Sisu (1976 icebreaker)

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Career (Finland)
Sisu (left) with her sister the Urho
Name:	Sisu
Owner:	Artica Icebreaking, Espoo, Finland
Operator:	Finnish Maritime Administration
Builder:	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard
Completed:	1976
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Type:	icebreaker
Displacement:	9.660 tonnes
Length:	105 m (344 ft)
Beam:	24 m (79 ft)
Draught:	7.7 m (25 ft)
Installed power:	5 × Wärtsilä-Pielstick 12PC2-5V-400
Crew:	21

Sisu (Callsign OHMW) is a Finnish icebreaker built in 1976 in Helsinki.

Her sister, the Urho, is nearly identical. The Sisu has accommodations fitted with classrooms for maritime students. The Urho's accommodations are reserved for public relations uses.

References

v t e Icebreakers of Finland

Diesel-electric:	Sisu^† Voima Karhu^† Murtaja^† Sampo^† Tarmo^† Hanse^† Varma^† Apu^† Urho Sisu Otso Kontio Fennica Nordica Botnica^†

Steam-powered:	Murtaja^† Sampo^† Apu^† Tarmo^† Wäinämöinen^† Ilmarinen^† Voima^† Jääkarhu^† Suursaari^†

^† No longer in service in Finland

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