[2][3][4][5][6] Eisvogel clears ice in all three of Vienna's harbors.

She is employed when the ice becomes a few centimetres in thickness.

In 1985 she cleared ice that was 60 centimetres (24 in) thick.

In ice-free months the vessel is employed for official tours.

[7] The German Navy built a 560-ton icebreaker, also named Eisvogel, which was sold off and is operated as a tugboat out of the port of Trieste.