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| Ship image               = Stettin im NOK2.JPG
| Ship caption             = SS ''Stettin'' in the Kiel Canal
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|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Nazi Germany|government}} {{flag|Germany}}
| Ship name                = SS ''Stettin''
| Ship owner               = Association Dampf-Eisbrecher Stettin e.V., Hamburg
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| Ship ordered             = 
| Ship builder             = [[Stettiner Oderwerke]]
| Ship original cost       = 574.000 [[Reichsmark|RM]] or 175.160 [[USD]] in 1933 equivalent 4.248.317 USD in 2024
| Ship yard number         = 769
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| Ship laid down           = 
| Ship launched            = 7 September 1933
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| Ship christened          = 16 November 1933
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| Ship in service          = 
| Ship out of service      = 1981
| Ship identification      = *{{IMO Number|8882923}}
*{{MMSI Number|211357210}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: DBCR
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| Ship status              = [[Museum ship]]
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| Ship class               = Germanischer Lloyd 100 A5 K E 
| Ship tonnage             = 783 tons
| Ship displacement        = 1,138 tons
| Ship length              = {{cvt|51.75|m|ftin}}
| Ship beam                = {{cvt|13.43|m|ftin}} 
| Ship height              = {{cvt|6.4|m|ftin}}
| Ship draught             = {{cvt|5.40|m|ftin}}
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| Ship power               = Steam, {{cvt|2,200|hp}} at 115 rpm
| Ship propulsion          = [[Compound steam engine|Triple expansion compound steam engine]] with [[Stephenson valve gear]] powered by 2 [[Anthracite|hard coal]] [[boiler|boilers]] consuming 600 - 1000 kg/h, capacity 5800 kg/h [[steam]] each at 14,5 bar and 196 °C
| Ship speed               = 14.2 [[Knot (unit)|kn]]
| Ship capacity            = 180 passengers
| Ship crew                = 22
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'''''Stettin''''' is a steam [[icebreaker]] built by the shipyard [[Stettiner Oderwerke]] in 1933. She was ordered by the Chamber of Commerce of Stettin (until 1945 [[Germany]], since 1945 [[Szczecin]], [[Poland]]). The economy of the city of Stettin strongly depended on the free access of ships to and from the [[Baltic Sea]]. Therefore, icebreakers were used to keep the shipping channels free from ice during the winter.

==Design==
For the first time in Germany, the construction was characterized by a new bow design called Runeberg-bow. This new bow design broke the ice using a novel method. It was not broken by the weight of the ship but by a sharp cutting edge. Future development of icebreakers was influenced by this bow form.
[[Image:Dampfeisbrecher Stettin HRO 1.jpg|thumb|left|150px|'''Stettin''' in Rostock harbour]]

Although diesel-engines were already in wide use by 1933, ''Stettin'' was equipped with a steam engine. Unlike diesel engines, steam engines can be reversed within a very short period of approximately 3 to 4 seconds. This was important during manoeuvres of the ship under icey conditions in order to liberate the ship if it were to get stuck.

With the special hull design and an engine power with a maximum horsepower of 2200, measured at the cylinders, ''Stettin'' was able to break ice up to a thickness of half a meter, at a constant speed of one to two knots. Thicker ice could only be broken by boxing, a process in which the ship ran several attacks until the ice gave way.

==Operational history==
The icebreakers of Stettin were handled by the Braeunlich shipping company, which ran a seaside resort ferry service along the coast during the summer. Its other ships had similar engines, so a single technical staff could be employed year round. ''Stettin'' was run by a crew of 22 men. This system was in place until the end of [[World War II]].

From 1933 to 1945, ''Stettin'' was used in German Navy ([[Kriegsmarine]]) service on the [[Oder River]] between Stettin and [[Świnoujście|Swinemünde]], as well as on the Baltic Sea. On the night of 8 April 1940, ''Stettin'' participated in the [[German invasion of Denmark (1940)|capture of Copenhagen]] by participating in a surprise landing of German troops in Copenhagen together with the railway ferry/minelayer {{ship|German minelayer|Hansestadt Danzig||2}}. ''Stettin'' is one of two or three surviving vessels of the [[Operation Hannibal|east Prussia evacuation fleet]].

From 1945 on, she was used by the waterway and navigation authorities in Hamburg on the river [[Elbe]].

===Preservation===
In 1981, ''Stettin'' was slated to be scrapped due to uneconomic costs. However, with the establishment of a development association, thousands of working hours, and support by generous sponsors, the ship was saved. Today, she is a technical culture monument. Her homeport is the museum port of [[Oevelgoenne]] in [[Hamburg]], Germany. During summertime, ''Stettin'' cruises with invited guests on occasions like "Hamburg port birthday," "Hansesail Rostock," and "[[Kiel Week|Kieler Woche]]," and is also used as a charter vessel.

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Dampfeisbrecher Stettin HS 99.jpg
Eisbrecher stettin 1892.jpg
Dampfeisbrecher Stettin HRO 3.jpg
Hamburg.oevelgoenne.Stettin.wmt.jpg
2012 09 06 Stettin Brücke DSCI8933 kk.JPG
Okretowa maszyna parowa1.jpg
Stettin 1905-0553.jpg
Eisbrecher Stettin IMG 1562.JPG
Telegraf maszynowy mostek.JPG
Rura głosowa.JPG
Koło sterowe.JPG
17 Dampferrennen.JPG
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== External links ==
* [http://www.hansesail.com/englisch/schiffe/stettin.htm Website of Hansesail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041021071548/http://www.hansesail.com/englisch/schiffe/stettin.htm |date=2004-10-21 }}
* {{in lang|de}} [http://www.dampf-eisbrecher-stettin.de/ German site about the Stettin]
* [https://shipvideos.net/stettin/ collection of videos on Stettin]
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