Name: | BELGIA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/04/1900 |
Completed: | 06/1900 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 744 |
Dimensions: | 7477grt, 4866nrt, 485.0 x 57.5 x 32.9ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 45ins), 775nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1900 | Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg |
1904 | Imperial Russian Navy; renamed IRTYSH |
28/05/1905 | Sank |
Comments: | 1904: Converted to an auxiliary cruiser by the Imperial Russian Navy |
27/05/1905: Damaged by Japanese warships during the Battle of Tsushima | |
28/05/1905: Scuttled by her crew off Gotsu, Shimane-ken at 35.02N – 132.11E | |
1959: Wreck raised and broken up |