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Sunday, 10 January 2016

Polish river paddlewheel steam ship (ex-T-2) ORP Admiral Sierpinek 1920-1939 (1941)

Former Russian steamship Tatiana. Part of the Pinsk Riverine Flotilla since 13 August 1920. Scuttled by her own crew on 17 September 1939. Salvaged by the Russians but sunk by German aircraft in 1941. Dimensions 40 x 5 metres and a tonnage of 118 ton. The armament consisted of 2 machineguns. Original passenger ship. Later renamed Pripyat?