Tarmo (1907 icebreaker)

Finnish icebreaker Tarmo at the Kotka Maritime Museum in 2006
History
Finland
Name	1907–1963: Tarmo 1963–1969; 1970: Apu 1969; 1970–: Tarmo
Namesake	Finnish for "vigor" or "spirit"
Owner	Finnish Board of Navigation (1907–1992)[1] Finnish National Board of Antiquities (1992–)
Port of registry	Helsinki,  Finland[1]
Ordered	15 February 1907
Builder	Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Cost	FIM 1,631,548.81
Launched	9 September 1907
Completed	17 December 1907
Commissioned	4 January 1908
Decommissioned	29 May 1969; 1970
In service	1908–1970
Identification	IMO number: 5352898
Status	Museum ship in Kotka, Finland, since 1992
General characteristics
Type	Icebreaker
Tonnage	1,574 GRT 173 NRT[1]
Displacement	2,400 tons
Length	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) (overall) 64.15 m (210 ft 6 in) (waterline)
Beam	14.33 m (47 ft 0 in) (moulded) 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in) (waterline)
Draft	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Boilers:	Five coal-fired boilers and one auxiliary boiler
Engines:	Two triple-expansion steam engines; 1,450 ihp (bow) and 2,400 ihp (stern)
Propulsion	Bow and stern propellers
Sail plan	Two masts; two staysails and two Bermuda sails
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) in open water
Endurance	Approximately one week in ice
Crew	43
Armament	Armed during war

Tarmo is a Finnish steam-powered icebreaker preserved in the Maritime Museum of Finland in Kotka. Built in 1907 by Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, she was the third state-owned icebreaker of Finland and the last Finnish steam-powered icebreaker to remain in service. When Tarmo was decommissioned in 1970, a decision was made to preserve the vessel as a museum ship. After a long wait in Helsinki, Tarmo was towed to Kotka and completely restored in the early 1990s.