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Eisvogel laid up in Wilhelmshaven
Class overview
Builders	Hitzler Werft
Operators	German Navy
In commission	1961–2006
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Displacement	560 tonnes
Length	38.85 m (127 ft 6 in)
Beam	9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Draft	3.72 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 × Maybach MD655 diesel engines, generating 1,765 kW at 1,400 rpm One controlled-pitch propeller, 3 m diameter
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 civilians
Sensors and processing systems	Navigation radar only
Armament	Fitted for one Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun
Notes	140 tonne Hitzler pitching device (for icebreaking)

The Eisvogel-class icebreakers (Type 721) was a two ship class built for the German Navy by the Hitzler Werft shipyard of Lauenburg/Elbe.

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.

The Eisbär was based along the German North Sea 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 (Eisvogel) and polar bear (Eisbär), both names contain the German word for ice.

See also

• Icebreaker Eisvogel—an unrelated vessel
• Eisvogel (1942 icebreaker)

References

1. Class Cert.
2. "Ship of the day: Eisvogel". 6 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. The Eisvogel (IMO: 8736198, Port of Registry: Trieste) is a 1961 built icebreaker of 35 meters long, almost 10 meters wide. She was built for the German navy by Hitzler Werft, Germany and is propelled by two Maybach MD 655 engines delivering a total output of 1765 kW at 1400 rpm which gives the vessel a 20 tons bollard pull and a maximum speed of 14 knots. Nowadays the vessel is operated as a standard tug by Lucatelli Towing & Salvage, Trieste, Italy.

Further reading

• Gerhard Koop/Siegfried Breyer: Die Schiffe, Fahrzeuge und Flugzeuge der deutschen Marine von 1956 bis heute, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 (German)

External links

• Special Vessels - Hitzler Werft's webpage about special ships built by them, including the Eisvogel class Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

• Auxiliary icebreaker classes
• Icebreakers of Germany
• Auxiliary ships of the German Navy