Name: | SERGEI VITTE also seen as SERGEI WITTE, SERGII WITTE & SERGEY VITTE |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/06/1898 |
Completed: | 04/08/1898 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 344 |
Dimensions: | 700grt, 423nrt, 574dwt, 196.8 x 27.8 x 10.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (16, 25 & 42 x 30ins), 112nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
04/08/1898 | Archangel Mourman Steam Navigation Co, Archangel |
1920 | Government of the USSR, Northern Shipping Co, Archangel; renamed PROLETARIY |
1921 | Renamed KANIN |
1943 | Government of the USSR, Sevryba, Archangel |
1960 | Broken up |
Comments: | Contract Price £18246; Profit £2944-18s-9d |
Accommodation for 12 x 1st & 20 x 2nd Class plus steerage passengers | |
Built for trading in the Artic, Kara and White Seas | |
1940: Commissioned as an auxiliary minelayer with the Northern Fleet (No ZM91) | |
1943: Reverted to mercantile service |
Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 09/06/1898