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The Eisvogel class icebreakers (Type 721) was a two ship class built for the German Navy by the Hitzler Werft shipyard of Lauenburg/Elbe.
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Eisvogel laid up in Wilhelmshaven | |
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) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
Notes | 140 tonne Hitzler pitching device (for icebreaking) |
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.
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 | Sold to the Netherlands |
The ships are named after the European kingfisher (Eisvogel) and polar bear (Eisbär), both names contain the German word for ice.
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