On 19 April, Chile’s newest Polar icebreaker, “Almirante Viel”, successfully completed its first week of intense testing at sea.
The 10,500-ton Almirante Viel will replace the predecessor with the same title.
The former was constructed at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard in Montreal, Canada, in 1969.
It served the Chilean Navy from 1995 until it was decommissioned in 2019.
The construction represents an essential milestone for Chile’s naval industry.
It is the first...