This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels (except cargo ships and tankers) capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold.
- (1954âÂÂ1982; broken up)
- (1978âÂÂ2007, 2017âÂÂ)
- (1980âÂÂ1989; sank in Antarctica)
- A new icebreaking Antarctic logistics vessel is planned to enter service in the late 2020s.
- (1876âÂÂ1890; sold)
- (1888âÂÂ1935; broken up)
- (1899âÂÂ1915; sold to Russia)
- (1904âÂÂ1942; sold to Russia)
- (1909âÂÂ1914; sold to Russia)
- (1916; 1923âÂÂ1937; ex-J.D. Hazen, ex-Mikula Seleaninovich; broken up)
- (1929âÂÂ1967; broken up)
- (1930âÂÂ1979; broken up)
- (1939âÂÂ1978; museum ship)
- (1949âÂÂ1986; sold to private company)
- (1950âÂÂ1969; sold to private company)
- (1952âÂÂ1983; broken up)
- (1954âÂÂ1987; broken up)
- (1957âÂÂ1988; broken up)
- (1959âÂÂ1989; CCGS William since 1987; sold to private company)
- (1959âÂÂ2001; sold to private company)
- (1959âÂÂ1984; museum ship)
- (1959âÂÂ1988; broken up)
- (1959âÂÂ1988; broken up)
- (1959âÂÂ1997; sold to private company)
- (1960âÂÂ1991; broken up)
- (1965âÂÂ1994; sold to private company)
- (1969âÂÂ1993; sold to Chile)
- (1969âÂÂ)
- (1970âÂÂ)
- Pierre Radisson class
- (1977âÂÂ)
- (1979âÂÂ)
- (1982âÂÂ)
- (1987âÂÂ)
- Samuel Risley class
- (1985âÂÂ)
- (1986âÂÂ)
- Martha L. Black class
- (1986âÂÂ)
- (1986âÂÂ)
- (1986âÂÂ)
- (1986âÂÂ; ex-Edward Cornwallis)
- (1987âÂÂ)
- (1987âÂÂ)
- (1991âÂÂ)
- Interim icebreakers
- (2019âÂÂ; ex-Vidar Viking)
- (2022âÂÂ; ex-Balder Viking)
- (2023âÂÂ; ex-Tor Viking)
- (2023âÂÂ; ex-Mangystau-2)
- New icebreakers and icebreaking vessels planned as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy
- sixteen multi-purpose icebreakers
- six medium-sized "program icebreakers"
- two polar icebreakers
- (2030â (planned); under construction)
- (2032â (planned); under construction)
- two modified Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessels
- (2026â (planned); under construction)
- (2027â (planned); under construction)
Commercial
- Canmar Kigoriak (1979âÂÂ2003; sold to Russia)
- Robert LeMeur (1982âÂÂ1997; sold to China)
- Terry Fox (1983âÂÂ1991; leased and later sold to the Canadian Coast Guard)
- Arctic Kalvik (1983âÂÂ2003; sold to Russia)
- Ikaluk (1983âÂÂ1998; Canmar Ikaluk since 1995; sold to Russia)
- Miscaroo (1983âÂÂ1998; Canmar Miscaroo since 1995; sold to Russia)
- Arctic Ivik (1985âÂÂ1997; sold and later converted to survey vessel Geco Snapper)
- Polar S (2000âÂÂ2022; ex-Njord, ex-Polar Star; broken up)
- Polar Prince (2000âÂÂ; ex-CCGS Sir Humphrey Gilbert)
- Arcticaborg (2018âÂÂ2019; transferred to Russia)
North Sea Branch
- Ji Di (æÂÂå°; "Polar") (2024âÂÂ)
- Haijian 111 (æµ·çÂÂ111; "Marine Surveillance 111") (2012âÂÂ2013; transferred to the China Coast Guard)
- Donghai 519 (ä¸Âæµ·519; "East China Sea 519") (2013âÂÂ; ex-Haibing 721, ex-C721, ex-Haibing 102)
- Haijing 6401 (æµ·è¦6401; "China Coast Guard 6401") (2012âÂÂ; ex-Haijing 1411, ex-Haijian 111, ex-Haibing 723)
- Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di (ä¸Â山大妿ÂÂå°; "Sun Yat-sen University Polar") (2021âÂÂ; ex-Beijing Ocean Leader, ex-Ikaluk, ex-Smit Sibu, ex-Canmar Ikaluk)
Other
- Bin Hai 293 (滨海293; "Coastal 293") (1997âÂÂ2016; ex-Robert LeMeur; broken up)
- Beijing Ocean Leader (Ã¥ÂÂ京å·破å°è¹) (2018âÂÂ2021; ex-Ikaluk, ex-Smit Sibu, ex-Canmar Ikaluk; sold to Sun Yat-sen University)
- Suur Tõll (1922âÂÂ1940; museum ship in Tallinn since 1987)
- Tarmo (1993âÂÂ; purchased from Finland)
- EVA 316 (1995âÂÂ; ex-Lonna; purchased from Finland and converted for icebreaking)
- A new icebreaker is expected to enter service in 2029.
- Karu (1988âÂÂ2002; ex-Karhu, ex-Kapitan Chubakov; purchased from Finland and sold to Russia)
- Botnica (2012âÂÂ; purchased from Finland)
State-owned icebreakers
Steam-powered
Diesel-electric
- Sisu (1939âÂÂ1974; transferred to the Finnish Navy)
- Voima (1954âÂÂ)
- Karhu class
- Karhu (1958âÂÂ1986; sold to the Soviet Union)
- Murtaja (1959âÂÂ1986; broken up)
- Sampo (1961âÂÂ1987; sold to the city of Kemi)
- Tarmo class
- Tarmo (1963âÂÂ1993; sold to Estonia)
- Varma (1968âÂÂ1994; sold to Latvia)
- Apu (1970âÂÂ2006; sold to Russia)
- Hanse (1966âÂÂ1998; sold to Greece; wrecked off Tunisia)
- Urho class
- Urho (1975âÂÂ)
- Sisu (1976âÂÂ)
- Otso class
- Otso (1986âÂÂ)
- Kontio (1987âÂÂ)
- Multipurpose icebreakers
- Fennica (1993âÂÂ)
- Nordica (1994âÂÂ)
- Botnica (1998âÂÂ2012; sold to Estonia)
- Polaris (2016âÂÂ)
- A new icebreaker is expected to enter service in 2029.
- Louhi (1975âÂÂ1986; ex-Sisu; broken up)
- Louhi (2011âÂÂ)
- Zeus of Finland (1995âÂÂ; ex-Zeus)
- Thetis (2016âÂÂ2023; ex-Storm Express, ex-Maersk Shipper, ex-Maersk Placentia, ex-Placentia Bay; sold to Russia)
- Otso (1936âÂÂ1970s; sold)
- Turso (1944âÂÂ1945; handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparations)
- Teuvo (1975âÂÂ1985; sold)
Other
- L'Astrolabe (1988âÂÂ2017; ex-Austral Fish, ex-Fort Resolution; decommissioned and sold to private company)
Historical
- Elbe (1911âÂÂ??; museum ship)
- Hindenburg (1916âÂÂ1918; sunk by mine)
- Stettin (1933âÂÂ1981; museum ship)
- Wal (1938âÂÂ1990; museum ship)
- Castor (1941âÂÂ1945; sunk by mine but later raised by the Soviet Union)
- Eisvogel (1942âÂÂ1945; handed over to the Soviet Union)
- Eisbär (1942âÂÂ1946; handed over to the Soviet Union)
- Pollux (1943âÂÂ1945; sunk by mine)
Alfred-Wegener-Institut
- Polarstern (1982âÂÂ)
- New icebreaking polar research vessel Polarstern II is expected to enter service in 2030.
Other
- Eisvogel (1961âÂÂ2006; sold)
- Eisbär (1961âÂÂ1997; sold)
- Max Waldeck (1966âÂÂ2006; broken up; fitted with Thyssen-Waas bow in 1981)
- Stephan Jantzen (1967âÂÂ2005; museum ship)
- Neuwerk (1997âÂÂ)
- Arkona (2004âÂÂ)
Tatsunan Kisen Co.
- TenryÃ
 Maru-class (ice-strengthened cargo/transport)
- TenryÃ
 Maru (1938-1941; taken by the Army)
- MinryÃ
 Maru (1938-1941; taken by the Army)
- ChiryÃ
 Maru (1938âÂÂ1940; taken by the Navy as SÃ
Âya, now a museum ship)
- Ã
Âtomari (1921âÂÂ1945; broken up)
- TenryÃ
 Maru-class (ice-strengthened cargo/transport)
- SÃ
Âya (1940âÂÂ1945; transferred to the Japan government and later the coast guards; now a museum ship)
- TenryÃ
 Maru-class (ice-strengthened cargo/transport)
- TenryÃ
 Maru (1941-1945)
- MinryÃ
 Maru (1941-1945)
- (1944-1944; landing craft carrier with icebreaker capability)
- Fuji (1965âÂÂ1985; museum ship)
- Shirase (1981âÂÂ2008; sold to private company)
- Shirase (2008âÂÂ)
- Mirai II (2027â (planned); under construction)
The following icebreaking supply ships are operating or have operated in the Kazakh Caspian Sea oil fields:
- Arcticaborg (1998âÂÂ2018; transferred to Canada)
- Antarcticaborg (1998âÂÂ2019; sold to Russia)
- Tulpar (2002âÂÂ)
- Mangystau-class icebreaking tugs
- Mangystau-1 (2010âÂÂ2023; transferred to Turkmenian flag)
- Mangystau-2 (2010âÂÂ2020; transferred to Turkmenian flag)
- Mangystau-3 (2011âÂÂ)
- Mangystau-4 (2011âÂÂ)
- Mangystau-5 (2011âÂÂ)
Other
- Nabil (2022âÂÂ; completed but not delivered to Russia due to sanctions)
Other
- Norhope (1970âÂÂ1973; ex-Göta Lejon; broken up in 1974)
- Polar Circle (2022âÂÂ2024; sold to Sweden)
- Kuna (1884âÂÂ; oldest in service river icebreaker in the world)
- Perkun (1963âÂÂ1993; broken up)
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;
- (1959âÂÂ1989; museum ship in Murmansk)
- (1975âÂÂ2008; ex-Leonid Brezhnev, ex-Arktika; decommissioned)
- (1977âÂÂ1992; decommissioned)
- (1985âÂÂ2013; decommissioned)
- (1990âÂÂ2014; decommissioned)
- (1992âÂÂ)
- (2007âÂÂ)
- Taymyr class
- (1989âÂÂ)
- (1990âÂÂ)
- Project 22220
- (2020âÂÂ)
- (2021âÂÂ)
- (2022âÂÂ)
- (2025âÂÂ)
- (2026â (planned); under construction)
- (2028â (planned); under construction)
- (2030â (planned); under construction)
- Project 10510
- (2030â (planned); under construction)
Diesel-powered icebreakers
The following ships are/were fitted with diesel engines for powering their propulsion;
- Severny Veter (1944âÂÂ1951; ex-USCGC Staten Island; returned to the United States)
- Severniy Polyus (1945âÂÂ1951; ex-USS Westwind; returned to the United States)
- Admiral Makarov (1945âÂÂ1949; ex-USCGC Southwind; returned to the United States)
- Kapitan Belousov class
- (1954âÂÂ1991; sold to Ukraine)
- (1955âÂÂ1996; broken up)
- (1956âÂÂ1994; broken up)
- Moskva class
- (1959âÂÂ1998; broken up)
- (1960âÂÂ1993; broken up)
- (1965âÂÂ1993; broken up)
- (1968âÂÂ1995; broken up)
- (1969âÂÂ1997; broken up)
- Civilian variants of (Project 97A)
- (1961âÂÂ1989; ex-Ledokol-1; broken up)
- (1962âÂÂ1992; ex-Ledokol-2; passed over to Ukraine)
- (1962âÂÂ1996; ex-Ledokol-3; broken up)
- (1963âÂÂ1988; ex-Ledokol-4; broken up)
- (1963âÂÂ1993; ex-Ledokol-5; broken up)
- (1964âÂÂ; ex-Ledokol-6)
- (1964âÂÂ1988; ex-Ledokol-7; broken up)
- (1965âÂÂ1988; ex-Ledokol-8; broken up)
- (1965âÂÂ2021; ex-Ledokol-9; broken up)
- (1970âÂÂ2013; broken up)
- (1971âÂÂ1997; broken up)
- (1971âÂÂ)
- Ermak class
- (1974âÂÂ2021; broken up)
- (1975âÂÂ)
- (1976âÂÂ)
- Kapitan M. Izmaylov class
- (1976âÂÂ)
- (1976âÂÂ)
- (1976âÂÂ1992; transferred to Azerbaijan)
- Kapitan Sorokin class
- (1977âÂÂ; fitted with Thyssen-Waas bow in 1991)
- (1978âÂÂ; rebuilt in 1990)
- (1980âÂÂ)
- (1981âÂÂ)
- Kapitan Chechkin class
- (1977âÂÂ)
- (1977âÂÂ)
- (1978âÂÂ)
- (1978âÂÂ)
- (1978âÂÂ)
- (1978âÂÂ)
- Mudyug class
- (1982âÂÂ; fitted with Thyssen-Waas bow in 1986)
- (1982âÂÂ)
- (1983âÂÂ)
- Kapitan Evdokimov class
- (1983âÂÂ)
- (1983âÂÂ)
- (1983âÂÂ)
- (1983âÂÂ)
- (1984âÂÂ)
- (1984âÂÂ)
- (1984âÂÂ)
- (1986âÂÂ)
- (2000âÂÂ; purchased from Sweden)
- ' (2002âÂÂ2020; ex-Karhu, ex-Kapitan Chubakov; purchased from Estonia; broken up)
- (2006âÂÂ; ex-Apu; purchased from Finland)
- Project 21900
- (2008âÂÂ)
- (2009âÂÂ)
- Project 21900M
- (2015âÂÂ)
- (2015âÂÂ)
- (2016âÂÂ)
- (2019âÂÂ)
- (2019âÂÂ; ex-Antarcticaborg; purchased from Kazakhstan)
- (2020âÂÂ)
- Kapitan Belousov (2023âÂÂ; captured from Ukraine)
- Vyborg (2028â (latest estimate); under construction)
- Project 22740M
- Unnamed Project 22740M icebreaker (2027â (planned); under construction)
- Unnamed Project 22740M icebreaker (2028â (planned); under construction)
Steam-powered icebreakers
The following icebreakers were powered by steam;
- (1864âÂÂ1890; broken up?)
- (1890âÂÂ1915; later converted to a gunboat)
- (1895âÂÂ1923; handed over to Latvia)
- (1895âÂÂ1968; sunk)
- (1897âÂÂ1924; later converted to a gunboat)
- (1899âÂÂ1963; broken up)
- (1898âÂÂ1930; broken up)
- (1899âÂÂ1923; broken up)
- (1907âÂÂ1942; sunk by Germans)
- (1909âÂÂ1942; sunk by Germans)
- (1909âÂÂ1918; sank in 1918)
- (1909âÂÂ1950s?; broken up)
- (1910âÂÂ1918, 1922âÂÂlate 1950s; broken up)
- (1912âÂÂ1940; sunk in 1940)
- (1912âÂÂ1915; sunk in 1915)
- Volynets (1914âÂÂ1918, 1940âÂÂ1985; ex-Tsar' Mikhail Fyodorovich, ex-Wäinämöinen, ex-Suur Tõll; sold to Estonia in 1987)
- (1914âÂÂ1958; ex-CGC Earl Grey; broken up)
- (1915âÂÂ1967; ex-Beothic (1909âÂÂ1915); broken up)
- (1915âÂÂ1941; ex-Lintrose (1912âÂÂ1915); sank in 1941)
- (1916âÂÂ1918)
- (1916âÂÂ1941; sank in 1941)
- (1916âÂÂ1961; broken up)
- (1916âÂÂ1954; broken up)
- (1917âÂÂ1961; broken up)
- (1917âÂÂ1932; sank in White Sea)
- (1917âÂÂ1971; extensively rebuilt in 1953âÂÂ1960, now a museum ship in St. Petersburg)
- (1917âÂÂ1968; broken up)
- (1917âÂÂ1941; sunk)
- (1929âÂÂ1964)
- (1938âÂÂ1973; ex-I. Stalin (âÂÂ1961); broken up)
- (1938âÂÂ1967; ex-L. Kaganovich (âÂÂ1951); broken up)
- (1941âÂÂ1967; ex-V. Molotov (âÂÂ1956); broken up)
- (1941âÂÂ1968; broken up)
- (1945âÂÂ1970; ex-Voima; broken up)
- Sibiryakov (1945âÂÂ1972; ex-Jääkarhu; broken up)
- Alyosha Popovich (1945âÂÂ1970; ex-Eisvogel; decommissioned and abandoned off Russky Island)
- (1946âÂÂ1979; ex-Eisbär; broken up in 1981)
- Peresvet (1951âÂÂ1980; ex-Castor; decommissioned and abandoned off Reyneke Island)
Other icebreaking vessels
Rescue and salvage vessels
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:
In addition, the following shallow-draught icebreaking offshore vessels operate in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea oil fields:
- Arctic (2012âÂÂ)
- Antarctic (2017âÂÂ)
- Polar (2021âÂÂ)
- Polus (2021âÂÂ)
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:
Research and survey vessels
- Araon (2009âÂÂ)
- A new research icebreaker is expected to enter service by December 2029
See Russia
- Sankt Erik (1915âÂÂ1977; ex-Isbrytaren II (âÂÂ1959); museum ship since 1977)
- Atle (1926âÂÂ1967; ex-Statsisbrytaren (âÂÂ1931); broken up)
- Ymer (1933âÂÂ1977; broken up)
- Thule (1953âÂÂ1998; broken up)
- Oden (1957âÂÂ1988; broken up)
- Tor (1964âÂÂ2000; sold to Russia)
- Njord (1969âÂÂ2000; sold and renamed Polar Star)
- Ale (1973âÂÂ)
- Atle class
- Atle (1974âÂÂ)
- Frej (1975âÂÂ)
- Ymer (1977âÂÂ)
- Oden (1988âÂÂ)
- Idun (2024âÂÂ; purchased from Norway)
- New icebreaker is expected to be delivered in 2027 and enter service in 2028
Three icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessels were chartered by the Swedish Maritime Administration for escort icebreaking duties in the Baltic Sea until 2015.
Other
- (1932âÂÂ1963; sold to Norway in 1970)
- Mangystau-2 (2020âÂÂ2021; sold to Canada)
- Mangystau-1 (2023âÂÂ)
- (1990âÂÂ2008; broken up)
- (1991âÂÂ2021; sold to Ukraine)
- (1995âÂÂ2019; sold to Italy)
- (2011âÂÂ)
- (2020âÂÂ)
Historical
References
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