Eisbär (1941 icebreaker)

Eisbär was a steam-powered Kriegsmarine port icebreaker built at Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad in GöteborgSweden, in 1942. She had two triple-expansion steam engines driving one propeller in the stern and another in the bow of the vessel.

Eisbär photographed in Frierfjord in 1942
History
Nazi Germany
NameEisbär
NamesakeGerman for polar bear
OperatorKriegsmarine
BuilderEriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Göteborg, Sweden
Yard number319[1]
Launched20 October 1941[2]
Commissioned1 February 1942[2]
In service1942–1945
FateHanded over to the Soviet Union as war reparations in 1946
Soviet Union
NameIlya Muromets (Илья Муромец)
NamesakeIlya Muromets, Russian folk hero
Operator
Port of registryVladivostok, Soviet Union (since 1957)
Acquired1946
In service1946–1979
Identification
FateBroken up in 1981[3]
General characteristics [1]
TypeIcebreaker
Length56.9 m (187 ft)
Beam15 m (49 ft)
Draught6.35 m (21 ft)
Installed powerTwo triple-expansion steam engines
PropulsionBow and stern propellers

In 1946, Eisbär was handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparations and renamed Ilya Muromets after the Russian folk hero. She was first used by the Soviet Navy until 1957 and afterwards as a port icebreaker in Vladivostok by 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 Project 97 icebreakers.[4][5]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.