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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