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Name: KOSMA MININ
Type: Ice Breaker
Launched: 29/08/1916
Completed: 11/1916
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1020
Dimensions: 2432grt, 885nrt, 236.0 x 57.1 x 27.3ft
Engines: Aft: 2 x T3cyl (21.5, 35.5 & 58 x 36ins), 904nhp;
Fwd: T3cyl (18.5, 30.5 & 50 x 36ins)
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 3 x Screws (2 x Aft, 1 x Fwd); 14.5knots
Reg Number: n/a
History:
11/1916 Russian Government, Arkhangelsk
1928 French Navy; renamed CASTOR
1942 Italian Navy; renamed FR 60
1946 French Navy
1947 Broken up
Comments: 12/1920: White Russian forces brought vessel to Cherbourg
Subsequently interned at Cherbourg
1928: Rebuilt as a minelayer
Fwd screw removed & armed with 4 x 1 x 10cm & 2 x 1 x 37mm AA guns
08/12/1942: Seized by Germany at Bizerta and handed to Italian forces
06/05/1943: Scuttled at Bizerta
1946: Refloated
18/08/1947: Stricken from French Navy list & broken up at Bizerta


Above photo as KOSMA MININ is courtesy of Ian Rae

Above photo as CASTOR is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo of builder's model is courtesy of Photoship