| Name: | GRAND DUCHESS XENIA also seen as VELIKAYA KNYAGINYA KSENIYA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo ship |
| Launched: | 22/08/1895 |
| Completed: | 09/1895 |
| Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
| Yard: | Walker |
| Yard Number: | 73 |
| Dimensions: | 811grt, 480nrt, 206.6 x 28.0 x 13.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 122nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 09/1895 | Archangel Mourman Steam Navigation Co, Arkhangelsk |
| 05/1917 | Renamed SEVER |
| 1921 | ‘Belomortran’ – USSR Northern SS Co, Arkhangelsk; |
| 1921 | Renamed SOSNOVETS |
| 05/1953 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 04/1920 – 05/1920: Soviet Naval transport in the White Sea |
| 07/1941 – 08/1942: Minelayer No 92 in Soviet Northern Navy |
Above photo, showing GRAND DUCHESS XENIA in about 1901, is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
Above photo, showing GRAND DUCHESS XENIA in about 1916, is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 23/08/1895