More than 200 years ago Viapori’s archipelago fleet sailed Suomenlinna’s waters. The cannon sloop that belonged to the archipelago fleet was a shallow draft and heavily armed ship, which could be sailed and rowed. This summer, you can step aboard cannon sloop Diana, which has been built according to its 18th Century role models, and sail the coastal waters of Helsinki. Cannon sloop Diana is based on the drawings prepared by Ship Architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, and old documents of the Swedish fleet’s drawings office. The ship was built using traditional building materials and construction methods at Suomenlinna’s shipyard.
Finland’s first electrical passenger ship at sea. The project has been run by the ship board of directors founded by Ehrensvärd Society and Viapori Shipyard Foundation. The project started in the autumn of 2010 and the ship was christened as Diana in the summer of 2014. Ehrensvärd Society’s Finnish subsidiary Suomenlinnan Matkailuexpert Oy is responsible for hiring Diana.