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Name: TSESAREWITCH ALEXANDER
Type: Passenger Mail Steamer
Launched: 24/12/1874
Completed: 1875
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 310
Dimensions: 903grt, 624nrt, 242.0 x 29.0 x 10.0(draft)ft
Engines: C2cyl, 150nhp, 750ihp
Engines by: J Penn & Sons, London
Propulsion: Paddle, 10.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1875 Caucasus & Mercury Steam Navigation Company
1915 Obschestvo KAMVO, Astrakhan
No later history known
Comments: Various spellings seen TSERAREWITCH, TSESAREVITCH, ALEKSANDR and ALEXANDR
Built for service in the Caspian Sea
Accommodation for 27 x 1st, 41 x 2nd & 333 x 3rd Class passengers (in 1910)
1895: Rebuilt at Baku (Caucasus & Mercury Co plant)


Above photo is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection

Above photo of Baku Bay is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection

Above photo is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection