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.

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 capabilitiesMellum Datasheet Neuwerk IMO 9143984 1997 Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilitiesNeuwerk Datasheet Arkona 2004 Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilitiesArkona Datasheet 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 Hanse 1965 Built in Finland, paid off in 1998 and lost after major fire Stephan Jantzen 1967 Dobrynya Nikitich-class icebreaker built in Russia for East Germany, replaced by the Arkona in 2004 Max Waldeck 1967 subjected to an experimental conversion in 1983 Hindenburg 1915 sunk by a mine 1918. 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 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.Eisvogel1942Operated by the Kriegsmarine and later Soviet Navy. Decommissioned in 1972.Eisbär1942Operated by the Kriegsmarine and later Soviet Navy. Decommissioned in 1979.Castor1941Operated by the Kriegsmarine. Sunk in 1945 but later raised by the Soviet Union.Pollux1943Operated by the Kriegsmarine. Sunk in 1945.

See also List of icebreakers

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