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]
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