| Name: | MERIDIAN |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/05/1897 |
| Completed: | 05/1897 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 348 |
| Dimensions: | 981grt, 758nrt, 225.0 x 31.8 x 12.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (11.5, 18 & 30 x 20ins), 400nhp, 1500ihp |
| Engines by: | Ross & Duncan, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 05/1897 | Eastern Carrying, Insurance, Storing & Warrant Co, Astrakhan |
| 1915 | Obschestvo 'Kamvo', Astrakhan |
| 06/1920 | Kaspmortran, Baku |
| 1922 | Caspian Shipping, Baku |
| 1923 | A/O 'Kaspar', Baku |
| 1930 | A/O 'Sovtorgflot', Baku |
| 1938 | 'Kasptanker', Baku |
| 08/1941 | Soviet Navy |
| 11/1943 | 'Kasptanker', Baku |
| 1953 | Caspian Shipping, Baku |
| 1954 | Withdrawn |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 21x 1st and 25 x 3rd Class passengers |
| Towed & rafted via Volga-Baltic Waterway (Mariinsk Canal system) to the Caspian Sea | |
| 1910: Deleted Lloyd's Register - Caspian Sea service only | |
| 08/1941: Requisitioned by the Soviet Navy & used as a floating anti-aircraft battery PZB2 | |
| 11/1943: Released from requisition | |
| 1954: Withdrawn from service, disposal unknown |
Above photo, taken in about 1943, is courtesy of Lemachko BV