Ymer (1976 icebreaker)
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Name: | Ymer |
Namesake: | Ymir |
Operator: | Swedish Maritime Administration |
Builder: | Wärtsilä shipyard, Helsinki |
Launched: | 3 September 1976 |
Acquired: | 25 October 1977 |
Commissioned: | 1977 |
Homeport: | Luleå |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Atle-class icebreaker |
Displacement: | 9,500 t (9,350 long tons) |
Length: | 104.7 m (343 ft 6 in) o/a |
Beam: | 23.8 m (78 ft 1 in) |
Draft: | 7.3–8.3 m (24–27 ft) |
Installed power: | 18.6 MW (24,900 hp) |
Propulsion: | Diesel-electric |
Speed: | 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) maximum 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) service |
Bollard pull: | 185 tonnes |
Bunker capacity: | 2,259 m³ |
Endurance: | 6–8 weeks |
Ice breaking capacity: | 1.2 m level ice at 3 knots |
Ymer is the fifth and last icebreaker in the Atle-class. She was launched in late 1976, and on 25 October 1977 she was delivered to the Swedish Navy and departed the Aker Finnyards bound for Stockholm, where she arrived on 3 November.
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The Icebreaker Ymer alongside oil jetty in northern Sweden.