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]

nameIMO / ENI numberlaunchednotes
PolarsternIMO 80131321982a German research icebreaker of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven.
MellumIMO 83019811983Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities[2]
NeuwerkIMO 91439841997Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities[3]
Arkona2004Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities[4]
GörmitzIMO 93393632004in 2010 she assisted in the northern Peenestrom, in the fairway to Hiddensee and Ost- and Landtief
SchwedtENI 050419602010Breaks ice on the River Oder
Stettin1933Steamship, now a museum ship
Eisbrecher I1871One of the first European icebreakers
Eisbrecher II1877
Eisbrecher III1892
Eisvogel1960a 500-ton naval icebreaker, since 2010 Italian tugboat
Eisbär1961a 500-ton naval icebreaker, scrapped in late 1990s
KienitzENI 050272901958Breaks ice on the River Oder[5]
Hanse1965Built in Finland, paid off in 1998 and lost after major fire
Stephan Jantzen1967Project 97P icebreaker built in Russia for East Germany, replaced by the Arkona in 2004[6]
Max Waldeck1967subjected to an experimental conversion in 1983[7]
Hindenburg1915sunk by a mine 1918.[8]
KietzENI 050419702010Breaks ice on the River Oder
Keiler2011Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
FrankfurtENI 050399602002constructed 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]
Steinbock1935Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
Widder1949Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
Stier1951Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
FreiburgENI 050421802012Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt on the Rhine River; working vessel.[10]
Eisvogel 1942 Operated by the Kriegsmarine and later Soviet Navy. Decomissioned in 1972.
Eisbär 1942 Operated by the Kriegsmarine and later Soviet Navy. Decomissioned in 1979.
Castor 1941 Operated by the Kriegsmarine. Sunk in 1945 but later raised by the Soviet Union.
Pollux 1943 Operated by the Kriegsmarine. Sunk in 1945.

See also

References
  1. "Restrictions to Navigation". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-18.
  2. Mellum Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Datasheet
  3. Neuwerk Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Datasheet
  4. Arkona Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine 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 (June 1983). "Thyssen-Waas icebreaker concept model tests and full scale trials". Cold Regions Science and Technology. doi:10.1016/0165-232X(83)90074-5. Cite journal requires |journal= (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. Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. 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.
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