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S/S HEBE |
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Passenger steamer, two decks |
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Passengers |
I: 60 |
II: 22 |
III: 22 |
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Ice class |
1 |
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Tonnages |
791 GRT |
421 NRT |
275 tdw |
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Length over all |
58.19 m |
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Breadth |
8.99 m |
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Draught |
4.70 m |
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Engine |
Triple steam engine 3 cy. by the shipbuilders. |
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Horse powers |
1,120 IHP |
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Speed |
12 knots |
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19.1.1898 |
Completed by A/S Helsingørs Jernskibs- & Maskinbyggeri, Elsinore (Helsingør), as Bore for Ångfartygs Ab Bore, Turku. Put into Turku - Mariehamn - Stockholm service. |
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31.12.1899 |
Went aground in dense fog at Alskärsgrundet between Söderarm and Furusund while on passage from Turku via Mariehamn to Stockholm. Sank next day in 27 metres of water. |
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17.2.1900 |
Declared a constructive total loss and deleted from register. |
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1901 |
Refloated in the spring, bought back on July 30 by Ångfartygs Ab Bore and towed to Copenhagen to be repaired by Burmeister & Wain. |
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12.1901 |
Redelivered after repairs to Ångfartygs Ab Bore, Turku, as Bore I, because meanwhile the sister ship Bore II was completed. Continued on Turku - Mariehamn - Stockholm line. |
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8.1914 |
Acquisitioned by the Russian Navy for Helsinki - Tallinn - St. Petersburg service. |
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1.1915 |
Redelivered to her owners. |
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20.10.1916 |
Sold under compulsion to Russian Govt. Converted to patrol vessel for the Russian Navy and renamed S/S Grif. |
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13.4.1918 |
Caught fire from a spirit cooker onboard while lying in the port of Hanko. Scuttled at the quay to extinguish the fire by German naval forces. |
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1918 |
Salvage operations started on Sept. 10 by Finnish Govt. Paised wreck sold to Ab Crichton, Turku, and brought there on Nov. 5. |
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13.12.1919 |
Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget made a contract with Ab Chrichton for reconditioning the wreck. |
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4.8.1921 |
Delivered by Ab Chrichton, Turku, as S/S Hebe for Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget, Helsinki. Continued on her old line to Stockholm. |
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4.12.1926 |
Sold to Ångfartygs Ab Bore, Turku, and name Bore I restored. |
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1927 |
Rebuilt by Ab Chrichton-Vulcan Oy, Turku, and delivered on Feb. 14 to Ångfartygs Ab Bore for Turku - Mariehamn - Stockholm line. |
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6.4.1950 |
Went aground in fog at Storgrundet off Herrö and sank with deck just above the sea level. Refloated, repaired and rebuilt. Fitted with a new bridge and a cafe below it as well as a deck house on the foredeck. |
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1953 |
After delivery of S/S Bore III moved to Mariehamn - Stockholm summer service. |
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5.9.1961 |
Sold to Rudolf Harmstorf Wasserbau und Trawenwerft G.m.b.H. for demolition in Lübeck and left Turku on Oct. 3 in tow of the German m/s Stein for Lübeck. |
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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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