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Name: ROSTOFF
Type: Tug
Launched: 25/01/1868
Completed: 1868
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 161
Dimensions: 196grt, 78nrt, 135.1 x 23.6 x 7.7ft; (by 1930: 178grt, 72nrt, 133.6 x 22.3 x 6.9ft)
Engines: C2cyl (19 & 32 x 39ins), 53nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1868 Commissioners for the Conservancy of the Don Estuary, Rostoff-on-Don
187x Renamed KOTZEBUE
1920 Government of Soviet Russia, Rostoff-on-Don
1922 Renamed STOURMAN
24/08/1942 Destroyed
Comments: Built as a tug for non-propelled dredgers
1918 - 1920: Russia Civil War - owner unknown
25/07/1941: Hired to Soviet Navy, Black Sea Fleet as a minesweeper
24/08/1942: Destroyed by the crew in the port of Temryuk
It was impossible to evacuate the vessel from the Sea of Azov