Ymer (1976 icebreaker)
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| History | |
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| Name: | Ymer |
| Namesake: | Ymir |
| Operator: | Swedish Maritime Administration |
| Builder: | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland |
| Launched: | 3 September 1976 |
| Acquired: | 25 October 1977 |
| Commissioned: | 1977 |
| Homeport: | Luleå |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Atle-class icebreaker |
| Displacement: | 9,500 t (9,350 long tons) |
| Length: | 104.7 m (343 ft 6 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 23.8 m (78 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 7.3–8.3 m (24–27 ft) |
| Installed power: | 18.6 MW (24,900 hp) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric |
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| Bollard pull: | 185 tonnes |
| Bunker capacity: | 2,259 m³ |
| Endurance: | 6–8 weeks |
| Ice breaking capacity: | 1.2 m level ice at 3 knots |
Ymer is the fifth and last icebreaker in the Atle-class. She was launched in late 1976, and on 25 October 1977 she was delivered to the Swedish Navy and departed the Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard bound for Stockholm, where she arrived on 3 November.
The Icebreaker Ymer alongside oil jetty in northern Sweden.
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