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Name: RUSSIAN PRINCE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 01/10/1888
Completed: 10/1888
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Elswick
Yard Number: 537
Dimensions: 2688grt, 1904nrt, 310.0 x 40.4 x 28.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37 & 60 x 39ins), 225nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipways Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96126
History:
10/1888 Prince Line (J Knott), Newcastle
1912 d'Armements I & C; renamed KASBEK
1920 Vasco-Valenciana; renamed EDUARDO
by 1930 Cia de Petroleo Porto-Pi, Barcelona
1935 Broken up
Comments: One of the earliest designs of engines placed aft rather than midships
1927: Used as a storage hulk
1935: Broken up


Above photo as RUSSIAN PRINCE courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as RUSSIAN PRINCE courtesy of Richard Cox