Sigyn, built in Gothenburg 1887, now museum ship in Turku, is the last remaining wooden barque used for trade across the oceans. At the time she was built there were thousands of similar vessels, but she was one of the last ones built.

Sigyn is Finland’s first museum ship and one of the symbols of the Turku riverfront. Launched for the first time in 1887, Sigyn is now a unique vessel even on an international scale.

The barque Sigyn is a loved gem of the Aura river in Turku and an internationally unique attraction: the Sigyn is the last surviving barque-rigged wooden cargo ship that has sailed the world’s oceans. Wooden barques were a very common sight …

Barque Sigyn, Turku, Finland. 1,075 likes · 15 were here. Parkki Sigyn on valmistunut Göteborgissa vuonna 1887 ja alus on sijoitettu Turkuun vuonna 1939....

stranded during a storm on the Norwegian coast near Kristiansand in 1913, then repaired and rigged as a barkentine. she made several Atlantic voyages during World War I. Her last long trip was from Pensacola (Florida) to Copenhagen in 1916. After that, she made trips in the Baltic Sea until 1937, laid up then.

A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts of which the fore mast, mainmast, and any additional masts are rigged square, and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-masted barques) is rigged fore and aft.

English: This category is about the barque Sigyn, built in Gothenburg 1887, now museum ship in Turku, Finland. Sigyn sailed for several Swedish shipowners before being sold to Åland, from where she was bought to become a museum ship in 1939.

The Sigyn is a historically significant vessel that was built in Gothenburg in the year 1887. It holds distinction as the last surviving wooden barque that was utilized for transoceanic trade. Initially, Sigyn spent its first decade navigating the Atlantic primarily engaged in the trade of timber.

Sigyn, built in Gothenburg 1887, now museum ship in Turku, is the last remaining wooden barque used for trade across the oceans. At the time she was built there were thousands of similar vessels, but she was one of the last ones built.

Sigyn es el último barco mercante de madera del mundo que ha navegado en el tráfico oceánico. El barco está abierto al público en verano como parte de las exposiciones del centro marítimo Forum Marinum.