Furst Menschikoff

Several Finnish ships have been named Furst Menschikoff after Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Governor-General of Finland.

  • Furst Menschikoff was the first sea-going passenger steam ship in Finland. She sailed on a route between Saint Petersburg, Tallinn (Reval), Helsinki (Helsingfors), Turku, (Åbo) and Stockholm.[1] sharing the route with the Storfursten. The 35 meter ship started traffic in 1837.[2][3][4] The ship was designed by the Swedish shipwright von Sydow and built in Turku. Her 90 horsepower (67 kW) steam engine was built by Motala Verkstad.[5]
  • Furst Menschikoff (II) was built in Turku in 1850. She too was a paddle steamer with a 100 horsepower (75 kW) engine.[6]
  • A cargo ship by the same name was launched in 1834[7] In 1845 she was carrying tar between Kokkola and London.[8] A Furst Menschikoff from Turku was lost at sea in 1867 outside Prussia.[9]

References
  1. Åbo Underrättelser - No 85 November 04, 1851 Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  2. Åbo - Nordisk familjebok, page 911
  3. J. V. Snellman ja liikenne (in Finnish)
  4. Merenkulku suomalaisten ja ruotsalaisten satamien välillä The Finnish Historical Newspaper Library 1771-1890 (in Swedish and Finnish)
  5. Svenska Ångfartyg under de första 2 decennierna
  6. "Suomalaisen meriklusterin tulevaisuus 9.2.2005". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  7. August 23 1834 - diary of Zacharias Topelius (in Swedish)
  8. Juutinrauman tulli 1845 (list of Finnish ships paying Sound Dues at Öresund)
  9. Merivahingoita - Sanomia Turusta no 46 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine November 15, 1867 (in Finnish)
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