Description
SS Sankt Erik, originally named Isbrytaren II, is a former Swedish ice breaker in service 1915 - 1977, and today a museum ship moored just outside the Vasa Museum.
The triple expansion steam engines still work, and the aft main one is 2800 hp, one of the biggest in the world of its kind. It has an engine and a propeller in the front as well to help disperse the ice.
Dimensions: length 61 meters, beam 17 meters and draft 6.5 meters.
This model depicts the original look with a lower, open bridge.
