The ''Katarina'' is a floating restaurant, and former steam ship, that was built in 1869 at

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

in Sweden. Sailing under her original name of ''Fredriksborg'' on the route through the Stockholm archipelago from Stockholm to Vaxholm, she was the Waxholmsbolaget's first propeller-driven steam ship. After being sold by the Waxholmsbolaget in 1882, she operated in various roles under the names ''Höganäs'', ''Mariehamn'', ''Stella'', ''Wirumaa'', ''Kullervo'' and ''André'' before acquiring her current name in 1985. Today she is a floating restaurant moored in the Aura river in

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, Finland.

History

The ''Fredriksborg'' was built in 1869 by , on

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, for the recently founded Waxholms Ångfartygs AB, better known as the Waxholmsbolaget. She was that company's first propeller-driven steam ship, operating between Stockholm and Vaxholm. In 1882, she was sold to Ångfartygs AB Skånska Kusten of

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, who renamed her ''Höganäs''. Whilst in Malmö, she operated a route from Skanör to Mölle via Malmö, Barsebäck, Landskrona,

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...

and Viken. In 1886, the ''Höganäs'' was sold to Leon Gestrin of

in Finland, who renamed her ''Mariehamn'' and used her on services from Turku to Mariehamn in

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. In 1890, she was sold to Carl Georg Rosenberg, also of Turku, who renamed her ''Stella'' but continued to operate her between Turku and Mariehamn. In 1912, she was sold to the Reval Shipping Company of

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in Estonia, who renamed her ''Wirumaa'' and ran her on services between Tallinn and

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in Latvia. In 1916, the ''Wirumaa'' was sold to a group of individual owners in the Koivisto Islands, then part of Finland, and renamed ''Kullervo''. Over the following years she had a number of owners, being renamed ''André'' in 1922. In 1926 she was converted to a

barge A barge is typically a flat-bottomed boat, flat-bottomed vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. Original use was on inland waterways, while modern use is on both inland and ocean, marine water environments. The firs ...

, and in 1956 converted again to a motor cargo vessel. In 1972 she was converted to a cruise ship, and in 1985 she was renamed ''Katarina''.

References

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