The ''Eisvogel'' class icebreakers (Type 721) was a two ship class built for the
German Navy
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by the
Hitzler Werft shipyard of
Lauenburg/Elbe
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.
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
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The ''Eisbär'' was based along the German
North Sea
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coast. After decommissioning she was laid up in Wilhelmshaven later sold to the Netherlands.
List of Ships
The ships are named after the
European kingfisher
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(''Eisvogel'') and
polar bear (''Eisbär''), both names contain the German word for
ice
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.
See also
*
Icebreaker Eisvogel—an unrelated vessel
*''
Eisvogel'' (1942 icebreaker)
References
External links
Special Vessels - Hitzler Werft's webpage about special ships built by them, including the Eisvogel class
Further reading
* Gerhard Koop/Siegfried Breyer: ''Die Schiffe, Fahrzeuge und Flugzeuge der deutschen Marine von 1956 bis heute'', Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, (
German
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**Ge ...
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{{Ship classes of the Deutsche Marine
Auxiliary icebreaker classes
Icebreakers of Germany
Auxiliary ships of the German Navy