Icebreakers of Germany

The icebreakers of Germany include one large icebreaker, used for International polar research and dozens of smaller icebreakers that clear navigation channels of ice in Germany's territorial waters.[1]

name IMO / ENI number launched notes
Polarstern IMO 8013132 1982 a German research icebreaker of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven.
Mellum IMO 8301981 1983 Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities[2]
Neuwerk IMO 9143984 1997 Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities[3]
Arkona 2004 Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities[4]
Görmitz IMO 9339363 2004 in 2010 she assisted in the northern Peenestrom, in the fairway to Hiddensee and Ost- and Landtief
Schwedt ENI 05041960 2010 Breaks ice on the River Oder
Stettin 1933 Steamship, now a museum ship
Eisbrecher I 1871 One of the first European icebreakers
Eisbrecher II 1877
Eisbrecher III 1892
Eisvogel 1960 a 500-ton naval icebreaker, since 2010 Italian tugboat
Eisbär 1961 a 500-ton naval icebreaker, scrapped in late 1990s
Kienitz ENI 05027290 1958 Breaks ice on the River Oder[5]
Hanse 1965 Built in Finland, paid off in 1998 and lost after major fire
Stephan Jantzen 1967 Dobrynya Nikitich class icebreaker (Project 97P), built in Russia for East Germany, replaced by the Arkona in 2004[6]
Max Waldeck 1967 subjected to an experimental conversion in 1983[7]
Hindenburg 1915 sunk by a mine 1918.[8]
Kietz ENI 05041970 2010 Breaks ice on the River Oder
Keiler 2011 Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
Frankfurt ENI 05039960 2002 constructed by Hitzler Werft for icebreaking duties on the Elbe River, Oder River, and canals in the former East Germany, operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt[9]
Steinbock 1935 Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
Widder 1949 Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
Stier 1951 Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
Freiburg ENI 05042180 2012 Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt on the Rhine River; working vessel.[10]

See also

List of icebreakers

References

  1. ↑ "Restrictions to Navigation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-18.
  2. ↑ Mellum Datasheet
  3. ↑ Neuwerk Datasheet
  4. ↑ Arkona Datasheet
  5. ↑ Michael Urban (2009-01-19). "German icebreaker 'Kienitz' ships down the river Oder between Germany and Poland". Getty Images. Archived from the original on 2010-02-18.
  6. ↑ "Icebreaker Stephan Jantzen". 2005. Archived from the original on 2010-02-18.
  7. ↑ H. Wilckens, A. Freitas (1983-06). "Thyssen-Waas icebreaker concept model tests and full scale trials". Cold Regions Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ "Big German Icebreaker Hits a Mine --Several Sailors Drowned" (PDF). New York Times. 1918-03-12. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  9. ↑ "Neubau des starken flachgehenden Eisbrechers 'FRANKFURT' für die Oder" [Construction of large flat-bottomed ice-breaker 'Frankfurt' for the Oder] (PDF). Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Eberswalde. 2002-05-25. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
  10. ↑ "Das neue Motorschiff der Außenstelle Breisach des Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamtes heißt "Freiburg"" [The motor ship of the new branch of Breisach called the Waterways and Shipping Office "Freiburg"]. Badische Zeitung. 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-06-17. Zum Aufgabengebiet des Bootes gehören die Uferunterhaltung, die Überwachung der Fahrrinnentiefe und das Auslegen, Einholen und Warten von Schifffahrtszeichen. Ausgerüstet mit Linienecholot und Seitensichtsonar, kann die MS "Freiburg" Hindernisse in der Fahrrinne aufspüren. Es verfügt über eine Schubbühne und ist auch als Eisbrecher einsetzbar, was an seinem Breisacher Standort wohl kaum notwendig werden dürfte. mirror
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