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