In Finnish mythology, Vainamoinen was the son of the fertilizing sea and the creation-goddess Luonnotar. He spent 700 years reaching maturity in Luonnotar's womb, and a further 30 years as a grown man sitting there, becoming ever more bored and shouting vainly to the sun and stars to help him. But the sun and stars could not hear him and Luonnotar,...
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The Vainamoinen was a Finnish coast defence ship of 3900 tons displacement launched in 1930. The Vainamoinen was powered by Germania diesel engines providing a top speed of 15.5 knots. She carried a complement of 343 and was armed with four 10-inch guns; eight 4.1 inch anti-aircraft guns and four 2-pdr anti-aircraft guns, later replaced with four 4...
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