Murtaja was a Finnish state-owned steam-powered icebreaker. Built in 1890 by Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstads AB in Stockholm, Sweden, she was the first state-owned icebreaker of Finland and one of the first purpose-built icebreakers in the world.[6] Murtaja remained in service for 68 years until she was decommissioned and broken up in 1958 after having been replaced by the diesel-electric Karhu.
 Murtaja at the port of Helsinki in the 1890s.
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| History | |
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| Name | Murtaja |
| Namesake | Finnish for "icebreaker" |
| Owner | Finnish Board of Navigation[1] |
| Port of registry | Helsinki[1] |
| Ordered | 25 May 1889[2] |
| Builder | Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstads AB, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Cost | 445,000 Swedish kronor |
| Launched | 23 December 1889[2] |
| Completed | 30 March 1890 |
| Decommissioned | 3 May 1958[3] |
| In service | 1890–1958 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1958[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Icebreaker |
| Tonnage | 676 GRT[1] |
| Displacement | 930 tons |
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| Boilers: | Four coal-fired boilers |
| Engine: | Two-cylinder tandem compound steam engine, 1,600 ihp (1,200 kW) |
| Propulsion | Four-bladed propeller |
| Sail plan | Two masts; two staysails and two Bermuda sails |
| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) in open water |
| Crew | 28[5] |
| Armament | Armed during the Second World War |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murtaja_(1890_icebreaker)
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