Finland Steamship Co
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA)
Suommen Höyrylaiva Oy
Page 1 - Prewar Years
 
 
This is the first in a series of pages devoted to passenger ships of the Finland Steamship Co (Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA)). This page covers the years 1884-1945. The history is continued on Page 2, which covers the years after 1945. An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete postcard history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table are official postcards of the fleet in chronological order.
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Aallotar (1) (1937-45)
Åbo (1893-97)
Arcturus (1) (1899-1957)
Ariadne (2) (1914-69)
Astraea (1) (1891-1930)
Bore II (1915-16)
Hebe (1) (1919-26)
Ilmatar (2) (1929-45)
Norra Finland (1892-1909)
Oberon (2) (1925-30)
Oihonna (1) (1898-1960)
Polaris (1) (1899-1915)
Polaris (2) (1933-45)
Prinsessan Margareta (1909-12)
Suomi (1937-44)
Titania (2) (1908-16)
Torneå (1892-1928)
Uleåborg (1892-1914)
Urania (1) (1891-1913)
Urania (2) (1913-15)
Viola (1920-40)
Von Döbeln (1892-1941)
Wasa (1892-99)
Wellamo (1) (1898-1916)
Wellamo (2) (1927-67)
 
Ships on Page 2:-
Aallotar (2) - 1952-1971
Aallotar (3) - 1972-1978
Finlandia (1) - 1967-1976
Finlandia (2) - 1981-1990
Finnjet - 1986-1993
Floria - 1970-1975
Ilmatar (3) - 1964-1980
Regina - 1978
Skandia - 1973-74
Skandia - 1980-83
Wellamo (3) - 1975-1981
Wellamo (4) - 1986-1993
 
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Table of Ship Histories

Name

Other names

 Built
 Finnjet  

 1977
 Finlandia (1)  Finnstar, Pearl of Scandinavia, Ocean Pearl, Costa Playa etc

 1967
 Finlandia (2)  Queen of Scandinavia

 1981
 Floria  Villa de Agaete, Carmen del Mare

 1970
 Ilmatar  Viking Princess, Palm Beach Princess

 1964
 Regina  Svea Regina, Odysseus Elytis, Scandinavian Sky, Tallink

 1972
 Silvia Regina  Stena Britannica (2), Stena Saga

 1981
 Wellamo (3)  Dana Gloria, Svea Corona (2), King of Scandinavia, Color Viking, Jupiter

 1975
 Wellamo (4)  Silja Festival

 1986
 
 
 
 
 
 
Finland SS Fleet List - Page 1
 
 
Urania (1) (1891-1913)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Urania.
 
 
 
 
 
Astraea (1) (1891-1930)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Astraea (1).
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Astraea (1).
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
 
 
 
 
 
Von Döbeln 1892-1941
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Von Döbeln.
 
 
 
 
 
Wasa (1892-99)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Wasa.
 
 
 
 
 
Torneå (1892-1928)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Torneå.
 
 
 
 
 
Norra Finland (1892-1909)
 
Norra Finland was completed for Torneå Ångfartygs Ab in 1885, and was acquired by Finska Ångfartygs Ab in 1892. She sailed mainly on the Finnish coast line to St Petersburg, and to Stettin via Tallinn. In 1909 Norra Finland was sold to Stockholms Rederi AB Svea, and renamed Odin. In 1945, Odin was sold to Det Stavangerske DS, and renamed Ryfylke. She was scrapped in 1851.
 
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Norra Finland.
 
 
 
 
Uleåborg (1892-1914)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Uleåborg.
 
 
 
 
 
Åbo (1893-97)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Åbo.
 
 
 
 
 
Wellamo (1) (1898-1916)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Wellamo (1).
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Wellamo (1).
 
 
 
 
 
Oihonna (1) (1898-1960)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Oihonna (1).
 
Postcard of Oihonna (1).
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
 
Postcard of Oihonna (1).
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
 
 
 
 
 
Arcturus (1) (FÅA: 1899-1957)
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Arcturus (1).
 
O.Petersen (Copenhagen) postcard of Arcturus (1).
 
Excelsior Series (London) postcard of Arcturus (1) in Victoria Docks, Hull.
 
 
 
 
 
Polaris (1) (FÅA: 1899-1915)
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Polaris (1).
 
 
 
 
Titania (2) (1908-16)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Titania (2).
 
Postcard of Titania (2).
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
 
 
 
 
Prinsessan Margareta (1909-12)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Prinsessan Margareta.
 
 
 
 
 
Urania (2) (1913-15)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Urania (2).
 
 
 
 
 
Ariadne (2) (FÅA: 1914-69)
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Ariadne (2).
Scan Supplied by Mikael Blomberg.
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Ariadne (2).
Scan Supplied by Mikael Blomberg.
 
PK postcard of Ariadne (2).
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Ariadne (2).
Posted Copenhagen-Finland on 22nd September 1958.
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Ariadne (2).
 
 
 
 
 
Bore II (1915-16)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Bore II.
 
 
 
 
 
Viola (1920-40)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Viola.
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Viola, with Oihanna (1) and Ariadne (2) behind.
 
 
 
 
 
Hebe (1) (1919-26)
 
The Hebe (1) was built as the Bore (1) in 1898 by A/S Helsingørs Jernskips og Maskinbyggeri, Helsingør, Denmark, for Ångfartygs Ab Bore. Bore entered service on the route Åbo-Mariehamn-Stockholm. In 1901 she was renamed Bore I (1). Bore I (1) was sold in 1916 and served as Grif on the route Helsinki-Reval-Kronstadt-Petrograd. In 1919 she was sold to Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FAA) and returned to her original Åbo-Mariehamn-Stockholm route as the Hebe. In 1926 Hebe was bought back by Ångfartygs Ab Bore and reverted to the name Bore I (1). She was broken up in Germany in 1961.
 
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) official postcard of Hebe (1).
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Hebe (1).
 
 
 
 
 
Oberon (2) (1925-30)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Oberon (2).
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Oberon (2).
Scan: Mikael Blomberg.
 
 
 
 
 
Wellamo (2) (FÅA: 1927-67)
 
The FÅA steamer Wellamo (2), built in 1927. She was sold in 1967 to Rauhanheimo in Kokkola. The ship was renamed Oulutar. Oulutar was put into service between Oulu and Luleå, and the route Kokkola-Härnösand. Oulutar was bought in May 1969 by Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab. She was renamed Örnen (2) and put on the route Vaasa-Örnsköldsvik. Örnen (2) was sold in September 1969, and was scrapped in Helsinki the following year.
 
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Wellamo (2).
Scan Supplied by Mikael Blomberg.
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Wellamo (2).
Scan Supplied by Mikael Blomberg.
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Wellamo (2).
Scan Supplied by Mikael Blomberg.
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Wellamo (2).
Scan Supplied by Mikael Blomberg.
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Wellamo (2).
Scan Supplied by Mikael Blomberg.
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Wellamo (2).
Scan Supplied by Mikael Blomberg.
 
Unidentified photographic postcard of Wellamo (2).
 
Postcard of Wellamo (2).
Scan Supplied by Mikael Blomberg.
 
 
 
 
 
Ilmatar (1) (FÅA: 1929-1945)
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Ilmatar (1).
 
 
 
 
 
Polaris (2) (1933-45)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Polaris (2).
 
 
 
 
 
Suomi (1937-44)
 
Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) photograph of Suomi.
 
 
 
 
 
Aallotar (1) (FÅA: 1937-1945)
 
Official Finska Ångfartygs Ab (FÅA) postcard of Aallotar (1).
 
 
 
 
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