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Data Sheet

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Classification

Type:

Ice Breaker

Class:

DANBJØRN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

ISBJØRN

Specifications

Built by:

Odense Stålskibsværft

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

n/a

Launched:

1965

Commissioned:

January 1, 1996

Decommissioned:

In service

Pennant Number:

A551 (not shown on the ship)

Int'l Call Sign:

n/a

Displacement:

3,685 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

75.30 m

17.00 m

8.00 m

Complement:

34 men

Propulsion:

6 ea B&W Diesel Engines (Diesel/Electric) 11,880 Hps
4 ea Electro Motors 8.679 kW
4 ea Propellers

Range:

n/a

Armament:

None

Speed:

18 knots

Notes

Originally operated by the Ministry of Industrial Affairs and partly manned with a staff from the Royal Danish Navy. After January 1, 1996 officially transferred to the RDN.

In the summer seasons used as a survey ship, capable of housing six small survey vessels on the deck.

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography