ID: 1030 Name: Uranus
Inserted: 30.08.2012
Country of origin: Finland
Date: 20th century Construction Year: 1920
Sinking time: 1921 Propulsion: sailing ship
Address: Territorial sea, Soome laht
Purpose: merchant ship
Vessel type: schooner
History: Built in Koivisto in 1920
Story of Sinking: The three-masted Finnish schooner was on her first voyage and ran aground in foggy weather at the N coast of Vaindloo and stayed there. After years passed, a strong W storm pushed the wreck to the island and in 1939 back to the sea again where it then foundered.
Object Data: 259,76 brt, length 33,18 m, width 8,90 m.
Maerial: wood
Description of Location: NE side of Vaindloo Island, Lääne-Virumaa
Resource Links & Literature: Jukanen, S. 1975. Honkalaivat ja halkolastit. Koivisto II. Lahti, 285, 311. Mäss, V. 1996. Laevahukulood. Tallinn, 201-204.