| 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 |