An item dated IJmuiden 21 January reported that the icebreaker IJsbreker No. 1 arrived at IJmuiden coming from Amsterdam and returned again to the last town.(1) The No. II steamed upwards to the Hemburg but the ice was ‘loose’ floating and not harming the merchant shipping.
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1. The edition dated 12 October 1893 reported that she was launched the 11th at the yard Vulcan, Bredow near Stettin for account of the Vereeniging voor Algemeene Scheepvaartbelangen of Amsterdam. Her engine was now completed and ready to be placed allowing her probably at the end of October to depart for Amsterdam. Armin Wulle in his publication Der Stettiner Vulcan. Ein Kapittel deutscher Schiffbaugeschichte mentioned that both ships were built at his yard. Details for the no. I, a gross tonnage of 499 tons, a net tonnage of 185 tons, dimensions 38,00 x 10,80 metres while the expansion steam engine supplied 830 ihp allowing a speed of 11,25 knots. The no. II was smaller with a tonnage of 205 gross and 69 net tons and as dimensions 28,00 x 8,50 metres. Her steam engine supplied 350 ihp allowing a speed of 10,5 knots. Both ships were built in 1893.
