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Tuesday 25 October 2011

East German icebreaker Hanse 1966-1998 (Greek Asklipios 1998)

 Completed in December 1966 by Wärtsiklä [STX Finland Helsinki], Helsinki, Finland with yard number 379. Gross tonnage 2.763 tons, summer deadweight 3.370 tons and as dimensions 74,71 x 17,4 x 6,80 metres. Diesel-electric ice-breaker of the Kahru-class. {roperty of the Federal German government but chartered to Finnish government [Board of Navigation]. Renamed in May 1998 in Asklipios, Panamanian-flagged, Greece-owned, IMO 6603517 and callsign 3FLW8. On 25 May 1998 totally destroyed by fire and abandoned by her crew. She was to be converted into a hospital ship. Her wreck still exists of the shore at Kelibia, Tunisia. 
 
Computer line drawing made by Lazer_one, with our thanks