An item reported that the Russian transports Taymyr (1) and Waigats (2) visited Sabang, Dutch East Indies between 17-23 May 1910.(3)
Notes
1. Built by the Nevsky Shipyard, St. Petersburg in Russia in 1909 and served until the 1950. Sister ship Vaygach,
2. Sister ship Taymyr. Built in 1909 and sunk after striking an underwater rock in the Yenisei Bay of the Kara Sea in 1910.
3. The Dutch newspaper De Sumatra Post dated 11 June 1910 reported the visit by the Russian warship Taymyr and Väigatch departing in October 1909 from Russia bound for Vladivostok meanwhile visiting several harbour. From Vladivostok was the intention to return to Russia via the Bering Strait. The ships like built as icebreakers and manned by volunteers. After a week they departed for Singapore. The newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 30 July 1914 also called them icebreakers.
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1909-1910.
Notes
1. Built by the Nevsky Shipyard, St. Petersburg in Russia in 1909 and served until the 1950. Sister ship Vaygach,
2. Sister ship Taymyr. Built in 1909 and sunk after striking an underwater rock in the Yenisei Bay of the Kara Sea in 1910.
3. The Dutch newspaper De Sumatra Post dated 11 June 1910 reported the visit by the Russian warship Taymyr and Väigatch departing in October 1909 from Russia bound for Vladivostok meanwhile visiting several harbour. From Vladivostok was the intention to return to Russia via the Bering Strait. The ships like built as icebreakers and manned by volunteers. After a week they departed for Singapore. The newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 30 July 1914 also called them icebreakers.
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1909-1910.
