| Name: | SARATOVSKAYA PEREPRAVA |
| Type: | Train Ferry |
| Launched: | 13/06/1895 |
| Completed: | 1895 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 628 |
| Dimensions: | 1417grt, 1051nrt, 243.0 x 55.6 x 12.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (26 & 50 x 30ins), 228nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1895 | Riazan - Uralsk Railroad Company, Saratov |
| 1923 | People's Commissariat of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union - NKPS |
| 1926 | Renamed STALIN |
| 1946 | Ministry of Railways, USSR |
| 1955 | Renamed SARATOVSKAYA PEREPRAVA |
| 1957 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Designed for use on the River Volga with icebreaker SARATOVSKIY LEDOKOL |
| Specially constructed so she could be broken into 4 pieces on arrival in Russia | |
| The hull was divided longitudinally & transversely for passage though locks | |
| Fitted with a large hydraulic hoist so that freight could be lifted on if neccessary |
Above: SARATOVSKIY LEDOKOL leads SARATOVSKAYA PEREPRAVA. Photo is copyright of the Nizhny Novgorod State Museum
Above photo as STALIN is copyright of the Nizhny Novgorod State Museum
Above photo as STALIN is copyright of the Nizhny Novgorod State Museum
Above photo of a model at Newcastle Discovery Museum is by RL Kitterman
The model is shown loaded with a train of twenty eight goods vans
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 14/06/1895
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 15/06/1895