| Date of launch | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Gothenburg |
| Type | 3-masted wooden barque |
| GRT | 359 |
| NRT | 301 |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 42.5 m (139.4 ft) |
| Beam | 9.3 m (30.5 ft) |
| Draft | 4.0 m (13.0 ft) |
Re-riggings: 3m barquentine (1914), 3m barque (1979)
- 1887
Built of wood by Gamla Varvet, Gothenburg for A. Landgrens Enka, Gothenburg. She was rigged as a three-masted barque carrying royals over single topgallant sails. - December 1913
Lost her rigging in a storm. - 1914
Re-rigged as a barquentine. - 1927
Sold to Åland. - 1939
Towed to Turku to be preserved as a museum ship. - 1979
Given back her original barque rig. - 1998
Moved to Mariehamn, Åland, for a two-year restoration program. - 2001
Moved back to Turku.The Sigyn represents a type of vessel that during the second half of the 19th century was the most common type of deep-water cargo-carrier: the three-masted wooden barque. Today the Sigyn is the only remaining vessel of that kind.
Pictures:
 | The Sigyn setting sail outside of Vinga, on a voyage to Pernambuco. May 1899 |
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