Russian steam transport Amur launched at St. Petersburg, Russia according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1899 no. 1

An item reported that the Russian steam transport Amur with a displacement of 2.500 tons and a horsepower of 5.000 ihp was launched on 8 November [1899] at the Baltic yard at St. Petersburg, Russia. She was to be used as torpedo depot ship