ICGV Óðinn

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V/s Óðinn
History
Iceland
NameÓðinn
LaunchedSeptember 1959
CommissionedJanuary 1960
Decommissioned2006
IdentificationIMO number: 5261037
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics
Typeoffshore patrol vessel
Displacement910 long tons (925 t)
Length208 ft 11 in (63.68 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion
  • B&W V.B.F 62 x 2
  • 2096 kW
Speed18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement19
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Surface Search: Sperry; E/F-band
  • Navigation: Furuno; I-band
Armament
  • 40 mm Bofors L60 MKIII
  • (57 mm Hotchkiss until 1989)
Aircraft carriedOne helicopter

ICGV Óðinn is a decommissioned offshore patrol vessel formerly operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard. She is the oldest ship in the coastguard's fleet, and it is believed that her Burmeister & Wain engines are the only such engines that are still serviceable in the world today. Since her withdrawal from active duty, she has served as a floating exhibit at the Vikin Maritime Museum in Reykjavík Harbour. The engines are maintained, and still operative as of May 2020.[1]

Service[]

On 23 October 1963, Óðinn went to the aid of the British trawler Northern Spray, which had run aground off the coast of Iceland, and with the trawler James Barrie, rescued Northern Spray's crew and attempted unsucessfully to refloat the stranded trawler.[2]

The Cod Wars[]

On 30 April 1976, during the cod wars, she was rammed in the stern by the British sidewinder trawler Arctic Corsair, after Óðinn had made three attempts to cut the trawl warps.[3] In 2017, with both vessels museum ships, their bells were exchanged as a gesture of cooperation.[4]

In film[]

ICGV Óðinn was used as scenery in the film Flags of Our Fathers, when it was filmed in Iceland the summer of 2005. She rescued one of the landing boats used in the film, as it was about to be thrown into a cliff.

Previous Óðinns[]

  • The first ICGV Óðinn was the second Icelandic Coast Guard vessel that was commissioned and the first purposely built as a patrol ship. She was built in Denmark in 1925 and arrived in Iceland on 23 June 1926. A steel ship with a displacement of 512 tonnes, she was armed with two 57mm cannon. As a result of severe financial mismanagement of the Icelandic Government she was sold cheaply to Sweden in 1936.
  • The second ICGV Óðinn was built on Akureyri in 1938. She was only 85 tonnes and made of oak. When the current Óðinn was commissioned she was renamed Gautur which is one of Óðinn's pseudonyms. She was decommissioned in 1964.

References[]

  1. ^ Hallur Már (11 May 2020). "Óðinn sigldi á ný". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ "A gift for Icelandic gunboat" (PDF). Navy News. August 1964. p. 5. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Holed trawler 'in no danger' after collision". The Times. No. 59693. 1 May 1976. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Cod Wars fishing vessels to exchange bells in cooperation gesture". BBC News. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

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Coordinates: 64°09′12″N 21°56′50″W / 64.153250°N 21.947204°W / 64.153250; -21.947204

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