Eisbär (1941 icebreaker)
Appearance
![]() Eisbär photographed in Frierfjord in 1942
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Name | Eisbär |
Namesake | German for polar bear |
Operator | Kriegsmarine |
Builder | Göteborg, Sweden |
Yard number | 319[2] |
Launched | 20 October 1941[1] |
Commissioned | 1 February 1942[1] |
In service | 1942–1945 |
Fate | Handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparations in 1946 |
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Name | Ilya Muromets (Илья Муромец) |
Namesake | Ilya Muromets, Russian folk hero |
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Port of registry | Vladivostok, Soviet Union (since 1957) |
Acquired | 1946 |
In service | 1946–1979 |
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Fate | Broken up in 1981[3] |
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Type | Icebreaker |
Length | 56.9 m (187 ft) |
Beam | 15 m (49 ft) |
Draught | 6.35 m (21 ft) |
Installed power | Two triple-expansion steam engines |
Propulsion | Bow and stern propellers |
Eisbär was a
triple-expansion steam engines
driving one propeller in the stern and another in the bow of the vessel.
In 1946, Eisbär was handed over to the
Far Eastern Shipping Company until 1979. Ilya Muromets was broken up in 1981.[3]
In the 1950s, the hull form of Ilya Muromets was used as the basis for the development of the diesel-electric Dobrynya Nikitich-class icebreakers.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Kriegsmarine ice breakers. Kbismarck.com. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
- ^ a b "Ilya Muromets (6805000)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
- ^ a b c Илья Муромец (Eisbar). FESCO. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ Илья Муромец – новый ледокол-снабженец с немецкими корнями. Korabel.ru, 14 June 2016. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
- ^ Kuznetsov, Nikita Anatolyevich (2009), От "Добрыни Никитича" до "Отто Шмидта" Ледоколы проекта 97 и их модификации — Ледоколы проекта 97 и их модификации, Морская коллекция, vol. 119