Name: | KOSMA MININ |
Type: | Ice Breaker |
Launched: | 29/08/1916 |
Completed: | 11/1916 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1020 |
Dimensions: | 2432grt, 885nrt, 236.0 x 57.1 x 27.3ft |
Engines: | Aft: 2 x T3cyl (21.5, 35.5 & 58 x 36ins), 904nhp; |
Fwd: T3cyl (18.5, 30.5 & 50 x 36ins) | |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 3 x Screws (2 x Aft, 1 x Fwd); 14.5knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
11/1916 | Russian Government, Arkhangelsk |
1928 | French Navy; renamed CASTOR |
1942 | Italian Navy; renamed FR 60 |
1946 | French Navy |
1947 | Broken up |
Comments: | 12/1920: White Russian forces brought vessel to Cherbourg |
Subsequently interned at Cherbourg | |
1928: Rebuilt as a minelayer | |
Fwd screw removed & armed with 4 x 1 x 10cm & 2 x 1 x 37mm AA guns | |
08/12/1942: Seized by Germany at Bizerta and handed to Italian forces | |
06/05/1943: Scuttled at Bizerta | |
1946: Refloated | |
18/08/1947: Stricken from French Navy list & broken up at Bizerta |
Above photo as KOSMA MININ is courtesy of Ian Rae
Above photo as CASTOR is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo of builder's model is courtesy of Photoship