Ymer (icebreaker)
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Icebreaker Ymer |
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Career | |
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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