Russian cargo ship Berdyansk 1959-

Russia-flagged, homeport Leningrad. Built by Wärtsilla-Chrichton-Vulkan, Åbo/Turku, Finland in 1959. Call sing UIWP. Of the Baltic Steamship Company. Russian dry cargo ship Arkhangelsk type. To this three deck dry cargo carriers belonged the Arkhangelsk, Baltiysk, Michurinsk, Bratsk, Kirovsk, Izhevsk, Dolinsk, Berdyansk, Almetevsk, Aleksandrovsk, Sretensk, Kislovodsk, Atkarsk, Alapaevsk, Lgov and Chernyakhovsk.

Deadweight 8,580 tons, deadweight cargo capacity 7.162 tons, gross register tonnage 5.436 tons and net register tonnage 2.958 tons. Dimensions 130,30 (between perpendiculars)-139,40 (over all) x 17,68 (moulded) x 8,70 (depth to main deck). Draught 3,19 (light)7,83 (mean loaded)) meters. Draught 19,1 displacement tons/centimetres. Total cargo capacity 13.631 (bale)-14.926 (grain) cubic metres. Speed 15,4 (in ballast)-14,4 (full loaded) knots and as nautical range 16.240 miles.