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MS Bore

MS Bore is a combination museum and hotel ship docked permanently in Turku, Finland. She was originally built in 1960 by Oskarshamn shipyard, , as the car/passenger ferry SS Bore for Steamship Company Bore, , then the last commercial steam ship built in Scandinavia and the first ferry on the route between Finland and Sweden where cars could drive aboard.
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Photo: LPfi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ship built in 1960
  • Also known as: “IMO 5048485”, “MS Kristina Regina”, “SS Bore”, and “SS Borea”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Turku Castle and FNS Karjala.

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a medieval structure in the city of , . Together with , the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use in Finland. is situated 270 metres west of MS Bore.

Photo: EsaL-74, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Turunmaa-class fast gunboats was a type of vessel, previously operated by the Finnish Navy in the anti-submarine warfare and trade protection roles. Internationally they were labeled as corvettes. is situated 100 metres northeast of MS Bore.

Photo: Rabbesandelin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keihässalmi was a minelayer of the Finnish Navy. She was commissioned in 1957 and remained in service until 1994, after which she was turned into a museum ship in . is situated 110 metres northeast of MS Bore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Korppolaismäki and Pihlajaniemi.

Suburb
Photo: Samulili, CC BY 3.0.
is a district of the city of , in . It is located to the south of the city centre, on the eastern side of the mouth of the river Aura.

Suburb
is a district of the city of , in . It is located to the south of the city centre, on the coastline of the . shares the new luxurious residential development of Majakkaranta with the neighbouring district of .

Neighborhood
Photo: Samulili, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood.

MS Bore

Latitude
60.435° or 60° 26′ 6″ north
Longitude
22.23359° or 22° 14′ 1″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Inception
1960
Open location code
9GG4C6MM+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 223978564
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12598306
Wiki­data ID
Q4353608
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Satellite Map

Discover MS Bore from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Swedish—“MS Bore” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Bore”
  • Finnish: “Kristina Regina”
  • Finnish: “M/S Bore”
  • Finnish: “M/S Kristina Regina”
  • Finnish: “S/S Borea”
  • French: “S/S Bore”
  • German: “Bore”
  • Irish: “MS Bore”
  • Papiamento: “S/S Bore”
  • Persian: “ام‌اس بور”
  • Swedish: “Bore”
  • Swedish: “S/S Bore (1960)”
  • Swedish: “S/S Bore”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “MS Bore”. Photo: LPfi, CC BY-SA 3.0.