Suomen Joutsen
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Suomen Joutsen is a steel-hulled full-rigged ship with three square rigged masts. Built in 1902 by Chantiers de Penhoët in St. Nazaire, France, as Laënnec, the ship served two French owners before she was sold to German interest in 1922 and renamed Oldenburg. In 1930, she was acquired by the Government of Finland, refitted to serve as a school ship for the Finnish Navy and given her current name. Suomen Joutsen made eight long international voyages before the Second World War and later served in various support and supply roles during the war. From 1961 on she served as a stationary seamen's school for the Finnish Merchant Navy. In 1991, Suomen Joutsen was donated to the city of Turku and became a museum ship moored next to Forum Marinum.
Suomen Joutsen anchored outside Helsinki in 1932. | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Laënnec |
Namesake | René Laennec |
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Port of registry | Saint-Nazaire, France |
Builder | Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire, France |
Launched | 7 August 1902 |
Maiden voyage | 23 October 1902 |
In service | 1902–1920 |
Fate | Sold to Germany in 1922 |
Weimar RepublicWeimar Republic | |
Name | Oldenburg |
Namesake | City of Oldenburg |
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Port of registry | Bremen, Germany |
In service | 1922–1930 |
Fate | Sold to Finland in 1930 |
Finland | |
Name | Suomen Joutsen |
Namesake | Finska Svan |
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Christened | 1 November 1931 |
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Nickname(s) | "Ankka" (The Duck) |
Status | Museum ship in Turku, Finland |
General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
Type | Full-rigged ship |
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Length | |
Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in) |
Height | 52 m (170 ft 7 in) from waterline |
Draft | 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in) |
Depth | 7.29 m (23 ft 11 in) |
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Crew | 24–36 |
General characteristics (as school ship)[1][2] | |
Displacement | 2,900 tons |
Draft | 5.15 m (16 ft 11 in) |
Installed power | Two Skandia hot bulb engines (2 × 150 kW (200 hp)) |
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