Name: | SAMPO |
Type: | Icebreaker |
Launched: | 21/04/1898 |
Completed: | 05/1898 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 679 |
Dimensions: | 1339grt, 91nrt, 201.8 x 42.9 x 18.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19.5, 31 & 52 x 36ins) & T3cyl (21.5, 34 & 57 x 36ins), 357nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; IMO: 5601174 |
History: | |
05/1898 | Government of Finland |
09/05/1960 | Broken up |
Comments: | Designed with propellers at bow and stern |
Final contracted price £49,650 | |
09/05/1960: Arrived at Mathildedal for breaking up by Teijon Tehtaat |
Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
The Marine Engineer 01/05/1898