Name: | SARATOVSKAYA PEREPRAVA |
Type: | Train Ferry |
Launched: | 13/06/1895 |
Completed: | 1895 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 628 |
Dimensions: | 1417grt, 1051nrt, 243.0 x 55.6 x 12.8ft |
Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (26 & 50 x 30ins), 228nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1895 | Riazan - Ouraesk Railroad Company, Saratov |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Specially constructed so she could be broken into 4 pieces on arrival in Russia |
The hull was divided longitudinally & transversely for passage though locks | |
Fitted with a large hydraulic hoist so that freight could be lifted on if neccessary | |
1906: Deleted from Lloyd's Register - inland service only |
Above photo of a model at Newcastle Discovery Museum is by RL Kitterman
The model is shown loaded with a train of twenty eight goods vans
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 14/06/1895
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 15/06/1895