Icebreakers of Germany
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The icebreakers of Germany include one large icebreaker
, used for International polar research and several smaller icebreakers that clear navigation channels of ice in Germany's territorial waters.
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...
, used for International polar research and several smaller icebreakers that clear navigation channels of ice in Germany's territorial waters.
| name | launched | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Polarstern | 1982 | a German research icebreaker of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research The Alfred Wegener Institute of Polar and Marine Research is a scientific organization located in Bremerhaven, Germany. The institute was founded in 1980 and is named after revolutionary meteorologist climatologist, and geologist Alfred Wegener... in Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham... . |
| Mellum | 1983 | Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities |
| Neuwerk | 1997 | Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities |
| Arkona | 2004 | Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities |
| Gormitz | in 2010 she assisted in the northern Peenestrom Peenestrom The Peenestrom is a strait or river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is 20 Kilometers long and is the westernmost connection of the Szczecin Lagoon with the Baltic Sea. It is therefore also one of the three distributaries of the Oder.... , in the fairway to Hiddensee Hiddensee Hiddensee is a carfree island in the Baltic Sea, located west of Rügen on the German coast.The island, located 54°33' north longitude 13°07' east, has about 1,300 inhabitants. It was a popular vacation destination for East German tourists during German Democratic Republic times and continues to... and Ost- and Landtief |
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| Stettin Stettin (icebreaker) Stettin is a steam icebreaker built by the shipyard Stettiner Oderwerke in 1933. She was ordered by the Chamber of Commerce of Stettin . The economy of the city of Stettin strongly depended on the free access of ships to and from the Baltic Sea... |
1933 | Steamship, now a museum ship |
| Eisvogel Eisvogel class icebreaker The Eisvogel class icebreakers was a two ship class built for the German Navy by the Hitzler Werft shipyard of Lauenburg/Elbe.... |
1960 | a 500 ton naval icebreaker, since 2010 Italian tugboat |
| Eisbär Eisvogel class icebreaker The Eisvogel class icebreakers was a two ship class built for the German Navy by the Hitzler Werft shipyard of Lauenburg/Elbe.... |
1960 | a 500 ton naval icebreaker, scrapped in late 1990s |
| Kienitz | Breaks ice on the River Oder | |
| 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 |
| Max Waldeck | 1967 | subjected to an experimental conversion in 1983 |
| Hindenburg Icebreaker Hindenburg The Icebreaker Hindenburg was sunk by a mine on March 12, 1918.She was sunk in Åland waters near Eckerö Island.Three crew members died.... |
sunk by a mine 1918. |