- Arcturus (steamship)
The steamship Arcturus was a passenger ship of the
Finland Steamship Company operating primarily on the route betweenHanko ,Finland and Hull,England viaCopenhagen ,Denmark . Built in 1898 byGourlay Brothers shipyard inDundee ,Scotland , the Arcturus remained in service until 1956. [ [http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/arcturus.htm Finnish passenger and emigrant ship ARCTURUS] . Retrieved onFebruary 5 ,2008 .] In its earlier years it was one of the primary ships that Finnish emigrants sailed on when heading toNorth America . After disembarking at Hull, such emigrants would typically take a train toLiverpool before boarding a transatlantic liner. [ [http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/emi32e.htm The Journey from Finland to America] . RetrievedFebruary 5 ,2008 .]References
External links
* [http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/emi321ce.htm Finland Steamship Company's Emigrant Ships: S/S Arcturus] , history from The Genealogical Society of Finland
* [http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/emi327ce.htm Finland Steamship Company's Emigrant Ships: S/S Arcturus] , pictures from The Genealogical Society of Finland
* [http://sfhs.eget.net/P_articles/Q_artiklar/Q_Hango.html The Emigrant Route: Hangö-Copenhagen-Hull] , from The Swedish-Finn Historical Society
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