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

ARA General San Martín (Q-4) (1954–1982)
ARA Almirante Irízar (Q-5) (1978–; extensive repairs after fire in 2007)
ARA Bahía Paraíso (B-1) (or Q-6) (1980–1989; sank in Antarctica)

Australia

Aurora Australis (1990–)
A new icebreaking research vessel is expected to enter service in 2019.^[3]

Austria

Eisvogel (1955–)
Röthelstein (1995–)

Canada

Canadian Coast Guard

CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent in Halifax Harbour

CCGS Northern Light (1876–1890; sold)
CCGS Mikula (1916; sold to Russia)^[4]
CCGS Saurel (1929–1967; broken up)^[4]
CCGS N.B. McLean (1930–1979; broken up)
CCGS Ernest Lapointe (1939–1978; museum ship)
CCGS D'Iberville (1952–1983; broken up)
CCGS Labrador (1962–1987; broken up)
CCGS Alexander Henry (1959–1984; museum ship)
CCGS John A. Macdonald (1960–1991; broken up)
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent (1969–)
CCGS Amundsen (1979–)
CCGS Des Groseilliers (1982–)
CCGS Terry Fox (1983–)
CCGS Henry Larsen (1987–)
CCGS Pierre Radisson (1987–)
CCGS Samuel Risley (1985–)
CCGS John G. Diefenbaker (2020s–; proposed)

Royal Canadian Navy

HMCS Labrador (1954–1961; Transferred to Coast Guard)
Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel (2018–; 5-6 vessels under construction)^[5]

Commercial

Canmar Kigoriak (1979–2003; sold to Russia)
Robert Lemeur (1982–1995; sold to China)^[6]
Arctic Kalvik (1983–2003; sold to Russia)
Miscaroo (1983–1998; Canmar Miscaroo since 1995; sold to Russia)
Arctic Ivik (1985–1997; sold and later converted to survey vessel)
Polar Star (2000–; ex-Njord; laid up in Canary Islands due to receivership of Polar Star Expeditions in 2011)^[7]

China

Polar Research Institute of China

Xuě Lóng (雪龙, "Snow Dragon") (1993–)
A new Chinese-built polar icebreaker is currently at the design stage.^[8]^[9]

Commercial

Bin Hai 293 (1995–; ex-Robert Lemeur)^[10]

Chile

Piloto Pardo
Achiles
Contraalmirante Oscar Viel Toro (1995–)
New icebreaker is scheduled to enter service in 2021.^[11]

Denmark

Danbjørn, Isbjørn and Thorbjørn moored at Frederikshavn

Bryderen (1884–1947; sold to Poland; broken up in 1960)
Isbjørn (1923–1965)^[12]
Lillebjørn (1926–1968)^[12]
Storebjørn (1931–1974; broken up)^[12]
Elbjørn (1954–2003; preserved as a restaurant ship)^[12]
Danbjørn (1965–)
Isbjørn (1966–)
Thorbjørn (1980–)

Estonia

Estonian Maritime Museum

Suur Tõll (1922–1940; museum ship in Tallinn since 1987)

Estonian Maritime Administration

Tarmo (1993–; purchased from Finland)
EVA 316 (1995–; ex-Lonna; purchased from Finland)

Port of Tallinn

Botnica (2012–; purchased from Finland)

Finland

State-owned icebreakers

Steam-powered

Steam-powered icebreakers Tarmo and Jääkarhu

Murtaja (1890–1958; broken up)
Sampo (1898–1960; broken up)
Apu (1899–1959; broken up)
Tarmo (1907–1970; museum ship in Kotka since 1992)
Wäinämöinen (1918–1922; handed over to Estonia)
Ilmarinen (1918–1922; handed over to the Soviet Union)
Voima (1924–1945; handed over to the Soviet Union)
Jääkarhu (1926–1945; handed over to the Soviet Union)
Suursaari (1927–1945; handed over to the Soviet Union)

Diesel-electric

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

Sisu (1939–1975; as Louhi in the Finnish Navy until 1986; broken up)
Voima (1954–)
Karhu (1958–1988; sold to the Soviet Union)
Murtaja (1959–1986; broken up)
Sampo (1960–1987; today owned by the city of Kemi and used for tourist cruises)
Tarmo (1963–1993; sold to Estonia)
Hanse (1966–1998; sold to Greece; wrecked off Tunisia)
Varma (1968–1994; sold to Latvia)
Apu (1970–2006; sold to Russia)
Urho (1975–)
Sisu (1976–)
Otso (1986–)
Kontio (1987–)
Fennica (1993–)
Nordica (1994–)
Botnica (1998–2012; sold to Estonia)
Polaris (2016–; under construction)

Finnish Navy

Louhi (1975–1986; ex-Sisu; broken up)
Louhi (2011–)

Alfons Håkans

Hermes
Zeus

France

L'Astrolabe (1988–; in service)
L'Astrolabe (2017–; under construction)^[13]

India

A new polar research vessel is expected to enter service by 2017.^[15]

Japan

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Shirase (1981–2008; sold to Weathernews)
Shirase (2008–)
Fuji

Japan Coast Guard

Sōya (宗谷, PL107) (1938–1978)
Sōya (そうや, PHL01) (1978–)
Teshio

Kazakhstan

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

Arcticaborg (1998–)
Antarcticaborg (1998–)
Tulpar (2002–)
Five Mangystau-class icebreakers (Mangystau 1...Mangystau 5)

Latvia

Krišjānis Valdemārs (1925–1941; sunk)
Varma (1994–)

Norway

NoCGV Svalbard (2001–)
Kronprins Haakon (2016–; planned)^[16]

Russia

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

Nuclear-powered icebreakers

Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker Yamal

Lenin (1959–1989; museum ship in Murmansk)
Arktika (1975–2008; decommissioned and awaiting disposal)
Sibir (1977–1992; decommissioned and awaiting disposal)
Rossiya (1985–)
Taymyr (1989–)
Vaygach (1990–)
Sovetskiy Soyuz (1990–)
Yamal (1992–)
50 Let Pobedy (2007–)
Arktika (2017– (planned); under construction)^[17]^[18]^[19]
Sibir (2019– (planned); under construction)

Diesel-powered icebreakers

Kapitan Khlebnikov en route to Wrangel Island

Kapitan Belousov (1954–1991; sold to Ukraine)^[20]
Kapitan Voronin (1955–1996; broken up)^[21]
Kapitan Melekhov (1956–1994; broken up)^[22]
Moskva (1959–1998; broken up)^[23]
Leningrad (1960–1993; broken up)^[24]
Dobronya Nikitich (1960–1990)^[25]^[14]
Purga (1961–2012)^[25]
Vasiliy Pronchishchev (1961–1989; ex-Ledokol-1; broken up)^[14]^[26]
Anafasy Nikitin (1962–1994; ex-Ledokol-2; broken up)^[14]^[27]^[28]
Chariton Laptev (1962–2004; ex-Ledokol-3; broken up)^[14]
Vyuga (1962–1991)^[25]
Vasily Poyarkov (1963–1988; ex-Ledokol-4; broken up)^[14]
Erofey Khabarov (1963–1993; ex-Ledokol-5; broken up)^[14]
Ivan Kruzenstern (1963–; ex-Ledokol-6)^[29]
Vladimir Rusanov (1964–1988; ex-Ledokol-7; broken up)^[14]
Semyon Chelyuskin (1965–1988; ex-Ledokol-8; sold to Vietnam; broken up)^[25]
Ilya Muromets (1965–1993)^[25]
Yury Lisyansky (1965–; ex-Ledokol-9)^[30]
Kiev (1965–1993; broken up)^[31]
Buran (1966–)^[25]
Petr Pakhtusov (1966–1997; broken up)^[14]
Georgy Sedov (1967–1992; broken up)^[14]
Murmansk (1968–1995; broken up)^[32]
Sadko (1968–)^[14]
PKZ-86 (1969–; ex-Vladimir Kavrayskiy)^[14]
Vladivostok (1969–1997; broken up)^[33]
Fyodor Litke (1970–; laid up)^[34]
Peresvet (1970–2011)^[25]
Ivan Moskvitin (1971–1997; broken up)^[14]
Semyon Dezhnev (1971–)^[35]
Ivan Susanin (1973–)^[25]
Aysberg (1974–2006)^[25]
Yermak (1974–)
Admiral Makarov (1975–)
Ruslan (1975–)^[25]
Krasin (1976–)
Kapitan M. Izmaylov (1976–)
Kapitan Kosolapov (1976–)
Kapitan A. Radzhabov (1976–)
Anadyr (1976–; ex-Dnepr; ex-Imeni XXV syezda KPSS)^[25]
Kapitan Sorokin (1977–; fitted with Thyssen-Waas bow in 1991)
Kapitan Chechkin (1977–)
Kapitan Plakhin (1977–)
Dunay (1977–)^[25]
Kapitan Nikolaev (1978–; rebuilt in 1990)
Kapitan Chadaev (1978–)
Kapitan Krutov (1978–)
Kapitan Bukaev (1978–)
Kapitan Zarubin (1978–)
Neva (1978–)^[25]
Volga (1980–)^[25]
Kapitan Dranitsyn (1980–)
Kapitan Khlebnikov (1981–)
Murmansk (1981–2013; ex-Imeni XXVI syezda KPSS; ex-Irtysh)^[25]
Magadan (1982–)
Mudyug (1982–)
Dikson (1983–)
Kapitan Evdokimov (1983–)
Kapitan Babichev (1983–)
Kapitan Chudinov (1983–)
Kapitan Borodkin (1983–)
Avraamiy Zavenyagin (1984–)
Kapitan Mecaik (1984–)
Kapitan Deminov (1984–)
Kapitan Moshkin (1986–)
Karu (1988–; ex-Karhu, ex-Kapitan Chubakov; purchased from Finland)
Tor (2000–; purchased from Sweden)^[36]
Dudinka (2006–; ex-Apu; purchased from Finland)
Moskva (2008–)
Sankt-Peterburg (2009–)
Baltika (2014–)
Vladivostok (2015–)
Beringov Proliv (2015–)^[37]
Murman (2015–)^[37]
Murmansk (2015–; in service)^[38]
Novorossiysk (2016– (planned); under construction)^[38]
Viktor Chernomyrdin (2017– (current estimate); under construction)
Aleksandr Sannikov (2017– (planned); under construction)^[39]
Second icebreaker for Gazprom Neft (2017– (planned); under construction)^[40]
Port icebreaker for Atomflot (2018– (planned); ordered)^[41]

Steam-powered icebreakers

Steam-powered icebreaker Yermak

Pilot (1864–1890; broken up?)
Saratovskiy Ledokol (1895–1968; sunk)^[42]
Yermak (1899–1963; broken up)
Ledokol 3 (1899–1923; broken up)^[43]
A. Sibiryakov (1909–1942; sunk by Germans)
Vaygach (1909–1918; sank in 1918)
Taymyr (1909–1950s?; broken up)
Malygin (1912–1940; sunk in 1940)
Volynets (1914–1918, 1940–1985; ex-Tsar' Mikhail Fyodorovich, ex-Wäinämöinen, ex-Suur Tõll; sold to Estonia in 1987)
Fyodor Litke (1914–1958; ex-CGC Earl Grey; broken up)
Sedov (1915–1967; ex-Beothic (1909–1915); broken up)
Sadko (1915–1941; ex-Lintrose (1912–1915); sank in 1941)
Ledokol V (1916–1941; sank in 1941)^[44]
Ledokol VI (1916–1961; broken up)^[45]
Ledokol VII (1916–1954; broken up)^[46]
Ledokol VIII (1917–1961; broken up)^[47]
Ledokol IX (1917–1932; sank in White Sea)^[48]
Krasin (1917–1971; extensively rebuilt in 1953–1960, now a museum ship in St. Petersburg)
Lenin (1917–1968; broken up)
Stepan Makarov (1917–1941; sunk)
Sibir (1938–1973; ex-I. Stalin (–1961); broken up)
Admiral Lazarev (1938–1967; ex-L. Kaganovich (–1951); broken up)
Admiral Makarov (1941–1967; ex-V. Molotov (–1956); broken up)
A. Mikoyan (1941–??; broken up)
Malygin (1945–1970; ex-Voima; broken up)
Sibiryakov (1945–1972; ex-Jääkarhu; broken up)
Peresvet (1956–1980; decommissioned; wreck remains on the shore of Reyneke Island)

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.

Otto Schmidt (1979–1996; broken up)
Akademik Fyodorov (1987–)
Smit Sakhalin (1998–; ex-Miscaroo; ex-Canmar Miscaroo)^[49]
Kigoriak (2003–; ex-Canmar Kigoriak, ex-Kigoria, ex-Talagy)^[50]
Vladimir Ignatyuk (2003–; ex-Arctic Kalvik)^[51]
SCF Sakhalin (2005–)
Pacific Enterprise (2006–)
Pacific Endeavour (2006–)
Pacific Endurance (2006–)
Polar Pevek (2006–)
Yury Topchev (2006–)
Vladislav Strizhov (2006–)
Toboy (2008–)
Varandey (2008–)
Ikaluk (2012–; ex-Ikaluk; ex-Canmar Ikaluk; ex-Smit Sibu)^[52]
Akademik Tryoshnikov (2012–)
Vitus Bering (2012–)
Aleksey Chirikov (2013–)
Aleut (2015–)^[53]
Pomor (2016–; ordered)
Normann (2016–; ordered)
Gennadiy Nevelskoy (2016–; under construction)
Stepan Makarov (2016–; under construction)
Fedor Ushakov (2017–; ordered)
Mikhail Lazarev (2017–; ordered)

South Africa

S. A. Agulhas (1977–)
S. A. Agulhas II (2012–)

South Korea

Araon (2009–)

Soviet Union

See Russia

Spain

Hesperides (1991–)

Sweden

Swedish Maritime Administration

Swedish icebreaker Ymer

Sankt Erik (1915–1977; ex-Isbrytaren II (–1959); museum ship since 1977)
Atle (1926–1967; ex-Statsisbrytaren (–1931); broken up)^[54]
Ymer (1933–1977; broken up)^[55]
Thule (1953–1998; broken up)^[56]
Oden (1957–1988; broken up)^[57]
Tor (1964–2000; sold to Russia)^[36]
Njord (1969–2000; sold and renamed Polar Star)^[58]
Ale (1973–)
Atle (1974–)
Frej (1975–)
Ymer (1977–)
Oden (1988–)

Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore

Tor Viking II (2000–)
Balder Viking (2000–)
Vidar Viking (2001–)

Ukraine

Kapitan Belousov (1991–)^[20]

United Kingdom

HMS Endurance in Portsmouth

HMS Endurance (1990–; laid up since 2008)
RRS James Clark Ross (1991–)
RRS Ernest Shackleton (1995–)
HMS Protector (2011–)
A new icebreaking polar research vessel is expected to enter service in 2019.^[59]

United States

United States Coast Guard

USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10)

USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) (1944–2006; museum ship)
USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278) (1944–1974; broken up)
USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279) (1944–1968; broken up in 1976–1977)
USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280) (1944–1974; broken up in 1976)
USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) (1944–1988; likely broken up)
USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282) (1945–1989; broken up in 1999)
USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283) (1946–1978; broken up in 1982)
USCGC Edisto (WAGB-284) (1947–1974; broken up in 1980)
USCGC Glacier (WAGB-4) (1955–1987; broken up in 2012)
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) (1977–2006, 2013–; in service)
USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) (1978–2010; out of service and awaiting disposal as of 2015)
USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) (2000–; in service)
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) (2006–; in service)

National Science Foundation

Nathaniel B. Palmer (1992–)^[60]
Laurence M. Gould (1997–)^[61]
Sikuliaq (2014–)

Edison Chouest Offshore

Aiviq (2012–)

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