 SSSankt Erik moored outside of theVasa Museum in 2016. Note the shape of the bow which is designed to ride up over the ice. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Sweden | |
| Name |
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| Owner | Stockholms Hamnstyrelse |
| Port of registry | Sweden |
| Builder | Finnboda Shipyard,Stockholm,Sweden |
| Yard number | 361 |
| Completed | March 1915 |
| Out of service | 1977 |
| Refit | 1958 |
| Identification | |
| Status | Museum ship in Stockholm since 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Icebreaker |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Beam | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Draft | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
| Boilers | Four boilers; initially coal-fired, later converted to oil |
| Engines | Twotriple-expansion steam engines; 1,200 ihp (bow) and 2,800 ihp (stern) |
| Propulsion | Bow and stern propellers |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Crew | 30 |
SS Sankt Erik is anicebreaker andmuseum ship attached to theVasa Museum inStockholm,Sweden.
She was launched in 1915 asIsbrytaren II ("Ice breaker II") and was a conventionally-built Baltic icebreaker with a strengthened bow shaped to be lifted up onto theice to crush it and a forward-facingscrew to push water and crushed ice along the side of thehull. She also has heeling tanks which can be filled and emptied withseawater in turn to rock the ship to widen the channel. Her reciprocating steam engines are the most powerful functioning ones inSweden.
She was the country's first large icebreaker, and was owned and used by the City of Stockholm to keep the channels around it clear of ice. She was also sometimes used outside the Stockholm area by theSwedish government since it had contributed towards her cost.
She was renamed in 1958 during an extensive refit, which saw her converted from coal to oil, thebridge was enclosed to protect the deck crew from the weather, andradar andradio fitted.
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