Atle (icebreaker)

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Icebreaker Atle
Career Swedish flag
Class: Atle-class
Yard: Wärtsilä shipyard,Helsinki
Ships in class: Atle
Uhro
Frej
Sisu
Ymer
Launched: Summer 1974
Delievered: 21 october 1974
Operator: Swedish Maritime Administration
Commissioned: 1974
Based in: Luleå
General characteristics
Displacement: 9,500 tonnes
Length o a: 104,6 m
Beam: 23,8 m
Draft: 7,3 to 8,3 m
Machinery: Diesel-electric
Propulsion: 16,2 MW (22,000 hp)
Speed: max 19 knots (34 km/h)

service 14 knots (25 km/h)

Bollard Pull: 190 tonnes
Bunker capacity: 2 200m3
Endurance: 6-8 weeks

The Atle was the first icebreaker of the so called Atle-class to be delievered from the Wärtsilä Shipyard. After sea trials during summer in 1974 she was delievered on 21 october. She was then crewed by personnel from the Swedish navy and on 24 october she set sail for Stockholm.

[edit] References

The book "Isbrytare" by author Staffan Fischerström


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