List of icebreakers

The list of icebreakers shows a selection of icebreakers sorted by country.

Denmark

Danbjørn , Isbjørn and Thorbjørn in Frederikshavn harbor

designation	Class / type	Construction year
Danbjørn^{Receipt ?}	Danbjørn class	1965
Isbjørn^{Receipt ?}	Danbjørn class	1966
Thorbjørn^{Receipt ?}

Germany

Max Waldeck with the Thyssen-Waas-Bug

designation	Ship type	Class / type	Construction year	Shipyard	Owner	period of service	Whereabouts
Arkona	Multipurpose ship		2004	Peene shipyard , Wolgast	Stralsund Waterways and Shipping Office
boar		Bison class	1966	Shipyard Berlin-Koepenick	Eberswalde Waterways and Shipping Office
Icebear	Steam icebreaker		1942	Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad , Gothenburg , Sweden	Navy	1942-1945	delivered to the Soviet Union
Icebear		Kingfisher class	1961	Hitzler shipyard	Federal Navy	Late 2006
kingfisher	Steam icebreaker		1942	Aalborg Værft , Aalborg , Denmark	Navy	1942-1945	delivered to the Soviet Union
kingfisher		Kingfisher class	1961	Hitzler shipyard	Federal Navy	Late 2006	since 2010 as a civilian smuggler in Trieste
Elbe			1911				Museum ship
Hanse			1966	Wärtsilä , Helsinki		Late 1998	Loss after fire
Max Waldeck	Ice breaker with Thyssen Waas bow		1967	Norderwerft		Late 2006
Mellum	Multipurpose ship		1983	Elsflether shipyard
Neuwerk	Multipurpose ship		1997	Volkswerft Stralsund
Pole Star	Research icebreaker		1982	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH	Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Stephan Jantzen		Nikitich class	1967	Leningrad Admiralty Shipyard		End of April 2, 2005	Museum ship
Szczecin	Steam icebreaker		1933	Stettiner Oderwerke		Late 1981	Museum ship
whale	Steam icebreaker		1938	Stettiner Oderwerke		Late 1990	Museum ship

Finland

Finland's icebreaker fleet in the port of Helsinki

Polaris

designation	Ship type	Class / type	Construction year	Shipyard	Owner	period of service	Whereabouts
Apu^{Receipt ?}
Botnica			1998	Aker Finnyards , Rauma
Fennica			1992	Aker Finnyards , Rauma
Kontio			1987	Wärtsilä , Helsinki
Nordica			1993
Otso			1986
Sampo			1961
Sisu		Atle class	1971	Wärtsilä , Helsinki	Arctia Shipping Oy	since 1971
Tarmo			1908
Urho^{Receipt ?}		Atle class	1975	Wärtsilä , Helsinki		since 1975
Voima			1954
Polaris	Diesel-electric icebreaker		2016	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard			in service

Canada

Griffon on the Detroit River

designation	Class / type	Construction year	Shipyard	Owner	Whereabouts
Amundsen	Pierre Radisson class	1979	Burrard Dry Dock, Vancouver	Canadian Coast Guard
Alexander Henry^{Receipt ?}					off-duty
Des Groseilliers	Pierre Radisson class	1982	Port Weller Drydocks, St. Catharines Ontario	Canadian Coast Guard
d'Iberville^{Receipt ?}					canceled
Ernest Lapointe^{Receipt ?}					Museum ship
griffon		1970	Davie Shipbuilding, (Lauzon, Quebec)	Canadian Coast Guard
Henry Larsen	Pierre Radisson class	1987	Versatile Pacific Shipyards	Canadian Coast Guard
John A. Macdonald^{Receipt ?}					canceled
Labrador^{Receipt ?}					canceled
Louis S. St-Laurent		1969	Canadian Vickers Montreal	Canadian Coast Guard
Mikula^{Receipt ?}					off-duty
NB McLean^{Receipt ?}					canceled
Northern Light^{Receipt ?}					off-duty
Pierre Radisson	Pierre Radisson class	1978	Burrard Dry Dock, Vancouver	Canadian Coast Guard
Robert Lemeur^{Receipt ?}					off-duty
Saurel^{Receipt ?}					off-duty
Terry Fox		1983		Canadian Coast Guard

Netherlands

designation	Ship type	Class / type	Construction year	Shipyard	Owner	period of service	Whereabouts
Arctic Sunrise
Jacob Langeberg^{Receipt ?}	Channel icebreaker		1902	F. Schichau, Elbing

Sweden

The icebreaker Atle in the ice

designation	Class / type	Construction year	Shipyard	Owner	period of service	Whereabouts
Isbrytars^{Receipt ?}
Isbrytaren / Saint Erik		1915	Finnboda	Stockholm	1915-1977	Museum ship in Stockholm
Statsisbrytaren / Atle^{Receipt ?}
Ymer^{Receipt ?}
Thule^{Receipt ?}
Odes		1988	Götaverken Arendal AB, Gothenburg	Sjöfartsverket Rederi
goal^{Receipt ?}
Njord^{Receipt ?}
ale^{Receipt ?}
Atle	Atle class	1974	Oy Wärtsilä AB , Helsinki
Frej^{Receipt ?}	Atle class
Ymer	Atle class	1977	Oy Wärtsilä AB , Helsinki		since 1977
Gate Viking^{Receipt ?}	KMAR 808
Vidar Viking^{Receipt ?}	KMAR 808
Balder Viking^{Receipt ?}	KMAR 808

Russia / Soviet Union

Captain Dranitsyn

Play media file

Video of the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov in the Ross Sea

Icebreaker Kapitan Zarubin

Icebreaker supplier Vitus Bering at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard

designation	Ship type	Class / type	Construction year	Shipyard	Owner	period of service	Whereabouts
Pajlot^{Receipt ?}	Steam icebreaker , first icebreaker in the world	Pajlot class	1864			~ 1880	off-duty
Boy^{Receipt ?}	Steam icebreaker	Pajlot class	1875				off-duty
Buj^{Receipt ?}	Steam icebreaker	Pajlot class	1889				off-duty
Luna^{Receipt ?}	Steam icebreaker	Pajlot class	~ 1880	Oranienbaum shipyard, Russia			off-duty
Zarya^{Receipt ?}	Steam icebreaker	Pajlot class	~ 1880	Oranienbaum shipyard, Russia			off-duty
Angara	Steam icebreaker	Single ship	1900	Armstrong-Whitworth , Newcastle		1900-1962	Museum ship in Irkutsk
Tsar Michail Feodorowitsch / Suur Tõll	Steam icebreaker		1913	AG Vulcan Stettin , Stettin		1988	Museum in Tallinn
Ilja Muromez / Pollux	Steam icebreaker		1915	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson , Newcastle-on-Tyne	Imperial Russian Navy , French Navy	1916-1946	last residential Hulk, scrapped in 1964
Kosma Minin / Castor	Steam icebreaker	Kosma Minin class	1916	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson , Newcastle-on-Tyne	Imperial Russian Navy , French Navy	1917-1943	Scrapped in 1947
Prince Poscharski / Lieutenant Schmidt / Stepan Makarov	Steam icebreaker	Kosma Minin class	1916	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson , Newcastle-on-Tyne		1917-1941	sank after a mine hit in the Black Sea
Lena / Tscheljuskin^{Receipt ?}	Steam river icebreaker		1933	Burmeister & Wain , Copenhagen			Sunk
Lenin	first atomic icebreaker in the world	Lenin class	1959			Late 1989	Museum ship in Murmansk
Arktika	Atomic icebreaker	Arktika- class	1975	Baltic plant		until August 2008
Yamal	Atomic icebreaker	Arktika- class	1986/ 1992	Baltic plant	Department of the Navy
50 Let Pobedy	Atomic icebreaker	Arktika- class	1993	Baltic plant
Rossiya	Atomic icebreaker	Arktika- class	1983	Baltic plant		until June 2013
Sovetskiy Soyuz	Atomic icebreaker	Arktika- class	1989	Baltic plant	Department of the Navy	until 2010
Sibir	Atomic icebreaker	Arktika- class	1978	Baltic plant			Out of service
Otto Schmidt	Research icebreaker	P 97N	1978	Leningrad Admiralty Shipyard		1979-1991	Wrecked in 1996
I. Stalin / Sibir^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker	Iosif Stalin class	1938	Baltic plant		1973	Cannibalized
W. Molotov / Admiral Makarov^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker	Iosif Stalin class	1941	Baltic plant		1966	Cannibalized
L. Kaganowitsch / Admiral Lasarev^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker	Iosif Stalin class		Baltic plant
O. Schmidt / Anastas Mikoyan^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker	Iosif Stalin class	1938	Black Sea Shipyard , Mykolaiv		1968	Cannibalized
Yermak	Steam icebreaker		1898	Armstrong Whitworth		1964	Wrecked
Yermak	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Yermak class	1974	Wärtsilä , Helsinki	Far East Shipping Company		in service
Krasin^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Yermak class		Wärtsilä , Helsinki	Far East Shipping Company		in service
Krasin	Steam icebreaker		1916	Armstrong Whitworth , England			museum
Captain Dranitsyn^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Kapitan Sorokin class	1980	Wärtsilä , Helsinki		until probably 2019	in service
Kapitan Khlebnikov^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Kapitan Sorokin class	1981	Wärtsilä , Helsinki	Far East Shipping Company	until probably 2017	in service
Captain Sorokin^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Kapitan Sorokin class	1977	Wärtsilä , Helsinki			in service
Captain Nikolaev^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Kapitan Sorokin class	1978	Wärtsilä , Helsinki		until probably 2017	in service
Captain Chechkin^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Kapitan Chechkin class	1977	Wärtsilä , Helsinki			in service
Captain Plakhin^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Kapitan Chechkin class	1977	Wärtsilä , Helsinki			in service
Kapitan Bukaev^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Kapitan Chechkin class	1977	Wärtsilä , Helsinki			in service
Kapitan Tschadaev^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Kapitan Chechkin class	1977	Wärtsilä , Helsinki			in service
Kapitan Krutov^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Kapitan Chechkin class	1977	Wärtsilä , Helsinki	Rosmorport		in service
Captain Zarubin^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Kapitan Chechkin class	1977	Wärtsilä , Helsinki			in service
Moskva^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Moskva- class	2007	Baltic plant			in service
Saint-Peterburg^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Moskva- class	2008	Baltic plant			in service
Vladivostok^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Moskva class	2014	Vyborgshipyard , Vyborg			in service
Murmansk^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Moskva- class	2015	Vyborgshipyard , Vyborg			in service
Novorossiysk^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Moskva- class	2015	Vyborgshipyard , Vyborg			under construction
Admiral Makarov^{Receipt ?}	Diesel-electric icebreaker	Yermak class	1975	Wärtsilä , Helsinki	Far East Shipping Company		in service
Admiral Magadan^{Receipt ?}			1982	Wärtsilä , Helsinki	Far East Shipping Company		in service
Moskva^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker	Moskva- class	1960
Leningrad^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker	Moskva- class
Kiev^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker	Moskva- class
Murmansk^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker	Moskva- class	1968
Vladivostok^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker	Moskva- class	1969
Taymyr^{Receipt ?}	Atomic icebreaker	Taymyr class	1989	Wärtsilä , Helsinki / Baltic plant	Atomic fleet		in service
Waigatsch^{Receipt ?}	Atomic icebreaker	Taymyr class	1990	Wärtsilä , Helsinki / Baltic plant	Atomic fleet		in service
Taymyr^{Receipt ?}	Steam icebreaker		1909	Nevsky factory , Saint Petersburg		~ 1950
Waigatsch^{Receipt ?}	Steam icebreaker		1907	Nevsky factory , Saint Petersburg		1924
Norilskiy Nickel^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker container ship	Aker ACS 650	2006	Aker yards	Norilsk Nickel		in service
Monchegorsk^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker container ship	Aker ACS 650	2008	Aker yards	Norilsk Nickel		in service
Zapolyarnyy^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker container ship	Aker ACS 650	2008	Aker yards	Norilsk Nickel		in service
Talnakh^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker container ship	Aker ACS 650	2008	Aker yards	Norilsk Nickel		in service
Nadezhda^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker container ship	Aker ACS 650	2009	Aker yards	Norilsk Nickel		in service
Vitus Bering^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker supplier	Vitus-Bering class	2012	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Sovkomflot		in service
Aleksey Chirikov^{Receipt ?}	Icebreaker supplier	Vitus-Bering class	2013	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Sovkomflot		in service
Arktika^{Receipt ?}	Atomic icebreaker	LK-60Ya class	2016	Baltic plant	Atomic fleet		in testing
Sibir^{Receipt ?}	Atomic icebreaker	LK-60Ya class	2017	Baltic plant	Atomic fleet		in testing
Ural^{Receipt ?}	Atomic icebreaker	LK-60Ya class	2019	Baltic plant	Atomic fleet		in testing
Yakutiya^{Receipt ?}	Atomic icebreaker	LK-60Ya class		Baltic plant	Atomic fleet		under construction, commissioning 2024 (plan)
Chukotka^{Receipt ?}	Atomic icebreaker	LK-60Ya class		Baltic plant	Atomic fleet		planned

The Vladivostok became known worldwide through a sensational rescue operation of the polar research vessel Michail Somow, which was trapped in the Antarctic pack ice . The ship was the first icebreaker in the history of seafaring to cross the equator . The rescue expedition took place in July 1985 after the Mikhail Somow had already frozen for five months and the crew and researchers could only be supplied by helicopters during the polar night.

Great Britain

Endurance

United States

Nathaniel B. Palmer of the National Science Foundation
Laurence M. Gould of the National Science Foundation
Manhattan
Healy of the United States Coast Guard
Polar Star of the United States Coast Guard
Polar Sea of the United States Coast Guard
Aiviq

South Africa

SA Agulhas
SA Agulhas II

literature

Oesterle: Icebreakers from all over the world. 1988, ISBN 3-344-00284-8
MAJOR ICEBREAKERS OF THE WORLD
Prager / Ostersehlte: Steam icebreaker Stettin - its predecessor and successor. 1986, ISBN 3-925769-00-5
VR Milano: The Thyssen / Waas Icebreaking Hull Form . In: Marine Technology Society Journal . Vol. 21, No. 3 . Marine Technology Society, Washington September 1987, pp. 75-87 .

Web links

Commons : Icebreaker - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Eisbrecher - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Footnotes

^ Eberswalde Waterways and Shipping Office: Icebreaker Eber. May 6, 2016, accessed July 24, 2011 .
^ Gerhard Koop / Siegfried Breyer: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956 to today. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 .
^ Gerhard Koop / Siegfried Breyer: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956 to today. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 .
↑ Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Details "Amundsen". Retrieved March 26, 2013 .
↑ Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Details "Griffon". Retrieved March 25, 2013 .
^ Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Details "Henry Larsen". Retrieved March 26, 2013 .
↑ Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Details "Pierre Radisson". Retrieved March 26, 2013 .
^ Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Details "Terry Fox". Retrieved March 26, 2013 .
↑ Dietrich Pätzold: Freed from the stranglehold of the ice ... , In: Freie Welt 20/85, pp. 10/11 and 50/51

[1] Eberswalde Waterways and Shipping Office: Icebreaker Eber. May 6, 2016, accessed July 24, 2011 .

[2] Gerhard Koop / Siegfried Breyer: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956 to today. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 .

[3] Gerhard Koop / Siegfried Breyer: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956 to today. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 .

[4] Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Details "Amundsen". Retrieved March 26, 2013 .

[5] Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Details "Griffon". Retrieved March 25, 2013 .

[6] Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Details "Henry Larsen". Retrieved March 26, 2013 .

[7] Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Details "Pierre Radisson". Retrieved March 26, 2013 .

[8] Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Details "Terry Fox". Retrieved March 26, 2013 .

[9] Dietrich Pätzold: Freed from the stranglehold of the ice ... , In: Freie Welt 20/85, pp. 10/11 and 50/51