ID: 741 Name: Fennia
Inserted: 29.01.2012 Monument: 27765
Country of origin: Finland
Date: 19th century Construction Year: 1874
Sinking time: 29.12.1888 Propulsion: steamship
Address: Inland sea, Soome laht
Found: Yes Purpose: merchant ship
Vessel type: steamer Coordinates: 59:27.006 N 24:10.980 E
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History: Finnish ice-strengthened cargo steamer, built in Glasgow in 1874.
Cargo: oat, bran, 129 barrels of mineral oil
Story of Sinking: The Finnish ship (captain L. U. Favorir) unexpectedly hit an unknown reef, got afloat and drifted uncontrollably downwind towards SW, where it foundered in deep waters. After a few days the rescue steamer Freja came to the site, but returned to Tallinn after fixating the situation. The crew survived and also managed to salvage some items.
Object Data: Tonnage 366, length 50,2 meters, width 7 meters.
The wreck is lying on a flat seabed, the stern is somewhat buried in the sediment. The superstructures are destroyed.
Maerial: shipbuilding steel
Archival Reference: TLA.1213.1.30
Discovery Date: 1991
Discoverer: Finnish cable vessel Telepaat, while studying a cable route with side scan sonar