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Saturday, April 20, 2024

Chile's new icebreaker completes first week at sea

 

The new Chilean-built “Almirante Viel” icebreaker completed her first week of sea testing on Friday, it was reported in Santiago. The new unit, built at the Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada (Asmar) shipyard in Talcahuano is scheduled to be launched on Dec. 22 to replace the old vessel of the same name (AP-46) that operated between Jan. 14, 1995, and Feb. 11, 2019. Built at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard in Montreal, Canada, in 1969, the old icebreaker had served the Canadian Coast Guard under the name Norman McLeod Rogers before joining the Chilean Navy.

https://en.mercopress.com/2024/04/20/chile-s-new-icebreaker-completes-first-week-at-sea

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