# List of icebreakers
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This is a '''list of [icebreaker](/source/icebreaker)s''' 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'''.[{{cite web|url=http://portal.fma.fi/sivu/www/baltice/jaanmurtajalista.pdf |title=THE WORLD ICEBREAKER AND ICEBREAKING SUPPLY VESSEL FLEET |author=Ilmari Aro |date=17 November 2008 |publisher=Baltic Icebreaking Management |accessdate=7 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195209/http://portal.fma.fi/sivu/www/baltice/jaanmurtajalista.pdf |archivedate=29 October 2013 }}][[http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg552/docs/MAJOR%20ICEBREAKERS%20Chart.pdf Major icebreakers of the world]. USCG Office of Waterways and Ocean Policy. {{retrieved | accessdate=2012-11-25}}]
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== [Argentina](/source/Argentina) ==
*{{ship|ARA|General San Martín}} (1954–1982; broken up)[{{csr|register=E|id=5128039|shipname=General San Martin|accessdate=13 September 2025}}]
*'''{{ship|ARA|Almirante Irízar}}''' (1978–2007, 2017–)[{{cite web|url=http://www.nuestromar.org/65516-11-2017/rompehielos-irizar-lleg-al-puerto-buenos-aires-y-formar-parte-campa-ant-rtica|title=El rompehielos Irizar llegó al puerto de Buenos Aires y formará parte de la campaña antártica|language=es|trans-title=The Irizar icebreaker arrived at the port of Buenos Aires and will be part of the Antarctic campaign|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004356/http://www.nuestromar.org/65516-11-2017/rompehielos-irizar-lleg-al-puerto-buenos-aires-y-formar-parte-campa-ant-rtica|archivedate=7 November 2017|website=Fundación Nuestromar |date=4 November 2017|accessdate=4 November 2017}}]
*{{ship|ARA|Bahía Paraíso}} (1980–1989; sank in Antarctica)[{{cite book | last1=Sweet | first1=Stephen T. | last2=Kennicutt | first2=Mahlon C. | last3=Klein | first3=Andrew G. | title=Handbook of Oil Spill Science and Technology | chapter=The Grounding of the Bahía Paraíso, Arthur Harbor, Antarctica | publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc | publication-place=Hoboken, NJ | date=2015-02-20 | isbn=978-1-118-98998-2 | doi=10.1002/9781118989982.ch23 | pages=547–556}}]
== [Australia](/source/Australia) ==
* [''Aurora Australis''](/source/Aurora_Australis_(icebreaker)) (1990–2020; sold to a private company and renamed ''Aurora Dubai'')
* '''''[Nuyina](/source/RSV_Nuyina)''''' (2021–)[{{cite web|url=https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2021/australia-raises-the-flag-on-new-antarctic-icebreaker/|title=Flying the flag over Australia's new icebreaker|website=Australian Antarctic Division|date=20 August 2021|accessdate=11 September 2021}}]
== [Austria](/source/Austria) ==
* ['''''Eisvogel'''''](/source/Eisvogel_(1955_icebreaker)) (1955–)
* ['''''Röthelstein'''''](/source/R%C3%B6thelstein_(icebreaker)) (1995–)
== [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan) ==
* [''Kapitan A. Radzhabov''](/source/Kapitan_A._Radzhabov_(icebreaker)) (1992–1999; laid up)[{{csr|register=SEAWEB|id=7406332|shipname=Kapitan A. Radzhabov|accessdate=2017-10-29}}]
== [Canada](/source/Canada) ==
{{see also|ICE Pact}}
=== [Canadian Coast Guard](/source/Canadian_Coast_Guard) ===
right|thumb|CCGS ''Louis S. St-Laurent'' in Halifax Harbour
* {{ship|CGS|Northern Light}} (1876–1890; sold)
* {{ship|CGS|Stanley}} (1888–1935; broken up)
* {{ship|CGS|Minto}} (1899–1915; sold to Russia)
* {{ship|CGS|Montcalm}} (1904–1942; sold to Russia)
* {{ship|CGS|Earl Grey}} (1909–1914; sold to Russia)[[http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/Ccg/usque_Ship_Details Ships of the CCG 1850–1967] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217114023/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/USQUE_Ship_Details |date=2009-12-17 }}. Canadian Coast Guard. {{retrieved | accessdate=2012-11-28}}]
* {{ship|CCGS|N.B. McLean}} (1930–1979; broken up)
* {{ship|CCGS|Ernest Lapointe}} (1939–1978; museum ship)
* {{ship|CCGS|Edward Cornwallis|1949|6}} (1949–1986; sold to a private company and broken up in 1993)
* {{ship|CCGS|C.D. Howe}} (1950–1969; sold to a private company and broken up in 1975)
* {{ship|CCGS|D'Iberville}} (1952–1983; broken up)
* {{ship|CCGS|Labrador}} (1954–1987; broken up)
* {{ship|CCGS|Montcalm}} (1957–1988; broken up)
* {{ship|CCGS|Sir William Alexander|1959|6}} (1959–1989; CCGS ''William'' since 1987; sold to a private company and later wrecked in Jamaica)
* {{ship|CCGS|Sir Humphrey Gilbert}} (1959–2001; new bow in 1984; sold to a private company)
* {{ship|CCGS|Alexander Henry}} (1959–1984; museum ship)
* {{ship|CCGS|Camsell}} (1959–1988; broken up)
* {{ship|CCGS|Wolfe}} (1959–1988; broken up)
* {{ship|CCGS|Tupper}} (1959–1997; sold to a private company)
* {{ship|CCGS|John A. Macdonald}} (1960–1991; broken up)
* {{ship|CCGS|John Cabot|1965|6}} (1965–1994; sold to a private company and broken up in 2014)
* {{ship|CCGS|Norman McLeod Rogers}} (1969–1993; sold to Chile)
* '''{{ship|CCGS|Louis S. St-Laurent}}''' (1969–)
* '''{{ship|CCGS|Griffon}}''' (1970–)
* [''Pierre Radisson'' class](/source/Pierre_Radisson-class_icebreaker)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Pierre Radisson}}''' (1977–)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Amundsen}}''' (1979–)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Des Groseilliers}}''' (1982–)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Henry Larsen}}''' (1987–)
* [''Samuel Risley'' class](/source/Samuel_Risley-class_icebreaker)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Samuel Risley}}''' (1985–)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Earl Grey}}''' (1986–)
* [''Martha L. Black'' class](/source/Martha_L._Black-class_icebreaker)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Martha L. Black}}''' (1986–)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|George R. Pearkes}}''' (1986–)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Sir Wilfrid Laurier}}''' (1986–)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Kopit Hopson 1752}}''' (1986–; ex-''Edward Cornwallis'')
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Sir William Alexander}}''' (1987–)
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Ann Harvey}}''' (1987–)
* '''{{ship|CCGS|Terry Fox}}''' (1991–; first leased and then acquired from a commercial operator)
* Interim icebreakers
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Captain Molly Kool}}''' (2019–; ex-''Vidar Viking'')[{{cite web|title=Canada Acts on Icebreaker Shortage|url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/canada-acts-on-icebreaker-shortage|publisher=The Maritime Executive|date=6 July 2018|accessdate=21 July 2018}}][{{cite web|title=SHIPPING NEWS: Halifax's ice-free status nearly on the rocks|url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/business/shipping-news-halifaxs-ice-free-status-nearly-on-the-rocks-293455/|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=19 March 2019|accessdate=29 March 2019}}]
** '''{{ship|CCGS|Judy LaMarsh}}''' (2023–; ex-''Mangystau-2'')[{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-coast-guard/news/2021/11/canadian-coast-guard-announces-an-addition-to-the-southern-icebreaking-fleet-with-the-purchase-of-light-icebreaker-from-atlantic-towing-limited.html|title=Canadian Coast Guard announces an addition to the southern icebreaking fleet with the purchase of light icebreaker from Atlantic Towing Limited|publisher=Government of Canada|date=10 November 2021|accessdate=10 November 2021}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canadian-coast-guard-names-light-icebreaker-the-ccgs-judy-lamarsh-821356942.html|title=Canadian Coast Guard names light icebreaker - the CCGS Judy LaMarsh|publisher=Canadian Coast Guard|date=3 October 2022|accessdate=3 October 2022}}]
* New icebreakers and icebreaking vessels planned as part of the [National Shipbuilding Strategy](/source/National_Shipbuilding_Strategy)
** sixteen multi-purpose icebreakers[{{cite web|url=https://www.seaspan.com/seaspan-shipyards/shipbuilding/multi-purpose-icebreakers/|title=Multi-Purpose Icebreakers|website=Seaspan Shipyards|accessdate=13 September 2025}}]
** six medium-sized "program icebreakers"[{{cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/08/six-new-icebreakers-to-be-built-for-canadian-coast-guard/|title= Six New Icebreakers to be Built for Canadian Coast Guard |publisher=Naval News|date=11 August 2019|accessdate=16 January 2022}}]
** two [polar icebreakers](/source/Polar_Icebreaker_Project)
*** {{ship|CCGS|Arpatuuq}} (2030– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/services/acquisitions/defence-marine/national-shipbuilding-strategy/projects/large-vessels/polar-icebreakers.html|title=Polar icebreaker projects|website=Government of Canada|accessdate=7 November 2025}}]
*** {{ship|CCGS|Imnaryuaq}} (2032– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/irving-to-receive-58-million-for-minimal-changes-to-new-coast-guard-ships|title= Irving to receive $58 million for 'minimal' changes to new Coast Guard ships |publisher=Ottawa Citizen|date=7 February 2020|accessdate=16 January 2022}}]
*** {{ship|CCGS|Donjek}} (2026– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-coast-guard/news/2026/04/canadian-coast-guard-launches-its-first-of-two-arctic-and-offshore-patrol-ships-ccgs-donjek.html|title=Canadian Coast Guard Launches its first of two Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships, CCGS Donjek|website=Government of Canada|publisher=Canadian Coast Guard|date=29 April 2026|accessdate=29 April 2026}}]
*** {{ship|CCGS|Sermilik}} (2027– (planned); under construction)[{{Cite web |last=Melanson |first=Ryan |publisher=Government of Canada |date=25 June 2021 |access-date=20 July 2021 |title=HMCS Harry DeWolf: RCN to commission first new ship in over two decades|url=http://www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca/en/news-operations/news-view.page?doc=hmcs-harry-dewolf-rcn-to-commission-first-new-ship-in-over-two-decades/koej1iai }}]
**'''{{HMCS|Margaret Brooke}}''' (2022–)[{{Cite web|date=15 July 2021|title=Irving Shipbuilding delivers second Arctic patrol warship to Royal Canadian Navy|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/irving-shipbuilding-delivers-second-arctic-patrol-warship-to-royal-canadian-navy/|access-date=20 July 2021|website=CTV News}}]
**'''{{HMCS|Max Bernays}}''' (2024–)[{{Cite web |last=Defence |first=National |date=2024-05-03 |title=HMCS Max Bernays Commissioned today in Vancouver, B.C. |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2024/05/hmcs-max-bernays-commissioned-today-in-vancouver-bc.html |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.canada.ca}}]
**'''{{HMCS|William Hall}}''' (2024–)[{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2024/05/hmcs-william-hall-commissioned-into-service-in-halifax-ns.html|title=HMCS William Hall Commissioned into Service in Halifax, N.S.|website=Government of Canada|date=16 May 2024|accessdate=16 May 2024}}]
**'''{{HMCS|Frédérick Rolette}}''' (2025–)[{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2025/06/his-majestys-canadian-ship-frederick-rolette-commissioned-into-service.html |title=His Majesty's Canadian Ship Frédérick Rolette Commissioned into Service| website=canada.ca |access-date=13 June 2025}}]
**{{HMCS|Robert Hampton Gray}} (2026– (planned); delivered)
=== Commercial ===
* ''[Canmar Kigoriak](/source/Kigoriak)'' (1979–2003; sold to Russia)
* ''[Robert LeMeur](/source/Robert_LeMeur_(icebreaker))'' (1982–1997; sold to China)
* ''[Terry Fox](/source/CCGS_Terry_Fox)'' (1983–1991; leased and later sold to the Canadian Coast Guard)
* ''[Arctic Kalvik](/source/Vladimir_Ignatyuk_(icebreaker))'' (1983–2003; sold to Russia)
* ''[Ikaluk](/source/Ikaluk)'' (1983–1998; ''Canmar Ikaluk'' since 1995; sold to Russia)
* ''[Miscaroo](/source/Miscaroo)'' (1983–1998; ''Canmar Miscaroo'' since 1995; sold to Russia)
* ''[Arctic Ivik](/source/Arctic_Ivik)'' (1985–1997; sold and later converted to survey vessel ''Geco Snapper'')
* ''[Polar S](/source/Njord_(icebreaker))'' (2000–2022; ex-''Njord'', ex-''Polar Star''; broken up)
* '''''[Polar Prince](/source/MV_Polar_Prince)''''' (2000–; ex-CCGS ''Sir Humphrey Gilbert'')
* ''[Arcticaborg](/source/Arcticaborg)'' (2018–2019; transferred to Russia)
== [China](/source/China) ==
=== [State Oceanic Administration](/source/State_Oceanic_Administration) ===
==== [Polar Research Institute of China](/source/Polar_Research_Institute_of_China) ====
* ['''''Xuě Lóng'''''](/source/Xue_Long) (雪龙; "Snow Dragon") (1993–)
* ['''''Xuě Lóng 2'''''](/source/Xue_Long_2) (雪龙2; "Snow Dragon 2") (2019–)[{{cite web|url=https://www.arctictoday.com/chinese-icebreaker-sails-to-north-pole-explores-remote-arctic-ridge/|title=Chinese icebreaker sails to North Pole, explores remote Arctic ridge|publisher=Arctic Today|date=12 August 2021|accessdate=16 October 2021}}]
==== North Sea Branch ====
* '''''[Ji Di](/source/Ji_Di)''''' (极地; "Polar") (2024–)[{{csr|register=SEAWEB|id=9970351|shipname=GUANGZHOU 21110077|accessdate=29 December 2023}}][{{cite web|url=https://news.now.com/home/international/player?newsId=544585|title=中國完全自主研製破冰科考船「極地號」料明年下半年執行任務|language=zh|date=29 December 2023|accessdate=29 December 2023}}]
=== [People's Liberation Army Navy](/source/People's_Liberation_Army_Navy) ===
* [Type 071 icebreaker](/source/Type_071_icebreaker)
** ''Haibing 722'' (海冰722; "Sea Ice 722") (1971–2013; ex-''C722'', ex-''Haibing 101''; in reserve)
** ''Haibing 721'' (海冰721; "Sea Ice 721") (1973–2013; ex-''C721'', ex-''Haibing 102''; transferred to the [China Coast Guard](/source/China_Coast_Guard))
* [Type 210 icebreaker](/source/Type_210_icebreaker)
** ''[Haibing 723](/source/Chinese_icebreaker_Haibing_723)'' (海冰723; "Sea Ice 723") (1982–2012; ex-''C723''; transferred to the [China Marine Surveillance](/source/China_Marine_Surveillance))
* [Type 272 icebreaker](/source/Type_272_icebreaker)
** '''''Haibing 722''''' (海冰722; "Sea Ice 722") (2016–)
** '''''Haibing 723''''' (海冰723; "Sea Ice 723") (2016–)
=== [China Marine Surveillance](/source/China_Marine_Surveillance) ===
* ''[Haijian 111](/source/Chinese_icebreaker_Haijing_6401)'' (海监111; "Marine Surveillance 111") (2012–2013; transferred to the China Coast Guard)
=== [China Coast Guard](/source/China_Coast_Guard) ===
* '''''Donghai 519''''' (东海519; "East China Sea 519") (2013–; ex-''Haibing 721'', ex-''C721'', ex-''Haibing 102'')
* '''''[Haijing 6401](/source/Chinese_icebreaker_Haijing_6401)''''' (海警6401; "China Coast Guard 6401") (2012–; ex-''Haijing 1411'', ex-''Haijian 111'', ex-''Haibing 723'')
=== [Sun Yat-sen University](/source/Sun_Yat-sen_University) ===
* '''''[Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di](/source/Zhong_Shan_Da_Xue_Ji_Di)''''' (中山大学极地; "Sun Yat-sen University Polar") (2021–; ex-''Beijing Ocean Leader'', ex-''Ikaluk'', ex-''Smit Sibu'', ex-''Canmar Ikaluk'')
=== [Chinese Academy of Sciences](/source/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences) ===
* '''''[Tan Suo San Hao](/source/Tan_Suo_San_Hao)''''' (探索三号; "Discovery Three") (2024–)[{{cite web|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202412/26/WS676d070ea310f1265a1d51ab.html|title=China delivers independently-developed deep-sea scientific research, archaeological vessel|website=China Daily|date=26 December 2024|access-date=26 December 2024}}]
=== Other ===
* ''[Bin Hai 293](/source/Robert_LeMeur_(icebreaker))'' (滨海293; "Coastal 293") (1997–2016; ex-''Robert LeMeur''; broken up)[[http://www.robindesbois.org/wp-content/uploads/shipbreaking46.pdf Shipbreaking Bulletin of information and analysis on ship demolition #46, from October 1 to December 31, 2016]. Robin Des Bois, 31 January 2017. {{retrieved|accessdate=2016-02-12}}]
* [''Beijing Ocean Leader''](/source/Zhong_Shan_Da_Xue_Ji_Di) (北京号破冰船) (2018–2021; ex-''Ikaluk'', ex-''Smit Sibu'', ex-''Canmar Ikaluk''; sold to Sun Yat-sen University)
== [Chile](/source/Chile) ==
=== [Chilean Navy](/source/Chilean_Navy) ===
* ''[Piloto Pardo](/source/Chilean_transport_Piloto_Pardo)'' (1959–1997; sold to a private company)[[http://www.palmerstation.com/history/7585/simpson.html Chilean submarine Simpson calls at Palmer Station]. Palmer Station. {{retrieved|accessdate=2017-07-16}}]
* ''[Almirante Óscar Viel](/source/Chilean_icebreaker_Almirante_%C3%93scar_Viel)'' (1995–2019; ex-''Norman McLeod Rogers''; decommissioned and later sunk as target)[{{cite web|url=https://www.armada.cl/noticias-navales/rompehielos-oscar-viel-se-despide-tras-navegar-lo-equivalente-a-casi|title=Rompehielos "Óscar Viel" se despide tras navegar lo equivalente a casi 20 vueltas al mundo|website=Armada de Chile|date=11 February 2019|accessdate=25 December 2022}}][{{cite tweet|user=seawaves_mag|number=1440355561665560588|title=USS Mustin joined Chilean warships Almirante Cochrane, Capitan Prat, Almirante Reveros and Almirante Montt in a SINKEX of icebreaker Admiral Óscar Viel (ex-CCGS Norman McLeod Rogers) during Teamwork South 13-18 Sep. @CoastGuardCAN}}]
* '''''[Almirante Viel](/source/Chilean_icebreaker_Almirante_Viel)''''' (2024–)[{{cite web|url=https://www.gob.cl/noticias/primer-buque-rompehielos-construido-sudamerica-almirante-viel-soberania-antartica/|title=Es chileno: Así es el primer buque rompehielos construido en Sudamérica|website=GobiernodeChile|date=3 July 2024|accessdate=5 July 2024}}]
== [Denmark](/source/Denmark) ==
[[Image:Ice breakers Danbjørn, Isbjørn and Thorbjørn in Frederikshavn.jpg|thumb|''Danbjørn'', ''Isbjørn'' and ''Thorbjørn'' moored at [Frederikshavn](/source/Frederikshavn)]]
* ''[Bryderen](/source/Bryderen_(icebreaker))'' (1884–1947; sold to Poland; broken up in 1960)
* ''[Isbjørn](/source/Isbj%C3%B8rn_(1923_icebreaker))'' (1923–1965)[[http://www.e-pages.dk/mmf/57/40 Mens vi venter på isen]. Maskinmesteren Februar 2009, page 36. {{retrieved|accessdate=2015-10-12}}]
* ''[Lillebjørn](/source/Lillebj%C3%B8rn)'' (1926–1968)[{{cite web|url=https://www.tv2nord.dk/artikel/vi-oedelaegger-vores-maritime-kulturarv|title=Tidligere Elbjørn-ejer: Vi ødelægger vores maritime kulturarv|language=da|publisher=TV2 Nord|date=6 May 2019|accessdate=18 August 2019}}]
* ''[Danbjørn](/source/HDMS_Danbj%C3%B8rn)'' (1965–2013; sold for scrap in 2023)[{{cite web|url=https://www.tv2nord.dk/aalborg/isbrydere-blev-kaldt-oejebae-nu-er-koeberen-afsloeret|title=Isbrydere blev kaldt 'øjebæ': Nu er køberen afsløret|language=da|publisher=TV2 Nord|date=7 August 2023|accessdate=7 August 2023}}]
* ''[Isbjørn](/source/Isbj%C3%B8rn_(1966_icebreaker))'' (1966–2013; sold for scrap in 2023)[[http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/nordjylland/statslig-isbryder-solgt-bliver-i-danmark Statslig isbryder solgt – bliver i Danmark]. Nordjylland, 8 September 2015. {{retrieved|accessdate=2016-07-02}}]
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== [Estonia](/source/Estonia) ==
===[Estonian Maritime Museum](/source/Estonian_Maritime_Museum)===
* ''[Suur Tõll](/source/Suur_T%C3%B5ll_(icebreaker))'' (1922–1940; museum ship in Tallinn since 1987)
===[Estonian Maritime Administration](/source/Estonian_Maritime_Administration)===
* ['''''Tarmo'''''](/source/Tarmo_(1963_icebreaker)) (1993–; purchased from Finland)
* '''''[EVA 316](/source/EVA_316)''''' (1995–; ex-''Lonna''; purchased from Finland and converted for icebreaking)
===[Port of Tallinn](/source/Port_of_Tallinn)===
* [''Karu''](/source/Karu_(icebreaker)) (1988–2002; ex-''Karhu'', ex-''Kapitan Chubakov''; purchased from Finland and sold to Russia)
* ['''''Botnica'''''](/source/MSV_Botnica) (2012–; purchased from Finland)
== [Finland](/source/Finland) ==
{{see also|ICE Pact}}
=== State-owned icebreakers ===
==== Steam-powered ====
thumb|right|Steam-powered icebreakers ''Tarmo'' and ''Jääkarhu''
* ''[Murtaja](/source/Murtaja_(1890_icebreaker))'' (1890–1958; broken up)
* ''[Sampo](/source/Sampo_(1898_icebreaker))'' (1898–1960; broken up)
* ''[Apu](/source/Apu_(1899_icebreaker))'' (1899–1959; broken up)
* ''[Tarmo](/source/Tarmo_(1907_icebreaker))'' (1907–1970; museum ship in [Kotka](/source/Kotka) since 1992)
* ''[Wäinämöinen](/source/Suur_T%C3%B5ll_(icebreaker))'' (1918–1922; ex-''Volynets''; captured from Russia and handed over to [Estonia](/source/Estonia))
* ''[Ilmarinen](/source/Ilmarinen_(icebreaker))'' (1918–1922; ex-''Silatch''; captured from Russia and handed over to the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union))
* ''[Voima](/source/Voima_(1924_icebreaker))'' (1924–1945; handed over to the Soviet Union as [war reparations](/source/Finnish_war_reparations_to_the_Soviet_Union))
* ''[Jääkarhu](/source/J%C3%A4%C3%A4karhu_(icebreaker))'' (1926–1945; handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparations)
==== Diesel-electric ====
[[Image:Jäänmurtajia Katajanokan laiturissa.jpg|thumb|Six modern Finnish icebreakers docked for the summer season at [Katajanokka](/source/Katajanokka), Helsinki]]
[[File:Finnish icebreaker Polaris (24 March 2017).jpg|thumb|right|[Polaris](/source/Polaris_(icebreaker)) was completed in the 2010s]]
* ''[Sisu](/source/Sisu_(1938_icebreaker))'' (1939–1974; transferred to the [Finnish Navy](/source/Finnish_Navy))
* ['''''Voima'''''](/source/Voima_(1952_icebreaker)) (1954–)
* ''Karhu'' class
** ''[Karhu](/source/Karhu_(icebreaker))'' (1958–1986; sold to Estonia)
** ''[Murtaja](/source/Murtaja_(1959_icebreaker))'' (1959–1986; broken up)
** ''[Sampo](/source/Sampo_(1960_icebreaker))'' (1961–1987; sold to the city of Kemi)
* ''Tarmo'' class
** ''[Tarmo](/source/Tarmo_(1963_icebreaker))'' (1963–1993; sold to Estonia)
** ''[Varma](/source/Varma_(icebreaker))'' (1968–1994; sold to [Latvia](/source/Latvia))
** ''[Apu](/source/Apu_(1970_icebreaker))'' (1970–2006; sold to [Russia](/source/Russia))
* ''[Hanse](/source/Hanse_(icebreaker))'' (1966–1998; sold to [Greece](/source/Greece); wrecked off [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia))
* [''Urho'' class](/source/Urho-class_icebreaker)
** ['''''Urho'''''](/source/Urho_(icebreaker)) (1975–)
** ['''''Sisu'''''](/source/Sisu_(1976_icebreaker)) (1976–)
* ''Otso'' class
** ['''''Otso'''''](/source/Otso_(icebreaker)) (1986–)
** ['''''Kontio'''''](/source/Kontio_(icebreaker)) (1987–)
* Multipurpose icebreakers
** ['''''Fennica'''''](/source/MSV_Fennica) (1993–)
** ['''''Nordica'''''](/source/MSV_Nordica) (1994–)
** ''[Botnica](/source/MSV_Botnica)'' (1998–2012; sold to Estonia)
* '''''[Polaris](/source/Polaris_(icebreaker))''''' (2016–)
* A new icebreaker is expected to enter service in 2029.[{{cite web|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/44de842f-9834-4e2c-b8c0-8d09c3a85b3c|title=Suomelle uusi jäänmurtaja|language=fi|website=Iltalehti|date=3 July 2025|accessdate=25 October 2025}}]
=== [Finnish Environment Institute](/source/Finnish_Environment_Institute) ===
* [''Aranda''](/source/Katarina_(1953_ship)) (1953–1989; sold)
* ['''''Aranda'''''](/source/Aranda_(1989_ship)) (1989–)
=== [Finnish Navy](/source/Finnish_Navy) ===
[[File:Finnish multipurpose vessel Louhi (1999).jpg|thumb|right|[Louhi](/source/Finnish_pollution_control_vessel_Louhi) was completed in the 2010s]]
* ''[Louhi](/source/Sisu_(1938_icebreaker))'' (1975–1986; ex-''Sisu''; broken up)
* ['''''Louhi'''''](/source/Finnish_pollution_control_vessel_Louhi) (2011–)
=== [Alfons Håkans](/source/Alfons_H%C3%A5kans) ===
* '''''[Zeus of Finland](/source/Zeus_of_Finland)''''' (1995–; ex-''Zeus'')
* [''Thetis''](/source/Thetis_(icebreaker)) (2016–2023; ex-''Storm Express'', ex-''Maersk Shipper'', ex-''Maersk Placentia'', ex-''Placentia Bay''; sold to Russia)[{{cite web|url=https://www.ts.fi/uutiset/6075472|title=Turkulaisvarustamon Kiinaan myymä alus matkaa Istanbuliin: "Kaupassa ei ole venäläisiä osapuolia"|language=fi|publisher=Turun Sanomat|date=15 August 2023|accessdate=16 August 2023|url-access=subscription}}]
=== [City of Kemi](/source/Kemi) ===
* '''''[Sampo](/source/Sampo_(1960_icebreaker))''''' (1987–)
=== [City of Helsinki](/source/Helsinki) ===
* [''Otso''](/source/Otso_(1936_icebreaker)) (1936–1970s; sold)
* [''Turso''](/source/Turso_(1944_icebeaker)) (1944–1945; handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparations)
* [''Teuvo''](/source/Teuvo_(icebreaker)) (1975–1985; sold and later converted to [pusher tug](/source/Pusher_(boat)))
== [France](/source/France) ==
=== [French Navy](/source/French_Navy) ===
* '''''[L'Astrolabe](/source/L'Astrolabe_(2016_icebreaker))''''' (2017–)[[http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/la-construction-de-lastrolabe-debute La construction de l'Astrolabe a débuté]. Mer et Marine, 6 January 2016. {{retrieved|accessdate=2016-02-07}}]
=== [Compagnie du Ponant](/source/Compagnie_du_Ponant) ===
* '''''[Le Commandant Charcot](/source/Le_Commandant_Charcot)''''' (2021–)[{{cite web|url=https://www.vard.com/articles/le-commandant-charcot-delivered|title=Le Commandant Charcot delivered|accessdate=3 August 2021|date=3 August 2021|publisher=Vard Group AS}}]
=== Other ===
* ''[L'Astrolabe](/source/L'Astrolabe_(1986_icebreaker))'' (1988–2017; ex-''Austral Fish'', ex-''Fort Resolution''; decommissioned and sold to a private company)
== [Germany](/source/Germany) ==
{{See also|Icebreakers of Germany}}
=== Historical ===
* ''[Elbe](/source/Elbe_(icebreaker))'' (1911–??; museum ship)
* ''[Hindenburg](/source/Hindenburg_(icebreaker))'' (1916–1918; sunk by mine)
* ''[Stettin](/source/Stettin_(icebreaker))'' (1933–1981; museum ship)
* ''[Wal](/source/Wal_(icebreaker))'' (1938–1990; museum ship)
* ''[Castor](/source/Castor_(icebreaker))'' (1941–1945; sunk by mine but later raised by the Soviet Union)
* ''[Eisvogel](/source/Eisvogel_(1942_icebreaker))'' (1942–1945; handed over to the Soviet Union)
* ''[Eisbär](/source/Eisb%C3%A4r_(1942_icebreaker))'' (1942–1946; handed over to the Soviet Union)
* ''[Pollux](/source/Pollux_(icebreaker))'' (1943–1945; sunk by mine)
=== Alfred-Wegener-Institut ===
* '''''[Polarstern](/source/RV_Polarstern)''''' (1982–)
* New icebreaking polar research vessel ''Polarstern II'' is expected to enter service in 2030.[{{cite web|url=https://www.awi.de/ueber-uns/service/presse/presse-detailansicht/polarstern-neubau-auftrag-fuer-deutschen-forschungseisbrecher-vergeben.html|title=Polarstern-Neubau: Auftrag für deutschen Forschungseisbrecher vergeben|date=19 December 2024|accessdate=19 December 2024|website=Alfred-Wegener-Institut|language=de}}][{{cite web | title=Polarstern II: German Bundestag greenlights the construction of new icebreaker| website=AWI | date=2022-06-03 | url=https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/polarstern-ii-der-startschuss-fuer-den-neubau-ist-gefallen.html | access-date=2025-10-16}}]
=== Other===
* {{sclass|Eisvogel|icebreaker|4}}
** ''Eisvogel'' (1961–2006; sold)
** ''Eisbär'' (1961–1997; sold)
* ''[Max Waldeck](/source/Max_Waldeck_(icebreaker))'' (1966–2006; broken up; fitted with Thyssen-Waas bow in 1981)
* ''[Stephan Jantzen](/source/Stephan_Jantzen_(icebreaker))'' (1967–2005; museum ship)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.technische-flotte-rostock.de/unsere-flotte/des-stephan-jantzen/|title=DES Stephan Jantzen|website=Technische Flotte Rostock|access-date=2018-12-08}}]
* '''''[Neuwerk](/source/Neuwerk_(1997_ship))''''' (1997–)
* '''''[Arkona](/source/Arkona_(2004_ship))''''' (2004–)
== [Italy](/source/Italy) ==
* ['''''Laura Bassi'''''](/source/Laura_Bassi_(icebreaker)) (2019–; ex-RRS ''Ernest Shackleton''; purchases from the United Kingdom)[{{cite web|url=https://www.triesteallnews.it/2019/05/11/ogs-una-nuova-nave-per-la-ricerca-verso-i-ghiacci-con-la-ernest-shackleton/|title=OGS, una nuova nave per la ricerca. Verso i ghiacci con la "Ernest Shackleton"|language=it|work=Triesteall News|date=11 May 2019|accessdate=14 May 2019}}]
== [Japan](/source/Japan) ==
=== Tatsunan Kisen Co. ===
*''Tenryō Maru''-class (ice-strengthened cargo/transport)
**[''Tenryō Maru''](/source/Japanese_cargo_ship_Tenryo_Maru) (1938-1941; taken by the Army)
**[''Minryō Maru''](/source/Japanese_cargo_ship_Minry%C5%8D_Maru) (1938-1941; taken by the Army)
**[''Chiryō Maru''](/source/S%C5%8Dya_(PL107)) (1938–1940; taken by the Navy as Sōya, now a museum ship)
=== [Imperial Japanese Navy](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Navy) ===
*''[Ōtomari](/source/Japanese_icebreaker_%C5%8Ctomari)'' (1921–1945; broken up)
*''Tenryō Maru''-class (ice-strengthened cargo/transport)
**[''Sōya''](/source/S%C5%8Dya_(PL107)) (1940–1945; transferred to the Japan government and later the coast guards; now a museum ship)
=== [Imperial Japanese Army](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Army) ===
*''Tenryō Maru''-class (ice-strengthened cargo/transport)
**[''Tenryō Maru''](/source/Japanese_cargo_ship_Tenryo_Maru) (1941-1945)
**[''Minryō Maru''](/source/Japanese_cargo_ship_Minry%C5%8D_Maru) (1941-1945)
*{{ship|Japanese landing craft carrier|Takatsu Maru||2}} (1944-1944; landing craft carrier with icebreaker capability)
=== [Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force](/source/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force) ===
*[''Fuji''](/source/Japanese_icebreaker_Fuji_(AGB-5001)) (1965–1985; museum ship)
*[''Shirase''](/source/Japanese_icebreaker_Shirase_(AGB-5002)) (1981–2008; sold to a private company)
*['''''Shirase'''''](/source/Japanese_icebreaker_Shirase_(AGB-5003)) (2008–)
=== [Japan Coast Guard](/source/Japan_Coast_Guard) ===
*[''Sōya'' (PL107)](/source/S%C5%8Dya_(PL107)) (1945–1978; museum ship)
*[''Sōya'' (PHL01)](/source/S%C5%8Dya_(1978_icebreaker)) (1978–2025)[{{cite web|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251112/p2g/00m/0na/031000c|title=Japan's oldest active patrol vessel retires after storied service|website=The Mainichi|date=12 November 2025|accessdate=12 November 2025}}]
*['''''Teshio''''' (PM 15)](/source/Teshio_(PM_15)) (1995–)
*['''''Sōya''''' (PHL01)](/source/S%C5%8Dya_(2025_icebreaker)) (2025–)[{{cite web|url=https://trafficnews.jp/post/134818|title=現用船ボロボロで海上保安庁が熱望！ ヘリ搭載OKな「砕氷巡視船」ようやく進水 就役はいつ？|language=ja|trans-title=With current ships in disrepair, the Japan Coast Guard is eager to add a helicopter-equipped "icebreaking patrol vessel" to its fleet. When will it be commissioned?|website=Traffic News|date=8 September 2024|accessdate=12 November 2025}}]
=== [Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology](/source/Japan_Agency_for_Marine-Earth_Science_and_Technology) ===
* ''[Mirai II](/source/Mirai_II)'' (2027– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://www.jamstec.go.jp/parv/e/|title=Stay up-to-date with the Arctic Research Vessel|website=JAMSTEC|accessdate=19 January 2024}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2024022200488/|title=Japan's First Arctic Research Vessel to Be Named "Mirai II"|website=Nippon.com|date=22 February 2024|accessdate=23 February 2024}}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}]
== [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan) ==
The following icebreaking supply ships are operating or have operated in the Kazakh [Caspian Sea](/source/Caspian_Sea) oil fields:
* ''[Arcticaborg](/source/Arcticaborg)'' (1998–2018; transferred to Canada)
* ''[Antarcticaborg](/source/Georgiy_Sedov_(1998_icebreaker))'' (1998–2019; sold to Russia)
* ['''''Tulpar'''''](/source/MV_Tulpar) (2002–)
* ''Mangystau''-class icebreaking tugs
** ''Mangystau-1'' (2010–2023; transferred to Turkmenian flag)
** [''Mangystau-2''](/source/CCGS_Judy_LaMarsh) (2010–2020; transferred to Turkmenian flag)
** '''''Mangystau-3''''' (2011–)
** '''''Mangystau-4''''' (2011–)
** '''''Mangystau-5''''' (2011–)
=== [Kazakhstani Coast Guard](/source/Border_Service_of_the_National_Security_Committee_of_the_Republic_of_Kazakhstan) ===
* '''''Kazhymukan''''' (2016–)
=== [Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan](/source/Ministry_of_Emergency_Situations_(Kazakhstan)) ===
* '''''Ledokol-2''''' (1984–)
== [Latvia](/source/Latvia) ==
*''[Krišjānis Valdemārs](/source/Kri%C5%A1j%C4%81nis_Valdem%C4%81rs_(icebreaker))'' (1925–1941; sunk)
*['''''Varma'''''](/source/Varma_(icebreaker)) (1994–)[[https://rbflote.lv/en/icebreakers/varma/ Icebreakers: Varma]. Freeport of Riga. {{retrieved|accessdate=2017-06-02}}]
*[''Foros''](/source/Foros_(icebreaker)) (2013–2024; ex-''Fobos''; sold to Russia)[{{cite web|url=https://bb.lv/statja/ekonomika/2024/04/22/chem-kolot-led-budem-rizhskiy-port-prodal-estoncam-latviyskiy-ledokol-foros|language=ru|title=Чем колоть лед будем? Рижский порт продал эстонцам латвийский ледокол «Форос»|website=BB.lv|date=23 April 2024|accessdate=23 April 2024}}][{{cite web|url=https://zinas.tv3.lv/ekonomika/rigas-brivostai-beidzot-izdevies-pardot-ledlauzi-foto-igauniem-par-miljonu-eiro/|title=Rīgas brīvostai beidzot izdevies pārdot ledlauzi "Foros" – igauņiem par miljonu eiro|language=lv|website=TV3.lv|date=22 April 2024|accessdate=23 April 2024}}]
== [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) ==
===[Greenpeace](/source/Greenpeace)===
* ['''''Arctic Sunrise'''''](/source/MV_Arctic_Sunrise) (1995–)
===Other===
* ''[Nabil](/source/Nabil_(icebreaker))'' (2022–; completed but not delivered to Russia due to [sanctions](/source/International_sanctions_during_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine))[{{cite web|url=https://swzmaritime.nl/news/2022/03/03/sanctions-stop-niestern-sander-from-delivering-new-ice-breaking-w2w-vessel/|title=Sanctions stop Niestern Sander from delivering new ice-breaking W2W vessel|publisher=SWZ Maritime|date=3 March 2022|accessdate=23 November 2022}}]
== [Norway](/source/Norway) ==
=== [Norwegian Coast Guard](/source/Norwegian_Coast_Guard) ===
* '''[NoCGV ''Svalbard''](/source/NoCGV_Svalbard)''' (2001–)
=== [Norwegian Polar Institute](/source/Norwegian_Polar_Institute) ===
* '''''[Kronprins Haakon](/source/RV_Kronprins_Haakon)''''' (2018–)
=== Other ===
* ''[Norhope](/source/G%C3%B6ta_Lejon_(icebreaker))'' (1970–1973; ex-''Göta Lejon''; broken up in 1974)
* ''[Polar Circle](/source/Idun_(icebreaker))'' (2022–2024; sold to Sweden)[{{cite web|url=https://www.sjofartsverket.se/sv/om-sjofartsverket/nyheter-och-press/nyheter/sjofartsverket-koper-norsk-isbrytare/|title=Sjöfartsverket köper norsk isbrytare|language=sv|website=Sjöfartsverket|date=25 March 2024|accessdate=25 March 2024}}]
== [Poland](/source/Poland) ==
*'''''[Kuna](/source/Kuna_(Icebreaker))''''' (1884–; oldest in service river icebreaker in the world)
* ''[Perkun](/source/Perkun_(icebreaker))'' (1963–1993; broken up)
== [Russia](/source/Russia) ==
=== Icebreakers ===
{{main|Icebreakers of Russia}}
The following lists include icebreakers owned and/or operated by either [Russia](/source/Russia)n governmental or commercial entities.
==== Nuclear-powered icebreakers ====
[[File:С вертолета-3.JPG|thumb|Russian [nuclear-powered icebreaker](/source/nuclear-powered_icebreaker) {{ship||Yamal|icebreaker|2}}]]
The following ships are [nuclear-powered](/source/Nuclear_propulsion) icebreakers;
* {{ship||Lenin|nuclear icebreaker|2}} (1959–1989; museum ship in [Murmansk](/source/Murmansk))
* {{sclass|Arktika|icebreaker|4}}
** {{ship||Arktika|1972 nuclear icebreaker|2}} (1975–2008; ex-''Leonid Brezhnev'', ex-''Arktika''; decommissioned)[[http://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/nuclear-russia/2016-11-russia-prepared-to-dismantle-first-nuclear-icebreaker-ever Russia prepares to dismantle first nuclear icebreaker ever]. Bellona, 14 November 2016. {{retrieved|accessdate=2016-11-16}}]
** {{ship||Sibir|1977 nuclear icebreaker|2}} (1977–1992; decommissioned)[[http://bellona.org/news/arctic/russian-nuclear-icebreakers-fleet/2013-04-russian-nuclear-icebreaker-rossiya-taking-last-voyage-along-norways-coast Russian nuclear icebreaker Rossiya taking last voyage along Norway’s coast]. Bellona, 11 April 2013. {{retrieved|accessdate=2016-11-16}}]
** {{ship||Sovetskiy Soyuz|icebreaker|2}} (1990–2014; decommissioned)[[http://archive.rosatom.ru/en/areas_of_activity/non_energy_businesses/nuclear_icebreakers/ Northern Sea Route]. Rosatom. {{retrieved|accessdate=2016-12-20}}][[https://life.ru/t/%25D0%25B0%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F/948999/rosatomflot_nachal_protsiess_utilizatsii_atomnykh_liedokolov "Росатомфлот" начал процесс утилизации атомных ледоколов]. ''Life'', 19 December 2016. {{retrieved|accessdate=2016-12-20}}]
** '''{{ship||Yamal|icebreaker|2}}''' (1992–)
** '''{{ship||50 Let Pobedy}}''' (2007–)
* ''Taymyr'' class
** '''{{ship||Taymyr|1987 icebreaker|2}}''' (1989–)
** '''{{ship||Vaygach|nuclear icebreaker|2}}''' (1990–)
* [Project 22220](/source/Project_22220_icebreaker)
** '''{{ship||Arktika|2016 icebreaker|2}}''' (2020–)[{{cite web|title=На ледоколе "Арктика" поднят российский флаг|language=ru|url=http://sudostroenie.info/novosti/31504.html|publisher=Sudostroenie.info|date=21 October 2020|accessdate=21 October 2020}}]
** '''{{ship||Sibir|2017 icebreaker|2}}''' (2021–)[{{cite web|url=https://en.portnews.ru/news/323194/|title=Baltiysky Zavod shipyard delivers Sibir, first serial icebreaker of Project 22220, to Atomflot|publisher=PortNews|date=24 December 2021|accessdate=24 December 2021}}]
** '''{{ship||Ural|icebreaker|2}}''' (2022–)[{{cite web|url=https://sudostroenie.info/novosti/37897.html|title=На ледоколе "Урал" прошла церемония поднятия флага|language=ru|publisher=Sudostroenie.info|date=22 November 2022|accessdate=22 November 2022}}]
** '''{{ship||Yakutiya|icebreaker|2}}''' (2025–)[{{cite web|url=https://spb.vedomosti.ru/economics/articles/2025/12/02/1160067-baltiiskii-zavod-yakutii|title=Балтийский завод заплатит 46 млн руб. за задержку сдачи «Якутии»|language=ru|trans-title=The Baltic Shipyard will pay 46 million rubles for the delayed delivery of the Yakutia|website=Vedomosti|date=3 December 2025|accessdate=19 December 2025}}]
** {{ship||Chukotka|icebreaker|2}} (2026– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://portnews.ru/news/306350/|title=Балтзавод заложил атомоход проекта 22220 "Чукотка"|language=ru|publisher=PortNews|date=16 December 2020|accessdate=16 December 2020}}]
** {{ship||Leningrad|2028 icebreaker|2}} (2028– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://paluba.media/news/67897|title=Пятый серийный атомный ледокол проекта 22220 получит название «Ленинград»|language=ru|website=Media Paluba|date=19 January 2024|accessdate=19 January 2024}}]
** {{ship||Stalingrad|icebreaker|2}} (2030– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://neftegaz.ru/news/Suda-i-sudostroenie/888245-na-baltiyskom-zavode-nachata-rezka-metalla-dlya-universalnogo-atomnogo-ledokola-stalingrad-proekta-2/|title=На Балтийском заводе начата резка металла для универсального атомного ледокола Сталинград проекта 22220|trans-title=Metal cutting for the universal nuclear icebreaker Stalingrad of Project 22220 has begun at the Baltic Shipyard|website=Neftegaz.ru|date=7 May 2025|accessdate=7 May 2025|language=ru}}]
* [Project 10510](/source/Project_10510_icebreaker)
** {{ship||Rossiya|2030 icebreaker|2}} (2030– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6713099|title=Срок выпуска атомного ледокола «Россия» сдвинули на 2030 год|language=ru|trans-title=The release date of the nuclear-powered icebreaker Rossiya has been pushed back to 2030|website=Kommersant|date=20 May 2024|accessdate=20 May 2024}}]
==== Diesel-powered icebreakers ====
thumb|Icebreaker {{ship||Kapitan Khlebnikov}} in Vladivostok
The following ships are/were fitted with [diesel engine](/source/diesel_engine)s for powering their propulsion;
* {{sclass2|Wind|icebreaker|4}}
** [''Severny Veter''](/source/USCGC_Staten_Island_(WAGB-278)) (1944–1951; ex-USCGC ''Staten Island''; returned to the United States)
** [''Severniy Polyus''](/source/USCGC_Westwind_(WAGB-281)) (1945–1951; ex-USS ''Westwind''; returned to the United States)
** [''Admiral Makarov''](/source/USCGC_Southwind) (1945–1949; ex-USCGC ''Southwind''; returned to the United States)
* ''Kapitan Belousov'' class
** {{ship||Kapitan Belousov}} (1954–1991; sold to Ukraine)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/18782/|title=Капитан Белоусов|language=ru|trans-title=Kapitan Belousov|website=FleetPhoto|accessdate=13 September 2025}}]
** {{ship||Kapitan Voronin}} (1955–1996; broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=5181689|shipname=Kapitan Voronin|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
** {{ship||Kapitan Melekhov}} (1956–1994; broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=5181639|shipname=Kapitan Meheklov|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
* ''Moskva'' class
** {{ship||Moskva|1959 icebreaker|2}} (1959–1998; broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=5242495|shipname=Moskva|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
** {{ship||Leningrad|1959 icebreaker|2}} (1960–1993; broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=5206104|shipname=Leningrad|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
** {{ship||Kiev|icebreaker|2}} (1965–1993; broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=6424040|shipname=Kiev|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
** {{ship||Murmansk|1968 icebreaker|2}} (1968–1995; broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=6723678|shipname=Murmansk|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
** {{ship||Vladivostok|1969 icebreaker|2}} (1969–1997; broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=6822786|shipname=Vladivostok|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
* Civilian variants of {{sclass|Dobrynya Nikitich|icebreaker|4}} (Project 97A)
** {{ship||Vasiliy Pronchishchev|icebreaker|2}} (1961–1989; ex-''Ledokol-1''; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16159/|title=Василий Прончищев|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** {{ship||Afanasy Nikitin|icebreaker|2}} (1962–1992; ex-''Ledokol-2''; passed over to Ukraine)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16160/|title=Афанасий Никитин|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** {{ship||Khariton Laptev|icebreaker|2}} (1962–1996; ex-''Ledokol-3''; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/15792/|title=Харитон Лаптев|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** {{ship||Vasiliy Poyarkov|icebreaker|2}} (1963–1988; ex-''Ledokol-4''; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16161/|title=Пояр|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** {{ship||Yerofey Khabarov|icebreaker|2}} (1963–1993; ex-''Ledokol-5''; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16163/|title=Ерофей Хабаров|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** '''{{ship||Ivan Kruzenstern|icebreaker|2}}''' (1964–; ex-''Ledokol-6'')[{{csr|register=RS |id=640380|shipname=Ivan Kruzenstern|accessdate=2015-10-11}}]
** {{ship||Vladimir Rusanov|icebreaker|2}} (1964–1988; ex-''Ledokol-7''; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16166/|title=Vlad|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** {{ship||Semyon Chelyuskin|icebreaker|2}} (1965–1988; ex-''Ledokol-8''; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16169/|title=Семён Челюскин|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** {{ship||Yuriy Lisyanskiy|icebreaker|2}} (1965–2021; ex-''Ledokol-9''; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://portnews.ru/news/341885/|title=Росморпорт готов заплатить до 26 млн рублей за утилизацию ледокола "Юрий Лисянский"|language=ru|publisher=PortNews|date=24 January 2023|accessdate=27 April 2023}}]
** {{ship||Fyodor Litke|1970 icebreaker|2}} (1970–2013; broken up)[{{csr|register=E |id=7020085|shipname=Fyodor Litke|accessdate=2012-11-25}}]
** {{ship||Ivan Moskvitin|icebreaker|2}} (1971–1997; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16190/|title=Иван Москвитин|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** '''{{ship||Semyon Dezhnev|1971 icebreaker|2}}''' (1971–)[{{csr|register=E |id=7119446|shipname=Semyon Dezhnev|accessdate=2012-11-25}}]
* ''Ermak'' class
** {{ship||Ermak|1974 icebreaker|2}} (1974–2021; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/photo/451458/|title=Ермак|website=FleetPhoto|accessdate=12 January 2024|language=ru}}]
** '''{{ship||Admiral Makarov|icebreaker|2}}''' (1975–)
** '''{{ship||Krasin|1976 icebreaker|2}}''' (1976–)
* ''Kapitan M. Izmaylov'' class
** '''{{ship||Kapitan M. Izmaylov}}''' (1976–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Kosolapov}}''' (1976–)
** {{ship||Kapitan A. Radzhabov}} (1976–1992; transferred to Azerbaijan)
* ''Kapitan Sorokin'' class
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Sorokin}}''' (1977–; fitted with Thyssen-Waas bow in 1991)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Nikolaev}}''' (1978–; fitted with a new bow in 1990)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Dranitsyn}}''' (1980–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Khlebnikov}}''' (1981–)
* ''Kapitan Chechkin'' class
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Chechkin}}''' (1977–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Plakhin}}''' (1977–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Chadaev}}''' (1978–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Krutov}}''' (1978–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Bukaev}}''' (1978–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Zarubin}}''' (1978–)
* ''Mudyug'' class
** '''{{ship||Mudyug|icebreaker|2}}''' (1982–; fitted with Thyssen-Waas bow in 1986)
** '''{{ship||Magadan|icebreaker|2}}''' (1982–)
** '''{{ship||Dikson|icebreaker|2}}''' (1983–)
* ''Kapitan Evdokimov'' class
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Evdokimov}}''' (1983–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Babichev}}''' (1983–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Chudinov}}''' (1983–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Borodkin}}''' (1983–)
** '''{{ship||Avraamiy Zavenyagin}}''' (1984–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Metsayk}}''' (1984–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Deminov}}''' (1984–)
** '''{{ship||Kapitan Moshkin}}''' (1986–)
* '''{{ship||Tor|icebreaker|2}}''' (2000–; purchased from Sweden)[[http://en.portnews.ru/news/180039/ Vyborg Shipyard starts building hull of 21900M icebreaker "Novorossiysk" for Rosmorport (photo)]. PortNews, 8 May 2014. {{retrieved|accessdate=2014-05-11}}]
** '''{{ship||Novorossiysk|icebreaker|2}}''' (2016–)[[http://en.portnews.ru/news/231874/ FSUE Rosmorport takes delivery of Novorossiysk, icebreaker built by Vyborg Shipyard (photo)]. PortNews, 26 December 2016. {{retrieved|accessdate=2016-12-26}}]
* '''{{ship||Ob|icebreaker|2}}''' (2019–)[{{cite web|url=https://sever-press.ru/2019/10/17/the-icebreaker-ob-built-for-work-in-sabetta-will-be-delivered-to-the-customer/|title=The icebreaker "Ob" built for work in Sabetta will be delivered to the customer|publisher=Sever-Press|date=18 October 2019|accessdate=18 October 2019|archive-date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018112238/https://sever-press.ru/2019/10/17/the-icebreaker-ob-built-for-work-in-sabetta-will-be-delivered-to-the-customer/|url-status=dead}}]
* '''{{ship||Georgiy Sedov|1998 icebreaker|2}}''' (2019–; ex-''Antarcticaborg''; purchased from Kazakhstan)
* '''{{ship||Viktor Chernomyrdin|icebreaker|2}}''' (2020–)[{{cite web|url=https://en.portnews.ru/news/302511/|title=Acceptance/delivery certificate signed for Victor Chernomyrdin icebreaker|date=30 September 2020|accessdate=1 October 2020|publisher=PortNews}}]
* '''''[Kapitan Belousov](/source/Kapitan_Belousov)''''' (2023–; captured from Ukraine)[{{cite web|url=https://portnews.ru/news/378653/|title=На ремонт ледокола «Капитан Белоусов» выделяется более 93 млн рублей|language=ru|trans-title=More than 93 million rubles are allocated for the repair of the icebreaker "Kapitan Belousov"|website=PortNews|date=27 June 2025|accessdate=13 September 2025}}]
* [''Vyborg''](/source/Project_21900_icebreaker) (2028– (latest estimate); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://paluba.media/news/207399|title=Выборгский судостроительный завод ОСК передаст заказчику ледокол «Выборг» проекта 21900М2 в конце 2028 года|language=ru|trans-title=The Vyborg Shipyard of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will deliver the icebreaker "Vyborg" of Project 21900M2 to the customer at the end of 2028|date=16 January 2026|accessdate=16 January 2026|website=Media Paluba}}]
* Project 22740M
** Unnamed Project 22740M icebreaker (2027– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://www.korabel.ru/news/comments/sergey_pylin_rosmorport_do_2026-go_planiruem_postroit_39_sudov_2.html|title=Сергей Пылин, "Росморпорт": "До 2026-го планируем построить 39 судов"|trans-title=Sergey Pylin, Rosmorport: "We plan to build 39 vessels by 2026"|language=ru|website=Korabel.ru|date=10 July 2024|accessdate=17 August 2025}}]
** Unnamed Project 22740M icebreaker (2028– (planned); under construction)[{{citation|last=Andrienko|first=Vladimir Grigorievich|title=Ледокольный флот России 1860–е – 1918 гг.|year=2017|publisher=Litres |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3SflDQAAQBAJ|isbn=978-545-76850-6-2}}][[http://opww.narod.ru/mmtm/17.htm Портовые и многоцелевые ледоколы]. {{retrieved|accessdate=2018-12-25}}][[http://www.tugboatlars.se/Holmen8.htm Holmen VIII]. Tugboatlars.se. {{retrieved|accessdate=2018-12-26}}]
* {{ship||Ledokol 2}} (1895–1923; handed over to Latvia)[[http://www.vzsar.ru/news/2015/10/08/ledokol-saratov-planiryut-podnyat-so-dna-volgi-v-dekabre.html Ледокол "Саратов" планируют поднять со дна Волги в декабре]. {{retrieved|accessdate=2015-10-09}}]
* {{ship||Nadeshnyy}} (1897–1924; later converted to a gunboat)[[http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/L-Ships/ledokol31899.html Ledokol 3 1899]. Tyne Built Ships. {{retrieved|accessdate=2015-10-11}}]
* {{ship||Ledokol IV}} (1907–1942; sunk by Germans)[{{csr|register=C|id=18155|shipname=Ledokol V|accessdate=2018-12-26}}]
* {{ship||Ledokol VI}} (1916–1961; broken up)[{{csr|register=C|id=23869|shipname=Ledokol VI|accessdate=2018-12-26}}]
* {{ship||Ledokol VII}} (1916–1954; broken up)[[http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/L-Ships/ledokolvii1916.html Ledokol VII 1916]. Tyne Built Ships. {{retrieved|accessdate=2015-10-11}}]
* {{ship||Ledokol VIII}} (1917–1961; broken up)[{{csr|register=C|id=23878|shipname=Ledokol VIII|accessdate=2018-12-26}}]
* {{ship||Ledokol IX}} (1917–1932; sank in [White Sea](/source/White_Sea))[[http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/L-Ships/ledokolix1917.html Ledokol IX 1917]. Tyne Built Ships. {{retrieved|accessdate=2015-10-11}}]
* {{ship||Krasin|1917 icebreaker|2}} (1917–1971; extensively rebuilt in 1953–1960, now a museum ship in [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg))
* {{ship||Lenin|1916 icebreaker|2}} (1917–1968; broken up)
* {{ship||Stepan Makarov|1917 icebreaker|2}} (1917–1941; sunk)
* {{ship||Toros|icebreaker|2}} (1929–1964)[[https://www.fesco.ru/about/history/fleet-roll/12079/ Илья Муромец (Eisbar)]. FESCO. {{retrieved|accessdate=2018-12-24}}]
* ''[Peresvet](/source/Castor_(icebreaker))'' (1951–1980; ex-''Castor''; decommissioned and abandoned off [Reyneke Island](/source/Reyneke_Island))
=== Other icebreaking vessels ===
==== Rescue and salvage vessels ====
* ''Stroptivyy'' class
** ''[Stroptivyy](/source/Stroptivyy)'' (1979–1992; sold to a private company and later broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/15331/|title=Ym Shanghai|language=ru|website=FleetPhoto|accessdate=9 August 2024}}]
** '''''[Spravedlivyy](/source/Spravedlivyy)''''' (1980–)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/24919/|title=Справедливый|language=ru|website=FleetPhoto|accessdate=7 August 2024}}]
** ''[Stakhanovets](/source/Stakhanovets_(ship))'' (1980–2012; laid up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/24939/|title=Стахановец|language=ru|website=FleetPhoto|accessdate=7 August 2024}}]
** '''''[Suvorovets](/source/Suvorovets)''''' (1980–)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/6715/|title=Суворовец|language=ru|website=FleetPhoto|accessdate=7 August 2024}}]
** '''''[Sibirskiy](/source/Sibirskiy)''''' (1980–)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/6339/|title=Сибирский|language=ru|website=FleetPhoto|accessdate=7 August 2024}}]
** '''''[Foros](/source/Foros_(icebreaker))''''' (1983–2014, 2024–; ex-''Fobos''; sold to Latvia in 2014 and purchased back in 2024)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/24937/|title=Foros|language=ru|website=FleetPhoto|accessdate=7 August 2024}}]
** ''[Deimos](/source/Deimos_(ship))'' (1983–2002; sold to a private company and later broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/15330/|title=Lira|language=ru|website=FleetPhoto|accessdate=7 August 2024}}]
* '''''[Baltika](/source/Baltika_(icebreaker))''''' (2014–)[{{csr|register=RS|id=993025|shipname=Baltika|accessdate=7 August 2024}}]
* [Project MPSV06](/source/Project_MPSV06_salvage_ship)
** '''''[Beringov Proliv](/source/Beringov_Proliv)''''' (2015–)[[http://en.portnews.ru/news/186383/ Nordic Yards schedules launch of two MPSVs for Rosmorrechflot’s rescue service for September 2114 (photo)]. PortNews, 3 September 2014. {{retrieved|accessdate=2014-09-23}}]
** '''''[Murman](/source/Murman_(icebreaker))''''' (2015–)[{{cite web|url=https://paluba.media/news/206771|title=Амурский СЗ ОСК передал Морспасслужбе многофункциональный аварийно-спасательный ледокол «Керченский пролив» проекта MPSV06|language=ru|trans-title=Amur Shipyard of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) delivered the multifunctional emergency rescue icebreaker "Kerch Strait" of the MPSV06 project to the Marine Rescue Service|website=Media Paluba|date=28 December 2025|accessdate=28 December 2025}}]
* [Project MPSV06M](/source/Project_MPSV06_salvage_ship)
** [''Pevek''](/source/Pevek_(icebreaker)) (2026– (latest estimate); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://paluba.media/news/21838|title=На ПСЗ "Янтарь" заложили спасательное судно "Певек" проекта MPSV06М|language=ru|publisher=Paluba.media|date=25 March 2022|accessdate=25 March 2022}}]
** [''Anadyr''](/source/Anadyr_(icebreaker)) (under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://portnews.ru/news/347846/|title=ПСЗ "Янтарь" заложил киль МФАСС проекта MPSV06M "Анадырь" мощностью 7 МВт|language=ru|publisher=PortNews|date=24 May 2023|accessdate=24 May 2023}}]
* [''Boris Lavrov''](/source/Boris_Lavrov_(icebreaker)) (under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://portnews.ru/news/377597/|title=Правительство разрешило увеличить стоимость строительства МФАСС проекта IBSV02 до 16,51 млрд рублей|language=ru|trans-title=The government has allowed increasing the cost of construction of the IBSV02 MFASS project to 16.51 billion rubles|website=PortNews|date=1 June 2025|accessdate=2 June 2025}}]
==== Offshore vessels ====
The following Russian-owned, -operated and/or -flagged icebreaking [anchor handling tug supply vessel](/source/anchor_handling_tug_supply_vessel)s, [platform supply vessel](/source/platform_supply_vessel)s, standby vessels etc. are or have been engaged primarily in offshore oil and gas projects:
* ''[Ikaluk](/source/Ikaluk)'' (1998–2018; ex-''Ikaluk'', ex-''Canmar Ikaluk'', ex-''Smit Sibu''; sold to China)
* ''[Smit Sakhalin](/source/Miscaroo)'' (1998–2017; ex-''Miscaroo'', ex-''Canmar Miscaroo''; broken up)
* ''[Kigoriak](/source/Kigoriak)'' (2003–2022; ex-''Canmar Kigoriak'', ex-''Kigoria'', ex-''Talagy''; broken up)[{{csr|register=E|id=7824261|shipname=Kigoriak|accessdate=2015-10-12}}]
* [''Vladimir Ignatyuk''](/source/Vladimir_Ignatyuk_(icebreaker)) (2003–2018; ex-''Arctic Kalvik''; laid up)[{{csr|register=E|id=8127804|shipname=Vladimir Ignatyuk|accessdate=2015-10-12}}]
* '''''[SCF Sakhalin](/source/SCF_Sakhalin)''''' (2005–; ex-''FESCO Sakhalin'')
* '''''[SCF Enterprise](/source/SCF_Enterprise)''''' (2006–; ex-''Pacific Enterprise'')
* '''''[SCF Endeavour](/source/SCF_Endeavour)''''' (2006–; ex-''Pacific Endeavour'')
* '''''[SCF Endurance](/source/SCF_Endurance)''''' (2006–; ex-''Pacific Endurance'')
* ''[Polar Pevek](/source/Idun_(icebreaker))'' (2006–2022)[{{cite web|url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/offshore/gc-rieber-scraps-charter-early-to-get-polar-pevek-out-of-russia/2-1-1248173|title=GC Rieber scraps charter early to get Polar Pevek out of Russia|publisher=TradeWinds News|date=29 June 2022|accessdate=31 August 2022}}]
* '''''[Hermes](/source/Hermes_(icebreaker))''''' (2006–; ex-''Yury Topchev'')
* '''''[Antey](/source/Antey_(icebreaker))''''' (2006–; ex-''Vladislav Strizhov'')
* '''''[Toboy](/source/Toboy)''''' (2008–)
* '''''[Varandey](/source/Varandey)''''' (2008–)
* ''[Vidar Viking](/source/Vidar_Viking)'' (2012–2016; charter under Russian flag)[[http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/havyard-icebreaker-aleut-on-its-way-to-norway/ Havyard: Icebreaker Aleut on its way to Norway]{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}. Offshore Energy Today, 27 May 2015. {{retrieved|accessdate=2015-05-27}}]
* '''''[Pomor](/source/Pomor_(icebreaker))''''' (2016–)
* '''''[Normann](/source/Normann_(icebreaker))''''' (2016–)
* '''''[Gennadiy Nevelskoy](/source/Gennadiy_Nevelskoy_(icebreaker))''''' (2017–)
* '''''[Stepan Makarov](/source/Stepan_Makarov_(icebreaker))''''' (2017–)
* '''''[Fedor Ushakov](/source/Fedor_Ushakov_(icebreaker))''''' (2017–)
* '''''[Yevgeny Primakov](/source/Yevgeny_Primakov_(icebreaker))''''' (2018–)
* '''''[Aleksandr Sannikov](/source/Aleksandr_Sannikov_(icebreaker))''''' (2018–)[[http://www.en.portnews.ru/news/260574/ Russian flag raised on the Aleksandr Sannikov icebreaker]. PortNews, 29 June 2018. {{retrieved|accessdate=2018-07-01}}]
* '''''[Andrey Vilkitskiy](/source/Andrey_Vilkitskiy_(icebreaker))''''' (2018–)[[http://portnews.ru/news/269615/ Выборгский судзавод передал заказчику ледокольное судно обеспечения проекта IBSV01 «Андрей Вилькицкий»]. PortNews, 18 December 2018. {{retrieved|accessdate=2018-12-20}}]
* '''''[Arcticaborg](/source/Arcticaborg)''''' (2019–)
* '''''[Titan](/source/Titan_(icebreaker))''''' (2023–; ex-''Thetis''; purchased from Finland)
* ''[Katerina Velikaya](/source/Katerina_Velikaya_(icebreaker))'' (under construction)[[https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/97746/ На заводе «Звезда» заложили 4 судна снабжения]. Sdelanounas.ru, 8 September 2017. {{retrieved|accessdate=2017-10-28}}]
In addition, the following shallow-draught icebreaking offshore vessels operate in the Russian sector of the [Caspian Sea](/source/Caspian_Sea) oil fields:
* '''''Arctic''''' (2012–)[{{cite web|url=https://www.osd-imt.com/en/news/2017/ark-shipping-takes-delivery-of-shallow-draft-ahts-for-caspian-operations|title=Ark Shipping takes delivery of shallow draft AHTS for Caspian operations|publisher=OSD IMT|date=4 October 2017|accessdate=27 June 2020|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627094453/https://www.osd-imt.com/en/news/2017/ark-shipping-takes-delivery-of-shallow-draft-ahts-for-caspian-operations|url-status=dead}}]
* '''''Antarctic''''' (2017–)[{{cite web|url=https://atlasshipyard.net/news/nb016-steel-cutting-ceremony|title=NB016 steel cutting ceremony|publisher=Atlas Shipyard|date=21 February 2020|accessdate=27 June 2020|archive-date=29 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629232018/https://atlasshipyard.net/news/nb016-steel-cutting-ceremony|url-status=dead}}][{{csr|register=E|id=9909003|shipname=Polar|accessdate=7 January 2022}}]
* '''''Polus''''' (2021–)[{{csr|register=E|id=9909015|shipname=Polus|accessdate=7 January 2022}}]
==== 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](/source/Soviet_patrol_ship_Purga)'' (1957–1990; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/39984/|title=Пурга|language=ru|website=FleetPhoto|accessdate=13 May 2023}}]
* [''Dobrynya Nikitich'' class](/source/Dobrynya_Nikitich-class_icebreaker) (Project 97) and its variants
** ''[Dobronya Nikitich](/source/Dobrynya_Nikitich_(icebreaker))'' (1960–1998; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16154/|title=Добрыня Никитич|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** ''[Purga](/source/Purga_(1960_icebreaker))'' (1961–2012; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16155/|title=Пурга|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** ''[Vyuga](/source/Vyuga_(icebreaker))'' (1962–1991; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16157/|title=Вьюга|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** ''[Ilya Muromets](/source/Ilya_Muromets_(1965_icebreaker))'' (1965–1993; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16175/|title=Илья Муромец|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** '''''[Buran](/source/Buran_(icebreaker))''''' (1966–)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/6050/|title=Буран|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** ''[Sadko](/source/Sadko_(1968_icebreaker))'' (1968–2022; expended as target)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16184/|title=Садко|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** ''[Peresvet](/source/Peresvet_(icebreaker))'' (1970–2011; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16186/|title=Пересвет|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
** [''Ivan Susanin'' class](/source/Ivan_Susanin-class_patrol_ship) (Project 97P)
*** '''''[Ivan Susanin](/source/Russian_patrol_ship_Ivan_Susanin)''''' (1973–)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/34333/|title=Иван Сусанин|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
*** ''[Aysberg](/source/Russian_patrol_ship_Aysberg)'' (1974–2006; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/34429/|title=Айсберг|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
*** '''''[Ruslan](/source/Russian_patrol_ship_Ruslan)''''' (1975–)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/26584/|title=Руслан|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
*** ''[Anadyr](/source/Russian_patrol_ship_Anadyr)'' (1976–2019; ex-''Dnepr'', ex-''Imeni XXV syezda KPSS''; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/18586/|title=Анадырь|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
*** ''[Dunay](/source/Russian_patrol_ship_Dunay)'' (1977–2017; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/70831/|title=Дунай|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
*** '''''[Neva](/source/Russian_patrol_ship_Neva)''''' (1978–)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/32373/|title=Нева|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
*** '''''[Volga](/source/Russian_patrol_ship_Volga)''''' (1980–)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/18582/|title=Волга|publisher=FleetPhoto|accessdate=14 March 2020}}]
*** ''[Murmansk](/source/Russian_patrol_ship_Murmansk)'' (1981–2013; ex-''Imeni XXVI syezda KPSS'', ex-''Irtysh''; broken up)
* '''''[Ilya Muromets](/source/Ilya_Muromets_(2016_icebreaker))''''' (2017–)[[http://en.portnews.ru/news/249838/ Admiralteiskie Verfi shipyard delivers icebreaker Ilya Muromets, Project 21180, to RF Navy (photo)]. PortNews, 30 November 2017. {{retrieved|accessdate=2017-12-01}}]
* [Project 21180M](/source/Project_21180M_icebreaker)
** '''''[Evpatiy Kolovrat](/source/Evpatiy_Kolovrat_(icebreaker))''''' (2024–)[{{cite web|url=https://shnyagi.net/440199-evpatiy-kolovrat-otpravitsya-v-arktiku.html|title="Евпатий Коловрат" отправится в Арктику|publisher=Shnyagi.Net|date=8 November 2020|language=ru|accessdate=14 November 2020}}]
** ''[Svyatogor](/source/Svyatogor_(2027_icebreaker))'' (2027– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2022/01/russian-navy-builds-more-icebreakers|title=Russian Navy builds more icebreakers|publisher=The Barents Observer|date=7 January 2022|accessdate=8 January 2022}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.petrogradnews.ru/news/2023-09-01/vladimir-omelnitskiy-uchastvoval-v-zakladke-ledokola-na-sudostroitelnoy-verfi--almaz/|title=Владимир Омельницкий участвовал в закладке ледокола на судостроительной верфи «Алмаз»|language=ru|publisher=АНО "Санкт-Петербургский центр информационной поддержки"|date=1 September 2023|accessdate=3 September 2023}}]
* [Project 23550](/source/Project_23550_patrol_ship)
** '''{{ship|Russian patrol ship|Ivan Papanin||2}}''' (2025–)[{{cite web|url=https://portnews.ru/news/381519/|script-title=ru:ОСК передала ВМФ патрульный корабль ледового класса «Иван Папанин»|trans-title=USC Transfers Ice-Class Patrol Ship Ivan Papanin to Navy|language=ru|website=PortNews|date=5 September 2025|accessdate=5 September 2025}}]
** {{ship|Russian patrol ship|Nikolay Zubov||2}} (2024– (original plan); under construction)
** {{ship|Russian patrol ship|Purga||2}} (2024– (original plan); under construction; damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack in March 2026)[{{Cite web |url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/ukrainian-drone-wrecks-fsbs-new-arctic-vessel/447386 |title=Ukrainian drone wrecks FSB’s new Arctic vessel |website=The Barents Observer |last=Staalesen |first=Alte |date=25 March 2026}}][{{cite web|url=http://sudostroenie.info/novosti/30865.html|title=Как Выборгский завод начал строительство пограничного корабля "Пурга"|language=ru|publisher=Sudostroenie.info|date=25 July 2020|accessdate=25 July 2020}}]
** {{ship|Russian patrol ship|Dzerzhinsky||2}} (under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://paluba.media/news/65845|title=На Выборгском СЗ заложен пограничный сторожевой корабль ледового класса «Дзержинский» проекта 23550|language=ru|website=Media Paluba|date=24 December 2023|accessdate=24 December 2023}}]
==== Research and survey vessels ====
* [''Dobrynya Nikitich'' class](/source/Dobrynya_Nikitich-class_icebreaker) (Project 97) variants
** ''[Pyotr Pakhtusov](/source/Pyotr_Pakhtusov_(icebreaker))'' (1966–1997; ex-''Mendeleev'', ex-''Ledokol-10''; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16177/|title=Prabhavi|publisher=FleetPhoto|access-date=14 March 2020}}]
** ''[Georgiy Sedov](/source/Georgiy_Sedov_(1967_icebreaker))'' (1967–1992; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16181/|title=Георгий Седов|publisher=FleetPhoto|access-date=14 March 2020}}]
** ''[Vladimir Kavrayskiy](/source/Vladimir_Kavrayskiy_(ship))'' (1969–2012; used as stationary floating barracks ''PKZ-86'')[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/16187/|title=ПКЗ-86|publisher=FleetPhoto|access-date=14 March 2020}}]
** ''[Otto Schmidt](/source/Otto_Schmidt_(ship))'' (1979–1991; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/38722/|title=Отто Шмидт|publisher=FleetPhoto|access-date=14 March 2020}}]
* '''''[Mikhail Somov](/source/Mikhail_Somov_(ship))''''' (1975–)[{{csr|register=RS|id=743089|shipname=Mikhail Somov|access-date=3 August 2020}}]
* '''''[Akademik Fedorov](/source/Akademik_Fedorov)''''' (1987–)[{{csr|register=RS|id=860742|shipname=Akademik Fedorov|access-date=3 August 2020}}]
* '''''[Akademik Tryoshnikov](/source/Akademik_Tryoshnikov)''''' (2012–)[{{csr|register=RS|id=090098|shipname=Akademik Tryoshnikov|access-date=3 August 2020}}]
* ''[Ivan Frolov](/source/Ivan_Frolov_(ship))'' (2028– (planned); under construction)[{{cite web|url=https://sudostroenie.info/novosti/43719.html|title=Состоялась закладка научно-экспедиционного судна "Иван Фролов"|language=ru|website=Sudostroenie.info|date=29 October 2024|access-date=29 October 2024}}]
== [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) ==
* ''[S. A. Agulhas](/source/S._A._Agulhas)'' (1977–2012; retired from Antarctic service and used as a training ship)
* '''''[S. A. Agulhas II](/source/S._A._Agulhas_II)''''' (2012–)
==[South Korea](/source/South_Korea)==
* ['''''Araon'''''](/source/RV_Araon) (2009–)
* A new research icebreaker is expected to enter service by December 2029[{{cite web|url=https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/research-environment-training/hanwha-ocean-signs-contract-to-build-new-icebreaker-for-south-korea|title=Hanwha Ocean signs contract to build new icebreaker for South Korea|date=30 July 2025|accessdate=31 July 2025|website=Baird Maritime}}]
== [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) ==
: ''See [Russia](/source/List_of_icebreakers)''
== [Sweden](/source/Sweden) ==
=== [Swedish Maritime Administration](/source/Swedish_Maritime_Administration) ===
[[Image:Ymer in ice.jpg|thumb|Swedish icebreaker ''[Ymer](/source/Ymer_(1976_icebreaker))'']]
* ''[Sankt Erik](/source/SS_Sankt_Erik)'' (1915–1977; ex-''Isbrytaren II'' (−1959); museum ship since 1977)
* ''[Atle](/source/Atle_(1926_icebreaker))'' (1926–1967; ex-''Statsisbrytaren'' (−1931); broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=5503000|shipname=Atle|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
* ''[Ymer](/source/Ymer_(1933_icebreaker))'' (1933–1977; broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=5395802|shipname=Ymer|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
* ''[Thule](/source/Thule_(icebreaker))'' (1953–1998; broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=5360560|shipname=Thule|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
* ''[Oden](/source/Oden_(1957_icebreaker_article))'' (1957–1988; broken up)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=5260916|shipname=Oden|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
* ''[Tor](/source/Tor_(icebreaker))'' (1964–2000; sold to Russia)[{{csr|register=MSI|id=5418197|shipname=Tor|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
* ''[Njord](/source/Njord_(icebreaker))'' (1969–2000; sold and renamed ''Polar Star'')[{{csr|register=MSI|id=6905745|shipname=Njord|accessdate=2012-11-06}}]
* ['''''Ale'''''](/source/Ale_(icebreaker)) (1973–)
* [''Atle'' class](/source/Atle-class_icebreaker)
** ['''''Atle'''''](/source/Atle_(1974_icebreaker)) (1974–)
** ['''''Frej'''''](/source/Frej_(icebreaker)) (1975–)
** ['''''Ymer'''''](/source/Ymer_(1976_icebreaker)) (1977–)
* ['''''Oden'''''](/source/Oden_(1988_icebreaker)) (1988–)
* '''''[Idun](/source/Idun_(icebreaker))''''' (2024–; purchased from Norway)[{{cite web|url=https://www.sjofartsverket.se/sv/om-sjofartsverket/nyheter-och-press/nyheter/sa-ska-den-nya-isbrytaren-heta/|title=Så ska den nya isbrytaren heta|language=sv|website=Sjöfartsverket|date=2 April 2024|accessdate=2 April 2024}}]
* Unnamed new icebreaker (2029– (planned); ordered)[{{cite web|url=https://www.sjofartsverket.se/sv/om-oss/nyheter-och-press/nyheter/ny-isbrytare-ska-starka-sveriges-beredskap/|title=Ny isbrytare ska stärka Sveriges beredskap|language=sv|website=Sjöfartsverket|date=24 April 2026|accessdate=26 April 2026}}]
=== [Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore](/source/Trans_Viking_Icebreaking_%26_Offshore) ===
Three icebreaking [anchor handling tug supply vessel](/source/anchor_handling_tug_supply_vessel)s were chartered by the Swedish Maritime Administration for escort icebreaking duties in the Baltic Sea until 2015.
* ''[Tor Viking II](/source/Tor_Viking)'' (2000–2015; as ''Tor Viking'' under Norwegian flag until 2003)[{{csr|register=E|id=9199622|shipname=Tor Viking|accessdate=2018-07-21}}]
* ''[Balder Viking](/source/Balder_Viking)'' (2000–2015)
* ''[Vidar Viking](/source/Vidar_Viking)'' (2001–2012; contract ended prematurely)[[https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/russia-sakhalin-energy-hires-vidar-viking-ahts/ Russia: Sakhalin Energy Hires Vidar Viking AHTS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721221839/https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/russia-sakhalin-energy-hires-vidar-viking-ahts/ |date=2018-07-21 }}. Offshore Energy Today, 26 December 2011. {{retrieved|accessdate=2018-07-21}}]
=== Other ===
* {{ship||Göta Lejon|icebreaker|2}} (1932–1963; sold to Norway in 1970)
== [Turkmenistan](/source/Turkmenistan) ==
* [''Mangystau-2''](/source/CCGS_Judy_LaMarsh) (2020–2021; sold to Canada)
* '''''Mangystau-1''''' (2023–)
== [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine) ==
* ''[Afanasy Nikitin](/source/Afanasy_Nikitin_(icebreaker))'' (1962–1995; broken up)[{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/ukraina-pereimenovala-kuplennyy-britanii-1635520955.html|title=Украина переименовала купленный у Британии ледокол: как он теперь называется|language=uk|publisher=RBC|date=29 October 2021|accessdate=30 October 2021}}]
== [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) ==
thumb|HMS ''Protector''
* {{HMS|Endurance|A171|6}} (1990–2008; broken up)[{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-24436594| title=HMS Endurance: Former ice patrol ship to be scrapped| publisher=BBC News| date=7 October 2013| accessdate=22 October 2020}}]
* {{ship|RRS|James Clark Ross}} (1991–2021; sold to Ukraine)[{{cite web|url=https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/rrs-james-clark-ross-sold/|title=After 30 years of service with British Antarctic Survey the RRS James Clark Ross has been sold to the Ukrainian National Antarctic Scientific Centre.|publisher=British Antarctic Survey|date=19 August 2021|accessdate=19 August 2021}}]
* {{ship|RRS|Ernest Shackleton}} (1995–2019; sold to Italy)[{{cite web|url=https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/03/25/bas-to-redeliver-ernest-shackleton-vessel-to-gc-rieber/|title=BAS to Redeliver Ernest Shackleton Vessel to GC Rieber|work=Subsea World News|date=25 March 2019|accessdate=10 May 2019}}]
* '''{{HMS|Protector|A173|6}}''' (2011–)[{{citation| url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/surface-fleet/survey/antarctic-patrol-ship/hms-protector| title=HMS Protector (A173)| publisher=Royal Navy| accessdate=22 October 2020}}]
* '''{{ship|RRS|Sir David Attenborough}}''' (2020–)[{{cite web|url=https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/british-antarctic-survey-takes-delivery-of-rrs-sir-david-attenborough/|title=British Antarctic Survey takes delivery of RRS Sir David Attenborough|publisher=British Antarctic Survey|accessdate=2 December 2020|date=2 December 2020}}]
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== [United States](/source/United_States) ==
{{see also|ICE Pact}}
=== [United States Coast Guard](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard) ===
[[File:Polar Star 2.jpg|thumb|right|[USCGC ''Polar Star'' (WAGB-10)](/source/USCGC_Polar_Star_(WAGB-10))]]
[[File:USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) north of Alaska.jpg|thumb|[USCGC Healy](/source/USCGC_Healy_(WAGB-20))]]
* [USCGC ''Storis'' (WMEC-38)](/source/USCGC_Storis_(WMEC-38)) (1942–2007; broken up)
* [USCGC ''Mackinaw'' (WAGB-83)](/source/USCGC_Mackinaw_(WAGB-83)) (1944–2006; museum ship)
* [Wind class](/source/Wind-class_icebreaker)
** [USCGC ''Staten Island'' (WAGB-278)](/source/USCGC_Staten_Island_(WAGB-278)) (1944–1974; ex-''Severny Veter'', ex-''Northwind''; broken up)
** [USCGC ''Eastwind'' (WAGB-279)](/source/USCGC_Eastwind_(WAGB-279)) (1944–1968; broken up in 1976–1977)
** [USCGC ''Southwind'' (WAGB-280)](/source/USCGC_Southwind_(WAGB-280)) (1944–1974; ex-''Admiral Makarov'', ex-''Atka''; broken up in 1976)
** [USCGC ''Westwind'' (WAGB-281)](/source/USCGC_Westwind_(WAGB-281)) (1944–1988; ex-''Severniy Polyus''; broken up)
** [USCGC ''Northwind'' (WAGB-282)](/source/USCGC_Northwind_(WAGB-282)) (1945–1989; broken up in 1999)
** [USCGC ''Burton Island'' (WAGB-283)](/source/USCGC_Burton_Island_(WAGB-283)) (1946–1978; broken up in 1982)
** [USCGC ''Edisto'' (WAGB-284)](/source/USCGC_Edisto_(WAGB-284)) (1947–1974; broken up in 1980)
* [USCGC ''Glacier'' (WAGB-4)](/source/USCGC_Glacier_(WAGB-4)) (1955–1987; broken up in 2012)
* [Polar class](/source/Polar-class_icebreaker)
** ['''USCGC ''Polar Star''''' (WAGB-10)](/source/USCGC_Polar_Star_(WAGB-10)) (1977–2006, 2013–)
** [USCGC ''Polar Sea'' (WAGB-11)](/source/USCGC_Polar_Sea_(WAGB-11)) (1978–2010; inactive)
* [Bay class](/source/Bay-class_tugboat)
** ['''USCGC ''Katmai Bay''''' (WTGB-101)](/source/USCGC_Katmai_Bay_(WTGB-101)) (1979–)
** ['''USCGC ''Bristol Bay''''' (WTGB-102)](/source/USCGC_Bristol_Bay_(WTGB-102)) (1979–)
** ['''USCGC ''Mobile Bay''''' (WTGB-103)](/source/USCGC_Mobile_Bay_(WTGB-103)) (1979–)
** ['''USCGC ''Biscayne Bay''''' (WTGB-104)](/source/USCGC_Biscayne_Bay_(WTGB-104)) (1979–)
** ['''USCGC ''Neah Bay''''' (WTGB-105)](/source/USCGC_Neah_Bay_(WTGB-105)) (1980–)
** ['''USCGC ''Morro Bay''''' (WTGB-106)](/source/USCGC_Morro_Bay_(WTGB-106)) (1981–)
** ['''USCGC ''Penobscot Bay''''' (WTGB-107)](/source/USCGC_Penobscot_Bay_(WTGB-107)) (1985–)
** ['''USCGC ''Thunder Bay''''' (WTGB-108)](/source/USCGC_Thunder_Bay_(WTGB-108)) (1986–)
** ['''USCGC ''Sturgeon Bay''''' (WTGB-109)](/source/USCGC_Sturgeon_Bay_(WTGB-109)) (1988–)
* ['''USCGC ''Healy''''' (WAGB-20)](/source/USCGC_Healy_(WAGB-20)) (2000–)
* ['''USCGC ''Mackinaw''''' (WLBB-30)](/source/USCGC_Mackinaw_(WLBB-30)) (2006–)
* ['''USCGC ''Storis''''' (WAGB-21)](/source/USCGC_Storis_(WAGB-21)) (2025–; ex-''Aiviq'')[{{cite web|url=https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/article/4016098/coast-guard-adds-first-polar-icebreaker-to-its-fleet-in-25-years/|title=Coast Guard adds first polar icebreaker to its fleet in 25 years|website=United States Coast Guard|date=23 December 2024|access-date=24 December 2024}}]
* [Polar Security Cutters](/source/Polar_Security_Cutter_program)
** {{ship|USCGC|Polar Sentinel}} (WMSP-21) (2030– (latest estimate); ordered)[{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/18/new-u-arctic-icebreakers-won-ready-2030-lawmakers-/|title=New U.S. Arctic icebreakers won't be ready until 2030, lawmakers say|website=Washington Times|date=18 December 2024|accessdate=21 December 2024}}]
** {{ship|USCGC|Polar Bear}} (WMSP-22) has been ordered[{{cite news |url=https://njscuba.net/shipbuildinghistory/statistics/currentnavy.html/ |title=U.S. Government Shipbuilding (2020) |access-date=1 October 2022}}][{{cite news |url=https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-senate-passes-2023-defense-bill-with-king-backed-provisions-to-invest-in-maine-shipbuilding-strengthen-national-security-and-support-jobs/
|title=ICYMI: Senate Passes 2023 Defense Bill with King-Backed Provisions to Invest in Maine Shipbuilding, Strengthen National Security and Support Jobs |date=16 December 2022 |publisher=Senator Angus King (I-ME) |access-date=16 December 2022}}]
* [Arctic Security Cutters](/source/Arctic_Security_Cutter_program)
** Two Arctic Security Cutters to be built by [Rauma Marine Constructions](/source/Rauma_Marine_Constructions) in Finland (2028– (planned); ordered)[{{cite web|url=https://rmcfinland.fi/rmc-awarded-contract-to-build-two-u-s-coast-guard-arctic-security-cutters/|title=RMC awarded contract to build two U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutters|website=Rauma Marine Constructions|date=29 December 2025|accessdate=30 December 2025}}]
** Four Arctic Security Cutters to be built by [Bollinger Shipyards](/source/Bollinger_Shipyards) in the United States (2029– (planned); ordered)[{{cite web|url=https://www.bollingershipyards.com/news/bollinger-shipyards-signs-contract-to-build-four-u-s-coast-guard-arctic-security-cutters/|title=Bolligner Shipyards signs contract to build four U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutters|website=Bollinger Shipyards|date=29 December 2025|accessdate=30 December 2025}}]
** Five Arctic Security Cutters to be built by [Davie Shipbuilding](/source/Davie_Shipbuilding) at [Helsinki Shipyard](/source/Helsinki_Shipyard) in Finland and Gulf Copper in the United States (ordered)[{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/05/13/coast-guard-finalizes-contract-five-new-arctic-security-cutters|title=Coast Guard Finalizes Contract for Five New Arctic Security Cutters|website=Department of Homeland Security|date=13 May 2026|accessdate=15 May 2025}}]
=== [National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation) ===
*[''Nathaniel B. Palmer''](/source/Nathaniel_B._Palmer_(icebreaker)) (1992–2025; charter ended)[{{cite web|publisher=[National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation)|accessdate=2007-08-16|url=https://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/support/nathpalm.jsp|title=R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer}}]
*[''Laurence M. Gould''](/source/Research_Vessel_Laurence_M._Gould) (1997–2024; charter ended)[{{cite web|publisher=[National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation)|accessdate=2007-08-16|url=https://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/support/gould.jsp|title=R/V Laurence M. Gould}}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}]
*'''''[Sikuliaq](/source/Sikuliaq)''''' (2014–)
=== [Edison Chouest Offshore](/source/Edison_Chouest_Offshore) ===
* ''[Aiviq](/source/Aiviq)'' (2012–2024; sold to the United States Coast Guard)
* [''Laurence M. Gould''](/source/Research_Vessel_Laurence_M._Gould) (2024–; laid up)
* [''Nathaniel B. Palmer''](/source/Nathaniel_B._Palmer_(icebreaker)) (2025–; laid up)
=== Historical ===
* ''[Ice Boat No. 3](/source/Ice_Boat_No._3)'' (1873–1905; sunk in 1905)
==References==
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== External links==
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