Eisvogel-class icebreaker
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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.
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.[1]
The Eisbär was based along the German North Sea coast. After decommissioning she was laid up in Wilhelmshaven later sold to the Netherlands.
List of Ships
| Pennant number |
Name | Call sign |
Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate/Base |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
See also
- Icebreaker Eisvogel—an unrelated vessel
- Eisvogel (1942 icebreaker)
References
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Further reading
- Gerhard Koop/Siegfried Breyer: Die Schiffe, Fahrzeuge und Flugzeuge der deutschen Marine von 1956 bis heute, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, Template:ISBN (German)
External links
- Special Vessels - Hitzler Werft's webpage about special ships built by them, including the Eisvogel class Template:Webarchive
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