsign R100LK

From 31 March to 30 June 2017 the Special Callsign R100LK will be active to celebrate 100 years of entry into service in the Russian Navy Ship of Icebreaker Krasin.

Biagio in the radio room of KRASIN

The story of this ship is as long as his life. Built in 1916 in the British shipyards of Newcastle, serving in the Russian Imperial Navy March 31, 1917 under the name Sviagotor. It has an overall length of about 100 meters, a width of about 20 and a draft of about 8 meters, Steam Engine, originally supplied by a coal-fired boiler, which limited the autonomy of only 25 days at sea, in 1953 in the shipyards of Rostov and East Germany, transformed diesel, increasing the range to 50 days driven by a propeller quadripale reaches a speed of 15 knots and can break thick sheets of ice up to 4-5 meters. Modernized into the superstructure of the bridge deck is left in the original wooden floorboards. Equipped with modern navigation systems and telecommunications the Krasin, so renamed in 1927 till today. She is the main Museum Russian Ship efficient and ready to go to sea. Krasin was used to open the way for convoys in the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean, in numerous scientific expeditions and travels in the Arctic. In World War II he was carrying materials from the United States to Murmansk. Mainly the Krasin is famous for having rescued the survivors of the “Red Tent” the members of the Italian expedition to the North Pole in the airship Italy commanded by General Umberto Nobile. Its halls and its corridors are covered with large panels reproducing photos and articles of the newspapers, including Corriere della Sera. On board, in a coffee shop near the real radio station, Radio Amateurs Victor, former R.T. Fleet 82 remarkably robust, and Nick, have installed an amateur radio station with Name R1LK. Much sought after by fans of QSL.

Biagio and Nick on board KRASIN in the amateur radio shack

Do not loose this opportunity to put in the LOG c/s R100LK

From youtube a reportage about the history of the ship (on youtube page you find the other 2 parts of the movie)

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