MV Sampo
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The MV Sampo is a Finnish icebreaker built in 1961.
After serving for more than 30 years as an icebreaker the Sampo started offering day excursions in the Gulf of Bothnia from the port of Kemi, Ajos.
- length 75 metres (246 ft)
- width 17.4 metres (57 ft)
- draught 7 metres (23 ft)
- weight 3,540 tonnes
- engine power 8,800 hp
- speed in open water, 16 knots (30 km/h)
- speed in 50 cm solid ice, 8 knots (15 km/h)
- icebreaking capability, 70–120 cm solid ice
- crew 16 people