SS Sampo, 1898

Photograph of Steamship Sampo a newly constructed ice-breaker, built by Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. for the Senate of Finland, 1898. This vessel was novel, in being one of the first ice-breakers to have a propeller at the bow to help break through ice. The bow propellor disturbed the water supporting the ice, which made the ice less resistant to the ice-breaker's bow. She was intended to work at the port of Hango, keeping the port open through the winter months

Breaker Breakers Constructed Disturbed Hango Intended Keeping Less Resistant Sampo Senate Supporting Whitworth

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