Sampo was a Finnish state-owned steam-powered icebreaker. Built in 1898 by Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom and named after a magical artifact from the Finnish mythology, she was the second state-owned icebreaker of Finland and the first European icebreaker equipped with a bow propeller. When Sampo was decommissioned and broken up in 1960, she was also the second last steam-powered icebreaker in the Finnish icebreaker fleet.
.jpg) Sampo undergoing sea trials on 23 October 1898.
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Finland | |
| Name | Sampo |
| Namesake | Magical artifact from the Finnish mythology |
| Owner | Finnish Board of Navigation[1] |
| Port of registry | Helsinki[1] |
| Ordered | 6 June 1897[3] |
| Builder | Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom[3] |
| Cost | |
| Yard number | 679 |
| Launched | 21 April 1898 |
| Completed | 25 October 1898[2] |
| Commissioned | 15 November 1898[4] |
| Decommissioned | 9 May 1960[5] |
| In service | 1898–1960[6] |
| Fate | Broken up in 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Icebreaker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | |
| Beam |
|
| Draught | 5.6 m (18.4 ft) |
| Boilers: | Five coal-fired boilers |
| Engines: | Two triple-expansion steam engines, 1,200 ihp (890 kW) (bow) and 1,400 ihp (1,000 kW) (stern) |
| Propulsion | Bow and stern propellers |
| Sail plan | Equipped with sails |
| Speed | 12.4 knots (23.0 km/h; 14.3 mph) in open water[2] |
| Crew | Initially 36,[4] later 43 |
| Armament | Armed during the Winter War with 120 mm 50 caliber Pattern 1905 guns.[7] |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampo_(1898_icebreaker)
No comments:
Post a Comment