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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
1891Delivered to Steamship Company, Helsinki, Finland
First captain Th. Hjelt.
1891 Turku / Hanko – Copenhagen – Hull routes
1899Turku – Tallinn – Hull route route short time. Route closed autumn in same year.
1900Helsinki / Turku / Hanko – Copenhagen – Hull routes
1903Winter voyages from Finland to India and America.
1/8/1914 WW1 started . Astrea laid up in Helsinki.
1919Helsinki – Copenhagen – Hull route.
6/10/1920 Grounded in Skagen.
Repaired in Copenhagen.
2/1921 Back in Helsinki – Copenhagen – Hull route.
1930 Sold to Hemming A.Elfving , Hanko, Finland. New name Suomi-1.
1930 Used as fishermans mothership mostly on Iceland area.
1936Sold for scrap to United Kingdom.