List of icebreakers


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

[Argentina]

  • A new icebreaking Antarctic logistics vessel is planned to enter service in the late 2020s.

[Australia]

[Austria]

[Azerbaijan]

[Canada]

[Canadian Coast Guard]

[Image:LSL HalifaxHarbour.jpg|right|thumb|CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent in Halifax Harbour]'

[Royal Canadian Navy]

Commercial

Canmar Kigoriak Robert LeMeur Terry Fox Arctic Kalvik Ikaluk Miscaroo Arctic Ivik Polar S Polar Prince

[China]

[State Oceanic Administration]

[Polar Research Institute of China]

North Sea Branch

'Ji Di'''''

[People's Liberation Army Navy]

[China Marine Surveillance]

[China Coast Guard]

Donghai 519 'Haijing 6401'''''

[Sun Yat-sen University]

'Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di'''''

[Chinese Academy of Sciences]

'Tan Suo San Hao'''''

Other

Bin Hai 293

[Chile]

[Chilean Navy]

Piloto Pardo Almirante Óscar Viel 'Almirante Viel'''''

[Denmark]

Image:Ice breakers Danbjørn, Isbjørn and Thorbjørn in Frederikshavn.jpg|thumb|Danbjørn, Isbjørn and Thorbjørn moored at FrederikshavnBryderen Isbjørn Lillebjørn Storebjørn Elbjørn Danbjørn Isbjørn

[Estonia]

[Estonian Maritime Museum]

[Estonian Maritime Administration]

  • Tarmo EVA 316
  • A new icebreaker is expected to enter service in 2029.

[Port of Tallinn]

[Finland]

State-owned icebreakers

Steam-powered

Murtaja Sampo Apu Tarmo Wäinämöinen Ilmarinen Voima

Diesel-electric

Image:Jäänmurtajia Katajanokan laiturissa.jpg|thumb|Six modern Finnish icebreakers docked for the summer season at Katajanokka, HelsinkiSisu

[Finnish Environment Institute]

[Finnish Navy]

Louhi

[Alfons Håkans]

Zeus of Finland

City of Kemi">Kemi">City of Kemi

'Sampo'''''

City of Helsinki">Helsinki">City of Helsinki

[France]

[French Navy]

'L'Astrolabe'''''

[Compagnie du Ponant]

'Le Commandant Charcot'''''

Other

[Germany]

Historical

Elbe Hindenburg Stettin Wal Castor Eisvogel Eisbär

Alfred-Wegener-Institut

Polarstern

Other

[Italy]

[Japan]

Tatsunan Kisen Co.

[Imperial Japanese Navy]

[Imperial Japanese Army]

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[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]

[Japan Coast Guard]

[Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology]

[Kazakhstan]

The following icebreaking supply ships are operating or have operated in the Kazakh Caspian Sea oil fields:Arcticaborg Antarcticaborg
  • Tulpar Mangystau-class icebreaking tugs
  • * Mangystau-1
  • * Mangystau-2
  • * Mangystau-3
  • * Mangystau-4
  • * 'Mangystau-5'''''

Kazakhstani Coast Guard">Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstani Coast Guard

'Kazhymukan'''''

Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan">Ministry of Emergency Situations (Kazakhstan)">Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan

'Ledokol-2'''''

[Latvia]

[Netherlands]

[Greenpeace]

Other

[Norway]

[Norwegian Coast Guard]

'NoCGV Svalbard'''''

[Norwegian Polar Institute]

'Kronprins Haakon'''''

Other

Norhope

[Poland]

Russia

Icebreakers

The following lists include icebreakers owned and/or operated by either Russian governmental or commercial entities.

Nuclear-powered icebreakers

The following ships are nuclear-powered icebreakers;

Diesel-powered icebreakers

[Image:Ледокол Капитан Хлебников во Владивостоке.JPG|thumb|Icebreaker in Vladivostok]
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  • * Unnamed Project 22740M icebreaker

Steam-powered icebreakers

The following icebreakers were powered by steam;Volynets Sibiryakov Alyosha Popovich

Other icebreaking vessels

Rescue and salvage vessels

Stroptivyy class

Offshore vessels

The following Russian-owned, -operated and/or -flagged icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessels, platform supply vessels, standby vessels etc. are or have been engaged primarily in offshore oil and gas projects:Ikaluk Smit Sakhalin Kigoriak
In addition, the following shallow-draught icebreaking offshore vessels operate in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea oil fields:Arctic Antarctic Polar 'Polus'''''

Patrol and naval vessels

The following icebreakers and other icebreaking vessels are or have been in service with the Russian Navy, Russian Border Guard, and their predecessors:Purga

Research and survey vessels

[South Africa]

S. A. Agulhas 'S. A. Agulhas II'''''

[South Korea]

[Sweden]

[Swedish Maritime Administration]

[Image:Ymer in ice.jpg|thumb|Swedish icebreaker Ymer]Sankt Erik Atle Ymer Thule Oden Tor Njord

[Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore]

Three icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessels were chartered by the Swedish Maritime Administration for escort icebreaking duties in the Baltic Sea until 2015.Tor Viking II Balder Viking

Other

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[Turkmenistan]

[Ukraine]

Afanasy Nikitin

[United Kingdom]


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[United States]

[United States Coast Guard]

[National Science Foundation]

[Edison Chouest Offshore]

Aiviq

Historical