| Name: | PRINCE POTEMKIN also seen as KNYAZ POTEMKIN |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/05/1887 |
| Completed: | 07/1887 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 272 |
| Dimensions: | 714grt, 499nrt, 233.5 x 26.6 x 15.3ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (20, 32 & 53 x 36ins), 169nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots (trial speed 14.6knots) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 07/1887 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Company, Odessa |
| 12/1941 | Renamed POTEMKIN |
| 1942 | Government of Germany |
| 05/1944 | Renamed SPERRBRECHER 194 (SM241) |
| 1953 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built for the service between Odessa and Kherson in the Black Sea |
| Accommodation for 50 x 1st Class, 52 x 2nd Class and a large number of deck passengers | |
| 06/04/1919: Abandoned at Tendra during the evacuation of Odessa | |
| Prior to 15/05/1919: Sank at Tendra | |
| 1933: Refloated and then laid up | |
| 12/1941: Returned to service | |
| 04/05/1942: Stranded near Kamys Burun while under German air attack | |
| 1942: Captured by German forces, repaired at Nikolayev and returned to service as a Sperrbrecher in May 1944 (converted at Galatz) | |
| A Sperrbrecher, was a German auxiliary ship of the Second World War that was intended to serve as a type of minesweeper, by sailing ahead of other vessels through minefields, intending to detonate any mines in their path. | |
| Also used as anti-aircraft ships, the Sperrbrecher suffered heavy losses in the war | |
| 25/08/1944: Sank off Braila during a Soviet air attack | |
| Subsequently refloated and used as a hulk | |
| 1953: Broken up |
Above photo is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
Above photo is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
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Jarrow Express, Friday, 15/07/1887