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Name: NIKO
Type: Water tanker
Keel: 18/05/1868
Launched 07/07/1868
Completed: 06/08/1868
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 53
Dimensions: 47grt, 32nrt, 66dwt, 70.0 x 15.0 x 6.4ft
Engines: 2cyl (9 & 9 x 12ins), 20nhp
Engines by: Clarke, Watson & Gurney, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 62337
History:
06/08/1868 Richard Ramsey, Odessa; registered at Newcastle
1868 Lozovo-Sebastopolskaja Railway Co
1877 Russian Imperial Navy - Black Sea fleet
14/11/1920 Soviet Navy - Black Sea fleet
1921 Renamed POJARNY
No later history known
Comments: For use as a water tanker in the port of Sevastopol
1920: For use as a fire boat in the port of Sevastopol
1921: POJARNY translates as Firefighter
1922: Laid up - in need of repairs