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Name: MECHTI
Type: Tanker
Launched: 06/05/1897
Completed: 1897
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 659
Dimensions: 789grt, 483nrt, 180.0 x 31.5 x 14.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 48 x 27ins), 100nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1897 I Useynov, Astrakhan
1916 N Mekhtiyev, Astrakhan
1918 Imperial Russian Navy
09/1919 Renamed MAKSIM GORKIY
01/1932 Renamed SEKSTAN
1972 Broken up
Comments: 1913: Deleted from Lloyd's Register - Caspian sea service only
1918: Requisitioned by the Imperial Russian Navy as a transport and floating workshop
08/1922: Converted to a survey vessel
1972: Broken up