Ymer (icebreaker)

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Icebreaker Ymer
Career Swedish flag
Class: Atle-class
Yard: Wärtsilä shipyard,Helsinki
Ships in class: Atle
Uhro
Frej
Sisu
Ymer
Launched: 3 september 1976
Delievered: 25 october 1977
Operator: Swedish Maritime Administration
Commissioned: 1977
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 Ymer is the fifth and last icebreaker in the Atle-class. She was first launched during fall in 1976, and on 25 october 1977 she was delievered to the Swedish Navy and departed the shipyard bound for Stockholm, to where she arrived on 3 november.

[edit] References

The book "Isbrytare" by author Staffan Fischerström

[edit] See also

The Icebreaker Ymer alongside oil jetty in northern Sweden.
The Icebreaker Ymer alongside oil jetty in northern Sweden.



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