Furst Menschikoff

Several Finnish ships have been named "Furst Menschikoff" after Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Governor-General of Finland.

* "Furst Menschikoff" was the first sea-going passenger steam ship in Finland. She sailed on a route between Saint Petersburg, Tallinn (Reval), Helsinki (Helsingfors), Turku, (Åbo) and Stockholm. ["Åbo Underrättelser" - [http://digi.lib.helsinki.fi/sanomalehti/secure/showPage.html?action=page&type=mq&pageFrame_currPage=1&id=76997&conversationId=25 No 85 November 04, 1851] sv icon] sharing the route with the "Storfursten". The 35 meter ship started traffic in 1837. [ [http://runeberg.org/nfcm/0492.html Åbo] - Nordisk familjebok, page 911] [ [http://www.mintc.fi/oliver/upl113-Snellman%20ja%20liikenne.pdf J. V. Snellman ja liikenne] fi icon] [ [http://digi.lib.helsinki.fi/sanomalehti/secure/browse.html?action=directory&id=2883 Merenkulku suomalaisten ja ruotsalaisten satamien välillä] The Finnish Historical Newspaper Library 1771-1890 sv iconfi icon] The ship was designed by the Swedish shipwright von Sydow and built in Turku. Her convert|90|hp steam engine was built by Motala Verkstad. [ [http://www.bruzelius.info/nautica/Maritime_History/SE/TiS(1864)_p178.html Svenska Ångfartyg under de första 2 decennierna] ]
* "Furst Menschikoff (II)" was built in Turku in 1850. She too was a paddle steamer with a convert|100|hp engine. [ [http://www05.turku.fi/tiedotteet/tiedotteet05/helmikuu05/Lahoniitty_meriklusteri_090205.doc Suomalaisen meriklusterin tulevaisuus 9.2.2005] ]
* A cargo ship by the same name was launched in 1834 [ [http://www.nykarlebyvyer.nu/SIDOR/TEXTER/PROSA/TOPELIUS/DB/3408td.htm#d23 August 23 1834] - diary of Zacharias Topelius sv icon] In 1845 she was carrying tar between Kokkola and London. [ [http://www.genealogia.fi/hakem/merimiehet/luettelo020js.htm Juutinrauman tulli 1845] (list of Finnish ships paying Sound Dues at Oresund)] A "Furst Menschikoff" from Turku was lost at sea in 1867 outside Prussia. [ [http://digi.lib.helsinki.fi/sanomalehti/secure/showPage.html?action=page&type=mq&conversationId=3&id=50339&pageFrame_currPage=2&pageFrame_currFrame=0 "Merivahingoita" - Sanomia Turusta no 46] November 15, 1867 fi icon]

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* [http://www.historia.edu.hel.fi/index.php?level=5&sublevel=648&pagenum=1 HÖYRYLAIVAT NOSTATTAVAT RIEMUN]