Jääkarhu
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Jääkarhu was a Finnish and later Soviet steam-powered icebreaker. Built in 1926 by P. Smit Jr. Shipbuilding and Machine Factory in Rotterdam, Netherlands, she was the last and largest steam-powered state-owned icebreaker of Finland. After two decades of successful service, Jääkarhu was handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparation in 1945 and renamed Sibiryakov. She remained in service until the 1970s and was broken up in 1972.
Jääkarhu arriving in Helsinki in April 1926.
Jääkarhu leaving for sea trials in Rotterdam.
Jääkarhu in the port of Hanko.
Jääkarhu assisting icebound merchant ships in a Finnish port.
Sampo (1898 icebreaker)
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Sampo was a Finnish state-owned steam-powered icebreaker. Built in 1898 by Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom and named after a magical artifact from the Finnish mythology, she was the second state-owned icebreaker of Finland and the first European icebreaker equipped with a bow propeller. When Sampo was decommissioned and broken up in 1960, she was also the second last steam-powered icebreaker in the Finnish icebreaker fleet.
Sampo undergoing sea trials on 23 October 1898.
Sampo assisting SS Castor during the Finnish Civil War in February 1918.
Sampo grounded and camouflaged with tree branches.
Neptun's salvage ship Assistans next to the partially submerged Sampo.