ICGV Óðinn
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ICGV Óðinn is a decommissioned offshore patrol vessel formerly operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard. She is the oldest ship in the coastguard's fleet, and it is believed that her Burmeister & Wain en
ICGV Óðinn in 2006
HMS Scylla and Óðinn colliding during the Second Cod War
Cod Wars
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The Cod Wars were a series of 20th-century confrontations between Iceland and the United Kingdom about fishing rights in the North Atlantic around Iceland. Each of the disputes ended with an Icelandic
ICGV Óðinn
…with the trawler James Barrie, rescued Northern Spray's crew and attempted unsuccessfully to refloat the stranded trawler. On 30 April 1976, during the cod wars, she was rammed in the stern by the British sidewinder trawler Arctic Corsair, after Óðinn had made three attempts to cut the trawl warps. In 2017…
Coventry City and ICGV Albert off the Westfjords
A net cutter, first used in the Second Cod War