Akademik Shuleykin-class research vessel

	Arnold Veimer as HSwMS Trossö in Swedish Navy service
Class overview
Name	Akademik Shuleykin class (Project 637)
Builders	Valmetin Laivateollisuus Oy, Turku, Finland
Operators	Soviet Navy; Swedish Navy;
Completed	10
Active	9
Scrapped	1
General characteristics as built
Type	Ice-strengthened research vessels
Tonnage	1,753 GRT
Displacement	2,140 t (2,110 long tons)
Length	71.6 m (234 ft 11 in)
Beam	12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draft	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Depth	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines, 3,120 hp (2,330 kW)
Speed	10–14 knots (19–26 km/h; 12–16 mph)
Endurance	70 days

The Akademik Shuleykin class are a series of

oceanographic

research; several have been converted for tourism in Arctic/Antarctic waters, carrying approximately 50 passengers.

Ships in class

Akademik Shuleykin 1982 IMO: 8010324; renamed Polar Pioneer (now converted for tourism);^[1]
Akademik Shokalskiy, 1982 IMO: 8010336 (1998 converted for tourism)
Professor Molchanov, 1982 IMO: 8010348 (converted for tourism)
Professor Khromov, 1983 IMO: 8010350; renamed Spirit of Enderby (now converted for tourism)
Professor Multanovskiy, 1983 IMO: 8010362 (converted for tourism)
Akademik Gamburtsye, 1983 IMO: 8118994; 1997 renamed Fregat; 2003 renamed Nordsyssel (used by the governor of
Gardline Marine Sciences); 2020 renamed Nansen Explorer and converted to polar expedition yacht for Nansen Polar Expeditions

Arnold Veymer, 1984 IMO 8119027; 1991 renamed Livonia; transferred to Estonia as a patrol and pollution cleanup ship, sold to Sweden and converted again (now HSwMS Trossö)
Akademik Golitsyn, 1984 IMO: 8119003 (Академик Голицын)
Professor Polshkov, 1984 IMO: 8119015 (scrapped 2013)
Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, 1985 IMO: 8119039