Tarmo (icebreaker 1907)

Tarmo (icebreaker 1907)

The Tarmo is an icebreaker that served Finland for many decades.cite news
url=http://www.mil.fi/perustietoa/talvisota_eng/timer-53.html
title=Enemy bombers hit icebreaker Tarmo
publisher=Finnish Defense Forces
date=January 18, 1940
accessdate=2008-06-01
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] cite news
url=http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/13855/
title=Icebreaker Tarmo
publisher=Virtual globetrotting
accessdate=2008-06-01
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] The Tarmo was built in 1907. She was armed and served in World War II. She is currently moored at a nautical museum in Kotka, Finland.

She is reported to be the world's oldest surviving icebreaker. [cite news
url=http://bizkon.frinet.org/eng/news_2007.htm
title=18-20 May Kotka
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date=18 May 2006
accessdate=2008-06-01
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Another Finnish icebreaker, built in 1963, was named after the original Tarmo.

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