Voima (1924 icebreaker)

History
Finland
Name
  • Shtorm, Hansa (never officially commissioned)[1][2]
  • Voima (1923–1945)[1]
NamesakeFinnish for "strength"
Owner
Port of registryHelsinki, Finland[4]
Builder
Yard number239
Laid down1916[5][6]
Launched25 February 1918[2]
Christened15 December 1923[3]
CommissionedMarch 1924[3]
Decommissioned24 February 1945[1]
In service1924–1945
FateHanded over to the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
NameMalygin (Малыгин) (1945–1971)[1]
NamesakeRussian Arctic explorer Stepan Malygin
In service1945–1970
FateBroken up in 1971
General characteristics
TypeIcebreaker
Tonnage1,510 GRT[4]
Displacement2,070 tons
Length
Beam
  • 14.20 m (46.59 ft) (moulded)
  • 14.00 m (45.93 ft) (waterline)
Draught
  • 4.4 m (14 ft) (bow)
  • 5.1 m (17 ft) (stern)
  • 5.9 m (19 ft) (max)
BoilersFour coal-fired boilers with mechanical ventilation
EnginesTwo triple-expansion steam engines, 2,500 ihp (1,900 kW) (stern) and 1,000 ihp (750 kW) (bow)
PropulsionBow and stern propellers
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) in open water
Crew44[7]
ArmamentArmed during the Second World War

Voima was a Finnish and later Soviet steam-powered icebreaker. Laid down at Werft Becker & Co. in Tallinn in 1916 and fitted with engines in Danzig in 1918, the unfinished icebreaker was towed to Helsinki in 1920 and completed by Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstads Ab in 1923–1924. After two decades of successful service Voima was handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparation in 1945 and renamed Malygin (Малыгин). She remained in service until 1970 and was broken up in 1971.

Voima was the first state-owned icebreaker acquired by the independent Finland.[2] She can also be considered as the first state-owned icebreaker designed by Finnish naval architects and delivered by a Finnish shipyard.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Laurell 1992, p. 293-294.
  2. ^ a b c d e Hansa (ex Shtorm), myöhemmin Voima. Rauma Maritime Museum. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Laurell 1992, p. 133-139.
  4. ^ a b c Lloyd's Register of Ships, 1930-1931.
  5. ^ Ramsay 1949, p. 309-310.
  6. ^ Kaukiainen 1992, p. 109.
  7. ^ Laurell 1992, p. 201