Suur Tõll (ship)

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Suur Tõll
The Suur Tõll icebreaker in Tallinn
The Suur Tõll icebreaker in Tallinn
Ship data
flag EstoniaEstonia Estonia
other ship names

Волынец / Volynets (1941–1988)
Suur Tõll (1922–1941)
Väinämöinen (1918–1922)
Волынец / Volynets (1917–1918)
Царь Михаилъ Феодоровичow еодоровичъъ– 1917) ( Tsar Mikhail Feodore 1914–1917)

Ship type Icebreaker
Shipyard Vulcan shipyard , Stettin , construction no. 345
Launch December 29, 1913
Commissioning March 15, 1914
Whereabouts is a museum ship in Tallinn in the seaplane airport
Ship dimensions and crew
length
74.4 m ( Lüa )
width 17.5 m
displacement 4,579 t
measurement 2,391 GRT
Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO : 8640351

Suur Tõll is an icebreaker built in 1914, which todayis moored in Tallinn (German Reval) as a museum ship.

history

The ship was built in 1913/14 under the hull number 345 at the " Vulcan shipyard " in Stettin and named Tsar Michail Feodorowitsch (old Russian. Царь Михаилъ Феодоровичъ) after Michael I. The 75.40 meter long, 17.40 meter wide and 2391  GRT large icebreaker received three triple expansion engines with a total of 4500 hp, with which it reached a speed of 13.5  knots .

In 1914 the ship was delivered to Reval, which at that time belonged to the Russian Empire. In the years to come, the steamer kept the sea routes in the northern Baltic Sea open during the winter months and was subordinate to the Russian Navy. After the October Revolution , the ship belonged to the Soviet Navy and was renamed Volynets ( Волынец , German transcription Wolynez ). At the end of February 1918 the icebreaker was already involved in the evacuation of Russian naval units from Reval to Helsinki , despite adverse weather conditions , before these advancing German units could fall into the hands. From April 6 to 11, 1918, Volymits, together with the icebreaker Jermak, made it possible to move the Baltic fleet from Helsinki to Petrograd, the so-called ice march of the Baltic fleet . Shortly thereafter, most of the Finnish crew, including the captain, revolted against the Soviet Russian and Finnish crew members and forced them to leave the ship. Then the Finnish flag was raised and moved to Reval. On April 28, 1918, the ship received the name of the Finnish legendary hero Väinämöinen and was then used to transport German troops, especially the Baltic Division .

In 1920 the vehicle was handed over to the Republic of Estonia and 1922 after a hero of Estonian mythology in Suur Tõll renamed. After the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union in 1940, it was renamed Volynets . Under this name, the ship took part in the evacuation of Tallinn in August 1941 .

The steamer experienced its last years of service in the port of Lomonossow near Kronstadt , where it was used as a supply ship. In 1988 the ship returned to Tallinn and was handed over to the Estonian Maritime Museum. Since Estonia regained independence, the icebreaker has been called Suur Tõll again .

  • Suur Tõll Tallinn 13 May 2012 Port.JPG
  • Bell Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich 15 July 2012 Tallinn.jpg
  • Suur To'll Yard No Tallinn 15 July 2012.JPG
  • Suur To'll Lifebuoy Tallinn 15 July 2012.JPG

literature

  • Florian and Stefan Lipsky: The treasure chambers of seafaring - shipping museums, museum ships, traditional ships and projects , Hamburg 2004, p. 122.
  • Armin Wulle: The Stettiner Vulcan - A Chapter of German Shipbuilding History , Herford 1989, p. 78 and p. 162.

Web links

Commons : Suur Tõll  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lloyd's Register of Ships, 1940 (English; PDF; 136 kB)

Coordinates: 59 ° 27 ′ 11.1 ″  N , 24 ° 44 ′ 19.4 ″  E