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The Eisvogel-class icebreakers (Type 721) was a two ship class built for the German Navy by the Hitzler Werft shipyard of Lauenburg/Elbe.
The Eisvogel was in service for the Naval Base Command Kiel and sold to private owners after decommissioning. Since 2010 she is operated as a civil tugboat in Trieste.
The Eisbär was based along the German North Sea coast. After decommissioning she was laid up in Wilhelmshaven later sold to the Netherlands.
List of Ships
The ships are named after the European kingfisher (Eisvogel) and polar bear (Eisbär), both names contain the German word for ice.
See also
Icebreaker Eisvogel—an unrelated vessel
Eisvogel (1942 icebreaker)
References
Further reading
Gerhard Koop/Siegfried Breyer: Die Schiffe, Fahrzeuge und Flugzeuge der deutschen Marine von 1956 bis heute, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 (German)
External links
Special Vessels - Hitzler Werft's webpage about special ships built by them, including the Eisvogel class Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine