MS Kontio
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| Name: | Kontio |
| Operator: | Finnish Maritime Administration |
| Builder: | Wärtsilä, Helsinki |
| Yard number: | 478 |
| Completed: | 1987 |
| In service: | 29 Jan 1987 |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | icebreaker |
| Displacement: | 9.130 tonnes |
| Length: | 99.00 metres (324.80 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4 x Wärtsilä 16V32 diesel engine, 21,800 kW |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h) |
| Crew: | 24 |
Kontio and almost identical Otso are are Finnish icebreakers built in 1980s in Helsinki. The Kontio was designed to keep waters open in the Bothnian Bay.[1] The two vessels replaced three older ones: Karhu, Murtaja ja Sampo.
References
- ↑ "KONTIO Page". homepage.hispeed.ch. http://homepage.hispeed.ch/Hecht_Minas/eisbrecher/kontio.html. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
