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S/S AEGIR |
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Passenger and cargo steamer, two decks |
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Passengers |
I: 15 |
II: - |
III: 14 |
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Ice class |
1 |
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Tonnages |
769 GRT |
457 NRT |
650 tdw |
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Length over all |
56.32 m - 184' 8" |
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Breadth |
8.64 m - 28' 0" |
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Draught |
5.60 m - 18' 6" |
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Engine |
Compound steam engine 2 cy. by the shipbuilders. |
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Horse powers |
500 IHP |
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Speed |
10 knots |
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8.12.1896 |
Completed by Nylands Verksted, Kristiania, as S/S Aegir for Helsingfors Ångfartygs Ab (Gustav Paulig), Helsinki. |
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1916 |
Share majority of the company acquired by Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget. |
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1918 |
Captured by escaping Red Finns in April, but abandoned after grounding east of Porkkala Lighthouse. Refloated later and repaired. |
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9.10.1920 |
Owners amalgamated with Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget. Sailed on Helsinki - Tallinn and Helsinki - Lübeck lines. |
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28.1.1930 |
Sold to Ångfartygs Ab Bore, and renamed S/S Bore V. |
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1955 |
Handed over to Wärtsilä-Koncernen Ab Chrichton-Vulcan, Turku, for dismantling and deleted from Finnish shipsregister on March 9 as broken up. However, converted to barge. Owners Wärtsilä-Yhtymä Oy - Wärtsilä-Koncernen Ab, Taalintehtaan rautatehdas - Dalsbruks järnverk, Dalsbruk, renamed the barge Christoffer Olsen. |
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31.1.1964 |
Transferred to Wärtsilä-Yhtymä Oy - Wärtsilä-Koncernen Ab Chrichton-Vulcan, Turku. |
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1966 |
Owners' name changed to Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Turun telakka - Åbo varvet (Turku Shipyard), Turku. |
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1983 |
Still existing as barge. |
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Source: The Ships of Our First Century : The Effoa Fleet 1883-1983. Ed. by Matti Pietikäinen & Bengt Sjöström. Keuruu 1983, 231 p. ISBN 951-99438-5-4. |
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