Icebreaker ''Eisvogel'' (English: ''Kingfisher'') is an icebreaker employed by the
Port of Vienna,
Austria
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''Eisvogel'' clears ice in all three of Vienna's harbors. She is employed when the ice becomes a few centimetres in thickness. In 1985 she cleared ice that was thick.
In ice-free months the vessel is employed for official tours.
The German Navy built a 560-ton icebreaker, also named ''Eisvogel'', which was sold off and is operated as a tugboat out of the port of
Trieste
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Icebreakers of Austria
1955 ships
Ships of Austria