Name: | GRETZIA also seen as GRETSIYA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/05/1881 |
Completed: | 1881 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 425 |
Dimensions: | 468grt, 354nrt, 175.0 x 27.7 x 11.3ft |
Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (14 & 25 x 18ins), 44nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1881 | C Theophylatos, Baku |
1906 | Eastern Carrying, Insurance, Storing & Warrant Co, Astrakhan |
07/1920 | Soviet Navy; renamed NARIMAN NARIMANOV |
No later history know | |
Comments: | Boilers adapted for burning fuel oil |
Fitted with tanks for carrying a cargo of 500 tons of oil | |
Designed to be split in two & joined again for passing through canal locks | |
07/1920: Converted by the Soviet Navy into a minesweeper | |
1923: Deleted from naval list |
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 3rd June 1881