| Name: | GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE or VELIKIY KNYAZ CONSTANTIN |
| Type: | Passenger Ship |
| Launched: | 19/10/1891 |
| Completed: | 01/1892 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 308 |
| Dimensions: | 1947grt, 1122nrt, 295.0 x 37.2 x 17.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 71 x 48ins), 445nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1892 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Company, Odessa |
| 30/07/1914 | Imperial Russian Navy - Black Sea Fleet |
| 05/1917 | Renamed BESTUJEV |
| 1918 | Russian White Navy - Black Sea Fleet |
| 12/1920 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Company, Paris |
| 1922 | Cie Russe de Navigation à Vapeur et de Commerce, Marseille |
| 1926 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Also seen as GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN |
| Accommodation for 100 x 1st & 100 x 2nd Class passengers plus emigrants | |
| 30/07/1914: Requisitioned by the Imperial Russian Navy & converted to a minelayer | |
| 1918: Used as a naval transport | |
| 13/11/1920: Evacuation of personnel from the Crimea to Istanbul | |
| 1925: Shipowner bankrupt, for sale at auction, but no bidders | |
| 1926: Sold for breaking up |
Above photo as GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE is courtesy of Russian Fleet Photo
Above photo as GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE is courtesy of Russian Fleet Photo
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Tuesday, 20/10/1891