her was set as a prerequisite for ordering a new icebreaker, but while several foreign ports were interested in purchasing Murtaja, in September 1906 the Senate decided to order the third state-owned icebreaker, Tarmo, without selling the old one. As more modern icebreakers entered service in the 1920s, Murtaja was again deemed obsolete and worn-out, and she was criticized for her high operating costs. She was said to be in need of complete overhaul and rebuilding in 1926, but the Finnish Board of Navigation did not agree to this until almost ten years later, although it noted that decommissioning her would probably be a better solution. Despite the criticism, Murtaja remained in service through the First and Second World Wars until the late 1950s, although during her last years in service her assistance in the Archipelago Sea was described being "more of a moral nature". The renewal of the Finnish icebreaker fleet began in 1952 after the Finnish war reparations to the Soviet Union had been paid, and the first post-war icebreaker, Voima, was commissioned in 1953. When the harsh winters of the 1950s showed that modern icebreakers were needed, a series of smaller diesel-electric icebreakers were built for operations within the archipelago. The first steam-powered icebreaker to be decommissioned was the old Murtaja, which was decommissioned on 3 May 1958 after almost 70 years of service. She was replaced by the new diesel-electric Karhu and broken up shortly afterwards. The second Karhu class icebreaker was named Murtaja in 1959 to honor the first state-owned icebreaker of Finland. Technical details Murtaja was long overall and at the waterline. Her moulded breadth was and breadth at the waterline slightly smaller, . The draught of the icebreaker at even keel was , but in operating condition she was trimmed by stern. The stern draught at the maximum displacement of 930 tons was defined in the contract as , but when Murtaja was delivered, her maximum draught was measured as at full load. The round bow of Murtaja was modeled after Eisbrecher I, a German icebreaker designed by engineer Ferdinand Steinhaus from Hamburg and built in 1871, even though Robert Runeberg, an experienced Finnish naval architect and son of the national poet of Finland, had recommended a sharper ice-cutting bow instead of the spoon-shaped one. The angle of the stem, the first part of the icebreaker to encounter ice and bend it under