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S/S WELLAMO |
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Passenger steamer, two decks |
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Passengers |
I: 71 |
II: 106 |
III: - |
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Ice class |
I A |
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Tonnages |
1,944 GRT |
890 NRT |
714 tdw |
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Length over all |
80.01 m - 263' 0" |
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Breadth |
12.23 m - 40' 0" |
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Draught |
5.24 m - 17' 6" |
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Engine |
Triple steam engine 3 cy. by the shipbuilders. |
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Horse powers |
2,190 IHP |
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Speed |
13 knots |
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20.6.1927 |
Built by A/S Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsvaerft, Søndre Vaerft, Copenhagen, but the builders amalgamated in 1927 with A/S Burmeister & Wain's Maskin og Skibsbyggeri. Completed by A/S Burmeister & Wain's Maskin og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen, as S/S Wellamo for Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget, Helsinki. Sailed on Helsinki - Tallinn - Stettin, Helsinki - Lübeck and Helsinki - Copenhagen - Hull lines. After WW II on Turku - Stockholm and Helsinki - Stockholm lines. In 1960 replaced S/S Oihonna in Helsinki - Travemünde service. |
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23.10.1967 |
Sold to M. Rauanheimo Oy, (Ab R. Nordström & Co. Oy), Kokkola, and renamed S/S Oulutar. Sailed one season in Oulu - Luleå and Kokkola - Härnösand service. |
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8.5.1969 |
Sold to Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab, Vaasa, and renamed S/S Örnen. Sailed that summer between Vaasa and Örnsköldsvik. |
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22.9.1969 |
Sold for demolition to Vaasan Romukauppa - Vasa Skrothandel, Saxberg & Nord and arrived in October in Helsinki to be broken up by Helsingin Romuliike. |
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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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