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SS Helsingfors (1903)

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1106: 1101: 43: 682: 220: 718: 254:, Belgium. She was launched on 8 August 1903 and completed two months later. She was built to carry passengers and freight and was owned and operated by 933: 554: 712: 1160: 514: 1150: 589: 1155: 1145: 990: 985: 1140: 742: 260: 409: 730: 688: 1135: 753: 736: 779: 700: 547: 255: 189: 349: 789: 694: 676: 1109: 1105: 1100: 1096: 831: 724: 569: 480: 216: 247: 540: 1039: 881: 759: 305: 197: 228: 185: 139: 47: 1018: 211:
was 63.00 metres (206 ft 8 in) long, with a beam of 9.12 metres (29 ft 11 in). Her
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The broken remains of the vessel lie in 8 to 13 metres (26 to 43 ft) of water.
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also ran aground and was holed whilst going to her assistance. Two crew from
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on 1 January 1905. The accident resulted in the construction of the
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were drowned. These wrecks motivated the construction of the
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freight and passenger steamship built in Belgium in 1903 for
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The wreck was sold in 1906 for 401 276:, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of 39: 7: 517:from the original on 7 November 2017 511:"Bengtskär stod emot två världskrig" 412:from the original on 7 November 2017 352:from the original on 7 November 2017 149:63.00 metres (206 ft 8 in) 256:Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget 190:Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget 157:9.12 metres (29 ft 11 in) 77:Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget 14: 481:"History of Bengtskär Lighthouse" 93:Chantier Naval Anversois, Antwerp 1104: 1099: 192:. She ran aground and sank near 41: 272:ran aground during a gale near 227:. She was assessed at 759  16:Finnish steamship built in 1903 1: 1161:Maritime incidents in Finland 465:"Wreck of Finnish Steamers". 288:. 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Index

SS Helsingfors
Finland
Helsinki
GRT
Finnish
Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget
Bengtskär
Bengtskär Lighthouse
triple expansion steam engine
Sunderland
United Kingdom
ihp
GRT
yard number
Chantiers Navals Anversois
Hoboken, Antwerp
Helsingfors Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget
fi
Bengtskär
Hanko
Fowey
kaolinite
pilot
Bengtskär Lighthouse
Markka




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