TYNE BUILT SHIPS
  A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

Home

Shipbuilders

Ships

River Views

About

Copyright


Select

Ship Name

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

XYZ



Name: KOSTROMA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/01/1888
Completed: 03/1888
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 274
Dimensions: 3513grt, 1996nrt, 375.0 x 42.2x 20.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (31, 46 & 78 x 56ins), 525nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
03/1888 Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Odessa
1904 Russian Imperial Navy - Baltic fleet
07/1905 Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Vladivostok
07/09/1913 Wrecked
Comments: Launched as PORT CAROLINE for W Milburn & Co, London
1904: In service as a hospital ship - Russian Red Cross Flag
27/05/1905: Captured by Japanese auxiliary cruiser SADO MARU in Tsushima Strait
07/1905: Released under the terms of the Hague Convention regarding hospital ships
07/09/1913: Wrecked near Karaginsky Gulf in the Bering Sea
On a voyage from Chukotka to Vladivostok with a cargo of fish
193x: Wreck broken up for scrap


Above photo, dated about 1904, is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo, dated about 1908, is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection

Above photo is courtesy of Gangut Issue 3 St Petersburg

Above photo, dated about 1914, is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection

Jarrow Express, Friday, 03/02/1888