| Name: | KANDALAKSHA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 17/03/1896 |
| Completed: | 05/1896 |
| Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
| Yard: | Walker |
| Yard Number: | 78 |
| Dimensions: | 220grt, 85nrt, 115.0 x 21.1 x 8.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 32 x 20ins), 38nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 05/1896 | Archangel Mourman Steam Navigation Co, Arkhangelsk |
| 1920 | "Belomortran" - USSR Northern SS Co, Arkhangelsk |
| 1924 | Renamed KIJA (also seen as KIYA) |
| 1938 | People's Commissariat for Water Transport, USSR |
| 1939 | People's Commissariat of Marine Fleet, USSR |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1938: Used as a steam collier barge/lighter at Arkhangelsk |
| 11/1945: Probably scrapped |
Above photo shows KANDALAKSHA (front) & KOLA (behind). Photo is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
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Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 05/05/1896