History | |
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Finland | |
Name | Helsingfors |
Namesake | Helsinki |
Owner | Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget |
Port of registry | Helsinki |
Builder | Chantier Naval Anversois, Antwerp |
Yard number | 24 |
Launched | 8 August 1903 |
Out of service | 1 January 1905 |
Fate | Ran aground and sank 1904 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 759 GRT |
Length | 63.00 metres (206 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 9.12 metres (29 ft 11 in) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine, 800 ihp |
Propulsion | Screw propeller |
Helsingfors was a Finnish freight and passenger steamship built in Belgium in 1903 for Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget. She ran aground and sank near Bengtskär on 1 January 1905. The accident resulted in the construction of the Bengtskär Lighthouse.