Suomen Joutsen

Suomen Joutsen anchored outside Helsinki in 1932.
History
France
Name:	Laënnec
Namesake:	René Laennec
Owner:	Société Anonyme des Armateurs Nantais (1902–1906) Compagnie Plisson (1906–1922)
Port of registry:	Saint-Nazaire,  France
Builder:	Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire, France
Launched:	7 August 1902
Maiden voyage:	23 October 1902
In service:	1902–1920
Fate:	Sold to Germany in 1922
Germany
Name:	Oldenburg
Namesake:	City of Oldenburg
Owner:	H. H. Schmidt & Co. (1922–1928) Seefahrt Segelschiffs-Reederei GmbH (1928–1930)
Port of registry:	Bremen,  Germany
In service:	1922–1930
Fate:	Sold to Finland in 1930
Finland
Name:	Suomen Joutsen
Namesake:	Finska Svan
Owner:	State of Finland (1930–1960) National Board of Vocational Education (1960–1991) City of Turku (1991–)
Christened:	1 November 1931
Identification:	IMO number: 8640349 Call sign: OHIT
Nickname(s):	"Ankka" (The Duck)
Status:	Museum ship in Turku, Finland
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Full rigged ship
Tonnage:	2,393 GRT 1,734 NRT 3,100 DWT
Length:	96 m (315 ft 0 in) (overall) 80 m (262 ft 6 in) (waterline)
Beam:	12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
Height:	52 m (170 ft 7 in) from waterline
Draft:	6.35 m (20 ft 10 in)
Depth:	7.29 m (23 ft 11 in)
Sail plan:	Three steel masts, all square rigged Sail area 2,807 m2 (30,210 sq ft)
Crew:	24–36
General characteristics (as school ship)
Displacement:	2,900 tons
Draft:	5.15 m (16 ft 11 in)
Installed power:	Two Skandia hot bulb engines (2 × 200 hp)
Sail plan:	Three steel masts, all square rigged Sail area 2,200 m2 (24,000 sq ft)
Speed:	16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph) (record) 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (typical)
Complement:	25 (sailing crew) 180 (as school ship)

Suomen Joutsen is a steel-hulled full rigged ship with three square rigged masts. Built in 1902 by Chantiers de Penhoët in St. Nazaire, France, as Laënnec, the ship served two French owners before she was sold to German interest in 1922 and renamed Oldenburg. In 1930, she was acquired by the Government of Finland, refitted to serve as a school ship for the Finnish Navy and given her current name. Suomen Joutsen made eight long international voyages before the Second World War and later served in various support and supply roles during the war. From 1961 on she served as a stationary seamen's school for the Finnish Merchant Navy. In 1991, Suomen Joutsen was donated to the city of Turku and became a museum ship moored next to Forum Marinum.

In 1902, the French shipping company Société Anonyme des Armateurs Nantais ordered two 3,100-ton full rigged ships from Chantiers de Penhoët in Saint-Nazaire. The first ship, launched on 7 August 1902, was christened Laënnec after René Laennec, a French doctor and inventor of the stethoscope. On 18 September 1902 she was followed by the second ship, named Haudaudine after Pierre Haudaudine, which was lost off the coast of New Caledonia on 3 January 1905. On 23 October 1902 Laënnec left Saint-Nazaire and headed to Cardiff, England, to load coal bound for Iquique, Chile.