Chilean icebreaker Contraalmirante Oscar Viel Toro

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Name: Contraalmirante Oscar Viel Toro
Owner: Chilean Navy
Builder: Vickers Armstrong, Montreal, Canada
Launched: 1969
Acquired: 1994
In service: 1995
Status: In use
General characteristics
Displacement: 6,500 metric tonnes
Length: 89.91 m
Beam: 19.05 m

The Contraalmirante Oscar Viel Toro is an icebreaker in service with the Chilean Navy since 1995 when it was acquired from Canada. The vessel was known as the Norman McLeod Rogers, when it was in service with the Canadian Coast Guard.

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