List of icebreakers

This is a list of icebreakers and other special vessels capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold.[1][2]

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Canada

Canadian Coast Guard

CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent in Halifax Harbour

Royal Canadian Navy

Commercial

China

Polar Research Institute of China

Commercial

Chile

Denmark

Danbjørn, Isbjørn and Thorbjørn moored at Frederikshavn

Estonia

Estonian Maritime Museum

Estonian Maritime Administration

Port of Tallinn

Finland

State-owned icebreakers

Steam-powered

Steam-powered icebreakers Tarmo and Jääkarhu

Diesel-electric

Six modern Finnish icebreakers docked for the summer season at Katajanokka, Helsinki

Finnish Navy

Alfons Håkans

France

Germany

German icebreaker

India

Japan

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Japan Coast Guard

Kazakhstan

The following icebreaking supply ships are in service in the Caspian oil fields:

Latvia

Netherlands

Greenpeace

Norway

Poland

Russia

The following lists include icebreakers owned and/or operated by both government-owned as well as commercial entities.

Nuclear-powered icebreakers

Diesel-powered icebreakers

Kapitan Khlebnikov en route to Wrangel Island

Steam-powered icebreakers

Steam-powered icebreaker Yermak

Other icebreaking vessels

The following ships are not purpose-built icebreakers, but for example anchor handling tug supply vessels, platform supply vessels, research vessels or other multipurpose vessels with significant icebreaking capability.

South Africa

South Korea

Soviet Union

See Russia

Spain

Sweden

Swedish Maritime Administration

Swedish icebreaker Ymer

Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore

Ukraine

United Kingdom

HMS Endurance in Portsmouth

United States

United States Coast Guard

National Science Foundation

Edison Chouest Offshore

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