Name: | ROSSIYA or RUSSIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/05/1896 |
Completed: | 07/1896 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 82 |
Dimensions: | 1322grt, 910nrt, 239.6 x 32.1 x 13.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 36ins), 155nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/1896 | Russian Co of Sea, River & Land Insurance & Conveyance of Goods, Odessa |
1903 | Russian Transport & Insurance Co (ROSTRANS), Odessa |
1921 | Schembri & Sons, Valleta; renamed HEDWIGE |
1922 | Soviet Russian Government; renamed NOVOROSSISK |
1924 | A/O ‘Sovtorgflot’, Odessa |
12/08/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 1914-1918: Russian Navy requisition, served as a minesweeper depot ship, Black Sea |
1916: Russian Transport & Insurance Co bankrupt & ceased trading | |
01/1917: All ROSTRANS vessels now owned by the Government of Russian Empire | |
08/1922: Seized by the USSR at Odessa request | |
12/08/1941: Beached after German air attack off Cape Sychevka. Became a total loss | |
On a voyage from Kherson to Odessa |