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S/S WELLAMO |
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Passenger steamer, one deck & awning deck |
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Passengers |
I: 81 |
II: 18 |
III: 10 |
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Ice class |
1 |
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Tonnages |
1,043 GRT |
613 NRT |
643 tdw |
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Length over all |
60.33 m |
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Breadth |
9,54 m |
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Draught |
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Engine |
Triple steam engine 4 cy. by the shipbuilders. |
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Horse powers |
1,260 IHP |
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Speed |
13 knots |
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25.2.1898 |
Completed by Gourlay Bros. & Co., Dundee, as S/S Wellamo for Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget, Helsinki. Sailed mainly on Hanko - Stockholm line. |
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1916 |
Stopped by the German U 47 while on voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Yxpila with passengers. After the passengers and crew had abandoned the vessel, sunk on Aug. 29 with gunfire by the submarine 9 miles NW of Tankar Lighthouse. |
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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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