[andy bird]

Originally Posted by Rainer

Hi Andy

The two vessels were not icebreakers: SELIS was a seal catcher of just 166 grt and ISBJØRN was an old coastal steamer (built 1894 of 437 grt) that had been captured during an earlier raid on Spitzbergen. There is some more information about these ships and their loss on warsailors.com:
http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/isbjorn2.html
http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/...ts2.html#selis

Hi Rainer,

Likewise thank you for enlightening me to their true identity, want to get the piece as accurate as possible as the published pieces I've read say 'icebreaker's'

Cheers
Andy