Chilean icebreaker Almirante Óscar Viel
Almirante Óscar Viel in 2010 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Norman McLeod Rogers |
| Namesake | Norman McLeod Rogers |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Montreal |
| Launched | 25 May 1968 |
| In service | October 1969 |
| Out of service | 1993 |
| Fate | Sold to Chile in 1994 |
| Chile | |
| Name | Almirante Óscar Viel |
| Namesake | Oscar Viel Toro |
| Operator | Chilean Navy |
| Acquired | 20 December 1994 |
| Commissioned | 14 January 1995 |
| Decommissioned | 11 February 2019 |
| Identification | IMO number: 6822137 |
| Fate | Sunk as target |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Icebreaker and buoy tender |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 6,320 long tons (6,420 t) |
| Length | 294.9 ft (89.9 m) |
| Beam | 62.5 ft (19.1 m) |
| Draught | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 55 |
| Aircraft carried | 1 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck |
Almirante Óscar Viel was an icebreaker in service with the Chilean Navy from 1995 to 2019 and with the Canadian Coast Guard from 1969 to 1993. Originally built in 1968 for the Canadian Coast Guard as CCGS Norman McLeod Rogers, the vessel was acquired by Chile in 1994 and renamed. The vessel was decommissioned in 2019 and sunk as a target.