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View from the navigating bridge of steam icebreaker "Stettin" to Wismar and the two visiting ships, lightship "Fehmarnbelt" and cog "Lisa von Lübeck", taken at the festival 800 years of Wismar harbour in summer 2011.

The 3-cylinder-expansion steam-piston engine generates 2,200 hp at 115 rpm and actuates a propeller of 4,20 m diameter. See photos and animation on this page!

Built in 1933 the "Stettin" was the biggest German-flagged ice-breaker. Although diesel-engines were already in wide use, the ship was equipped with a steam engine, which can be reversed within a very short period of some seconds. This was important during manoeuvres of the ship under icey conditions in order to liberate the ship if it were to get stuck. Her homeport is the museum port of Oevelgoenne in Hamburg, Germany. During summertime, Stettin cruises with guests on occasions like "Hamburg port birthday," "Hansesail Rostock," and "Kieler Woche," and is also used as a charter vessel.

Also the Fehmarnbelt Lightship from Lübeck visited the port of Wismar.

In summer 2011 the reconstruction of a 15th century caravel visited the festival 800 years of Wismar harbour.