Name: | CESAREVITCH GEORGE or TSESAREWITCH, TSESAREVITCH, GEORGII & GEORGY |
Type: | Passenger Mail Ship |
Launched: | 05/10/1895 |
Completed: | 01/1896 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 332 |
Dimensions: | 1977grt, 1131nrt, 298.0 x 37.0 x 16.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 404nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
01/1896 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Company, Odessa |
08/1914 | Imperial Russian Navy |
05/1917 | Renamed RYLEYEV |
05/1918 | Government of Germany |
04/1919 | White Russian Navy - Black Sea Fleet |
04/1919 | Renamed CESAREVITCH GEORGE |
12/1920 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Company, Odessa |
12/1920 | Registered at Paris, French flag |
1922 | Company renamed Cie Russe de Navigation à Vapeur et de Commerce, Marseille |
1927 | Broken up |
Comments: | 08/1914: Requisitioned as a minelayer in the Black Sea |
05/1918: Under German control to 11/1918 | |
05/1918 - 1920: Russian civil war | |
04/1919: Used as an auxiliary cruiser | |
14/11/1920: Sailed from Yalta with White Russian refugees | |
1925: Shipowner bankrupt. For sale at auction, no bidders | |
1927: Sold for breaking up |
Above photo as CESAREVITCH GEORGE is copyright of Lemachko BV