Editing Sadko (1913 icebreaker) (section)

==Early history==
===Construction===
''Sadko'' was built by [[Swan Hunter|Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.]] at the Neptune Yard in [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Low Walker]], [[England]] in 1912–13, as an icebreaking passenger and freight steamer.<ref name="TBS" /> Launched on 21 January 1913, the vessel was originally constructed for the [[Reid Newfoundland Company]], which was the main ferry operator in the [[Dominion of Newfoundland]] from 1901 to 1923. The ship was a part of the [[Alphabet Fleet]], the company's ferry fleet. The vessel was named the SS ''Lintrose'' in line with the fleet's eponymous naming convention, in which each ship was named after a location in [[Scotland]] starting with a different letter of the alphabet. The vessel was a part of the last group of ships ordered directly by the company, alongside the [[SS Kyle|SS ''Kyle'']] and the second [[Malygin (1912 icebreaker)|SS ''Bruce'']].

===Reid Newfoundland Company===
On 16 March 1913, ''Lintrose'' embarked on its journey across the Atlantic to [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. The transit proved to be unexpectedly long due to poor weather. The ship first sustained damage near the [[Isle of Wight]], where waves damaged woodwork on the [[Bridge (nautical)|bridge]] deck and upper bridge. The following day, another wave flooded the vessel's [[forecastle]] and destroyed the bunks of the cooks and [[Fireman (steam engine)|firemen]]. ''Lintrose'' finally arrived at its future home port of [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] on 29 March 1913.<ref>{{cite web |title=The "Lintrose" Has Rough Trip and Sustained Some Damage |url=http://www.newfoundlandshipbuilding.com/alphabetfleet/documents/the_lintrose.htm |publisher=The Evening Herald |access-date=17 May 2023 |date=29 March 1913}}</ref><ref name="MHA">{{cite web |title=S.S. Lintrose |url=https://mha.mun.ca/mha/alpha/lintrose.php |publisher=Maritime History Archive |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> While in Reid service, ''Lintrose'' plied the ferry route between [[Port aux Basques]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] and [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia|North Sydney]], [[Canada]].<ref name="MA">{{cite web |title=Proud of our History - SS Lintrose |url=https://www.marineatlantic.ca/journey/proud-our-history-ss-lintrose |publisher=[[Marine Atlantic]] |access-date=17 May 2023 |date=23 April 2015}}</ref>

===Russian service and sinking===
In 1915, after the outbreak of [[World War I]], ''Lintrose'' was sold to the [[Russian Empire]] for use by the [[Ministry of Commerce of the Russian Empire|Ministry of Commerce and Industry]] as an icebreaker and cargo ship in the Arctic, along with her sister ship, the new [[Malygin (1912 icebreaker)|SS ''Bruce'']]. She was renamed ''Sadko'', after the hero of a Russian ''[[bylina]]''. On 20 June 1916,<ref name="TBS" /> she sank in the [[Kandalaksha Gulf]] with a payload for the construction of the [[Kandalaksha–Murmansk railroad]].