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Russian cargo ship (ex-Brunswyk 1911-1934) Aldan 1934-1962

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Zeeuws Archief, toegang 7506 Machinefabriek en Ketelmakerij inv.nr. 1266 ketels 616-617

Call sign UOYZ. Homeport Leningrad. Laid down by N.V. Scheepswerf v/h Jan Smit Czn., Alblasserdam, Netherlands with yard number 468 on 23 June 1911, launched on 18 December 1911, delivered to owner N.V. Maatschappij s.s. Brunswijk, manager Firma Erhardt&Dekkers, both at Rotterdam, Netherlands on 26 January 1912, N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Wijklijn, Rotterdam, owner since 1932, sold to A/O Sovtorgflot, owner, manager Baltiyskoe Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parohodstvo (Baltic Shipping Company), renamed Aldan on 5 April 1934, Severnoe Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parokhodstvo (Northern Shipping Company), Archangel (Arkhangelsk) manager since 1 January 1940, under SOW charter allied controlled with call sign BSQW used as submarine mothership travelling between Iceland and England, under SOW charter managed by Far Eastern Shipping, Vladivostok since 2 January 1944, Sakhalinskoe Morskoe Parokhodstvo (Sakhalin Shipping Company), Kholmsk manager since 25 May 1946, laid up on 15 October 1962 and probably broken up. No longer mentioned in LLoyds Register since 1970. Boilers Nos. 616-617 and donkey boiler No. 620 and engine No. 286 delivered by Kon. Mij. De Schelde, she arrived on 24/28 December 1911 and departed on 26 January 1912.

Gross tonnage 2,172 tons, under deck 1,958 tons, net tonnage 1,309 tons, deadweight 3,600 tons and as dimensions 287.7 x 42.1 x 19.4 x 19 (loaded) feet. Speed 8 knots. Grain capacity 169,000 cubic feet, bale capacity 158,000 cubic feet.

Sources

ONI Russian Pacific ships

Lloyds Registers

Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank

Zeeuws Archief, toegang 7506 Machinefabriek en Ketelmakerij inv.nos. 852-853, 1262 and 1266: 

Krantenbank Zeeland

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