| Name: | PETERSBURG |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/02/1894 |
| Completed: | 05/1894 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 317 |
| Dimensions: | 5432grt, 1796nrt, 439.0 x 52.0 x 31.6ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (34, 54 & 85 x 51ins), 1149nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 19.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 05/1894 | Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Odessa |
| 20/06/1904 | Russian Imperial Navy - Baltic Fleet |
| 12/10/1904 | Renamed DNIEPR |
| 30/07/1905 | Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Odessa; renamed PETERSBURG |
| 18/08/1914 | Renamed PETROGRAD |
| 17/10/1914 | Imperial Russian Navy; renamed DON |
| 1918 | Government of Germany |
| 1918 | Government of Britain |
| 1919 | Russian White Navy - Black Sea Fleet |
| 1921 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1904: Converted into an auxiliary cruiser |
| 05/06/1905: Captured & scuttled British cargo ship SAINT KILDA | |
| 24/09/1914: Requisitioned by the Russian Imperial Navy - Black Sea Fleet | |
| Allocated pennant TRANSPORT NO 157 | |
| 1918: Captured by Germany | |
| 1918: Captured by Britain | |
| 1919: Delivered to the Russian White Navy | |
| 14/11/1920: Participated in the evacuation of the Crimea to Istanbul | |
| 12/1920: Arrived at Bizerta with the Wrangell squadron | |
| 1921: Broken up in Italy |
Above photo as PETERSBURG is courtesy of Lemachko BV. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
The Marine Engineer, August 1894