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.
nameIMO / ENI numberlaunchednotes
PolarsternIMO 80131321982a German research icebreaker of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven.
MellumIMO 83019811983Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities
NeuwerkIMO 91439841997Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities
Arkona2004Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities
GörmitzIMO 93393632004in 2010 she assisted in the northern Peenestrom, in the fairway to Hiddensee and Ost- and Landtief
SchwedtENI 050419602010Breaks ice on the River Oder
Stettin1933Steamship, now a museum ship
Eisbrecher I1871One of the first European icebreakers
Eisbrecher II1877
Eisbrecher III1892
Eisvogel1960a 500-ton naval icebreaker, since 2010 Italian tugboat
Eisbär1961a 500-ton naval icebreaker, scrapped in late 1990s
KienitzENI 050272901958Breaks ice on the River Oder
Hanse1965Built in Finland, paid off in 1998 and lost after major fire
Stephan Jantzen1967Dobrynya Nikitich class icebreaker, built in Russia for East Germany, replaced by the Arkona in 2004
Max Waldeck1967subjected to an experimental conversion in 1983
Hindenburg1915sunk by a mine 1918.
KietzENI 050419702010Breaks ice on the River Oder
Keiler2011Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
FrankfurtENI 050399602002constructed 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
Steinbock1935Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
Widder1949Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
Stier1951Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt
FreiburgENI 050421802012Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt on the Rhine River; working vessel.