Eisvogel-class icebreaker
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Eisvogel laid up in Wilhelmshaven
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Hitzler Werft |
| Operators: |  German Navy |
| In commission: | 1961-2006 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 560 tonnes |
| Length: | 38.85 m (127 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 3.72 m (12 ft 2 in) |
| Ice class: | 140 tonne Hitzler pitching device (for icebreaking) |
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| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 16 civilians |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Navigation radar only |
| Armament: | Fitted for one Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun |
The Eisvogel class icebreakers (Type 721) was a two ship class built for the German Navy by the Hitzler Werft shipyard of Lauenburg/Elbe.
The Eisvogel was in service for the Naval Base Command Kiel and sold to private owners after decommissioning. Since 2010 she is operated as a civil tugboat in Trieste.[2]
The Eisbär was based along the German North Sea coast. After decommissioning she was laid up in Wilhelmshaven later sold to the Netherlands for scrapping.
List of Ships
| Pennant number |
Name | Call sign |
Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate/Base |
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| A 1401 | Eisvogel | April 28, 1960 | March 11, 1961 | March 3, 2006 | Sold to Italy | |
| A 1402 | Eisbär | June 9, 1969 | November 1, 1961 | October 30, 1997 | Scrapped |
The ships are named after the European kingfisher (Eisvogel) and polar bear (Eisbär), both names contain the German word for ice.
See also
- Icebreaker Eisvogel -- an unrelated vessel
References
External links
Further reading
- Gerhard Koop/Siegfried Breyer: Die Schiffe, Fahrzeuge und Flugzeuge der deutschen Marine von 1956 bis heute, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 (German)
