| Name: | LEDOKOL 3 also seen as LEDOKOL III |
| Type: | Icebreaker |
| Launched: | 28/07/1899 |
| Completed: | 10/1899 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 690 |
| Dimensions: | 907grt, 152nrt, 148.7 x 42.0 x 15.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 38 & 61 x 39ins), 312nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1899 | Government of Russian Empire - Ministry of Finance |
| 1905 | Government of Russian Empire - Ministry of Trade & Commerce |
| 1918 | Unknown owner |
| 1919 | White Russian forces; renamed DZHIGIT |
| 10/02/1923 | Unknown owner |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Ledokol translates as Icebreaker in Russian |
| 1899: For use in the port of Odessa & Black Sea | |
| 1918: Russian civil war | |
| 1919: White Russian Black Sea fleet as an armed gunboat | |
| 1921: Laid up at Bizerte, unarmed & for sale | |
| 10/02/1923: Probably sold to China via Greek intermediaries | |
| Probably converted into a salvage tug and renamed |
Above photo is copyright of Newcastle City Libraries
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 31/07/1899