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Name: GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE also seen as VELIKIY KNYAZ KONSTANTIN
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/06/1890
Completed: 12/1890
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 299
Dimensions: 1874grt, 1110nrt, 294.4 x 36.9 x 17.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (30, 46 & 73 x 48ins)
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0 knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
12/1890 Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Company, Odessa
28/02/1891 Wrecked
Comments: Also seen listed as VELIKIY KNYAZ KONSTANTIN
Accommodation for 100 x 1st, 200 x 2nd & 250 x 3rd Class passengers
28/02/1891: Wrecked on Cape Keatlama near Feodosia & sank in shallow water
On a voyage from Odessa to Batoum with passengers & general cargo
Engine salvaged & used in new hull SVIATOI NICOLAI (SVYATOY NIKOLAY)


Jarrow Express, Friday, 27/06/1890