ice horn

An Ice horn (regionally ice nose, ice cutter) is a triangular fitting at the waterline of the stern of a ship that protects its rudder and prop by breaking ice while traveling in reverse.

Pictures

File:Motor ship Wandrahm of the Hamburg shipping company H. M. Gehrckens in the Dock.jpg|Ice horns of MV Wandrahm

File:Rudder Ice horn.png|1. ice horn; 2. rudder; 3. galvanic anode; 4. ducted propeller

Notes

Bibliography

K. Schwitalla, Ulrich Scharnow: Lexikon der Seefahrt. 1988, transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen Berlin, {{ISBN|3-344-00190-6}}. page 131 (German)

Category:Nautical terminology

Category:Watercraft components