The Finnish Steamship Co. steamer S/S Urania in Helsinki (early 20th cent.)

The Finnish Steamship Co Ltd. (FÅA) combined passenger and cargo ship S/S Urania in the Helsinki Southern harbour in the early 20th century. My colorization of a photo in the Helsinki city museum collection (N350500). The photographer is unknown.

The 68.6 m Urania - built in 1891 by Wigham Richardson & Co. in Newcastle - was one of the ships carrying Finnish migrants on the route Hanko - Copenhagen - Hull. (In Hull the migrants boarded bigger ships for the journey to the US). The Urania had cabins for 22 first class passengers, 34 second class passengers and 186 third class passengers.

S/S Urania sank in heavy fog near Kullen (not far from where I live) on February 2, 1913 when it collided with the Norwegian S/S Fancy while on its way from Hull to Copenhagen. The passengers and the crew were rescued by the heavily damaged Fancy to Helsingör, Denmark.