Arcturus (steamship)

A scale model by Tomi Isopahkala in Maritime Museum of Finland
History
Name:	Arcturus
Owner:	Finland Steamship Company
Port of registry:	Helsinki,  Finland
Route:	Finland-Copenhagen-Hull, England
Builder:	Gourlay Brothers, Dundee, Scotland
Cost:	FIM 1,317,000
Yard number:	183
Launched:	1 October 1898
In service:	1898–1957
Fate:	Broken up
General characteristics
Type:	Passenger ship
Tonnage:	2,068 GRT 1,118 NRT 1,217 DWT (open)
Length:	88.95 m (292 ft)
Beam:	11.57 m (38 ft)
Draft:	6.35 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:	Triple-expansion steam engine (3,250 ihp) Single shaft
Speed:	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)

SS Arcturus was a passenger ship of the Finland Steamship Company operating primarily on the route between Hanko, Finland and Hull, England via Copenhagen, Denmark. Built in 1898 by Gourlay Brothers shipyard in Dundee, Scotland, the Arcturus remained in service until 1956. In its earlier years it was one of the primary ships that Finnish emigrants sailed on when heading to North America. After disembarking at Hull, such emigrants would typically take a train to Liverpool before boarding a transatlantic liner.