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