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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.
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Ice horns of MV Wandrahm
1. ice horn; 2. rudder; 3. galvanic anode; 4. ducted propeller
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