User:Geo Swan/European river icebreakers

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The Danube River is a major transportation conduit, and various bodies operate Danube icebreakers to keep commerce running during winter, when the river ices over.^[1]

name

location

notes

Röthelstein

Eisvogel

Vienna

Built in 1955.^[2]

Elbe

Hamburg

A museum ship, built in Brandenburg, in 1911.^[3]

Icebreaker Frankfurt

specifications^[4]
constructed	2002
operator	WSA Eberswalde
length	33.25 metres (109.1 ft)
beam	8.60 metres (28.2 ft)
depth	2.50 metres (8.2 ft)
draught	1.55 metres (5.1 ft)
power	2 x 532 kilowatts (713 shp)
speed	18 kilometres per hour (9.7 kn)

References

^ "BREAKING THE DANUBE ICE video newsreel film". British Pathe. 1956-02-20. Archived from the original on 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
^ "Vienna icebreaker used for first time this winter". Austrian Times. 2010-01-29. Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
^ "Eisbrecher "Elbe" - neues Traditionsschiff für Hamburg". Hamburger Abendblatt. 2008-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "SPECIAL VESSELS". Hitzler-Werft.

[1] "BREAKING THE DANUBE ICE video newsreel film". British Pathe. 1956-02-20. Archived from the original on 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

[ViennaIcebreakerKingfisher-2] "Vienna icebreaker used for first time this winter". Austrian Times. 2010-01-29. Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

[3] "Eisbrecher "Elbe" - neues Traditionsschiff für Hamburg". Hamburger Abendblatt. 2008-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[4] "SPECIAL VESSELS". Hitzler-Werft.

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