Ice breaker Voima

After the war Finland was lacking ice breakers strong enough. Voima (“The Strength”) was built.

 

Ice breaker

Wärtsilä, Hietalahti’s Dockyard, Helsinki

Launched 27.11.1952

Delivered 12.2.1954

Renovate begun 3.4.1978

Delivered 10.10.1979

LOA 83,52 m

Breadth 19,41 m

Draught 7,00 m

GT 4 159

NT 1 248

Crew 12 + 30 = 42

 

Engines in 1954:

Number of engines 6

Atlas-Diesel K 58 M, Stockholm

7 723 kW

8 cylinders

Diameter of the cyliders 340 mm

Length of the stroke 570 mm

 

Engines in 1979:

Wärtsilä 16V22, Vaasa

Number of engines 6

10 200 kW

16 cylinders

Diameter of the cylinders 220 mm

Length of the stroke 240 mm

Done