
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85land_Islands Mariehamn was the base for the last large oceanic commercial sailing  ships in the world. Their final tasks were bringing Australian wheat to  Great Britain, on which Aland shipowner Erikson kept going until after  WW2, 1947 being his last year. The ships latterly made only one  round-trip from South Australia to Britain per year, after each marathon  voyage going back to Mariehamn to lay up for a few months. The ship Pommern,  now a museum in Mariehamn, was one of these last vessels.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85land_Islands Mariehamn was the base for the last large oceanic commercial sailing  ships in the world. Their final tasks were bringing Australian wheat to  Great Britain, on which Aland shipowner Erikson kept going until after  WW2, 1947 being his last year. The ships latterly made only one  round-trip from South Australia to Britain per year, after each marathon  voyage going back to Mariehamn to lay up for a few months. The ship Pommern,  now a museum in Mariehamn, was one of these last vessels.
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