Name: | VOLGA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | n/a |
Completed: | 1858 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 48 |
Dimensions: | 402grt, 277nrt, 197.3 x 30.6 x 8.5(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2cyl, 94nhp, 452ihp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1858 | Caucasus & Mercury Company, Astrakhan |
1915 | Obschestvo KAMVO, Astrakhan |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Shipped in sections for the Caspian Sea via the River Volga |
Launched at Astrakhan, on the Volga, in about 1860 | |
by 1910: Accommodation for 20 x 1st & 300 x 3rd Class passengers | |
Engine never upgraded, but new boilers in 1878, 1890 & 1911 |