Tarmo (1907 icebreaker)
Finnish icebreaker Tarmo at the Kotka Maritime Museum in 2006 | |
| History | |
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| Finland | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Finnish for "vigor" or "spirit" |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | Helsinki, Finland |
| Ordered | 15 February 1907 |
| Builder | Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |
| Cost | FIM 1,631,548.81 |
| Launched | 9 September 1907 |
| Completed | 17 December 1907 |
| Commissioned | 4 January 1908 |
| Decommissioned | 29 May 1969; 1970 |
| In service | 1908–1970 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5352898 |
| Status | Museum ship in Kotka, Finland, since 1992 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Icebreaker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 2,400 tons |
| Length |
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| Beam |
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| Draft | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Boilers | Five coal-fired boilers and one auxiliary boiler |
| Engines | Two triple-expansion steam engines; 1,450 ihp (bow) and 2,400 ihp (stern) |
| Propulsion | Bow and stern propellers |
| Sail plan | Two masts; two staysails and two Bermuda sails |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) in open water |
| Endurance | Approximately one week in ice |
| Crew | 43 |
| Armament | Armed during war |
Tarmo is a Finnish steam-powered icebreaker preserved in the Maritime Museum of Finland in Kotka. Built in 1907 by Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, she was the third state-owned icebreaker of Finland and the last Finnish steam-powered icebreaker to remain in service. When Tarmo was decommissioned in 1970, a decision was made to preserve the vessel as a museum ship. After a long wait in Helsinki, Tarmo was towed to Kotka and completely restored in the early 1990s.