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Saturday, 18 July 2026

Russian research vessel (ex-Mars 1939-1945, Empire Forth 1945-1946, Equator 1946-?, Admiral Makarov ?-1949) RV Vityaz 1949-

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Built by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen, Germany with yard number 614 in 1939. During the Second World War used by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and as military hospital ship between 1942-1945, seized at Copenhagen, Denmark by England in 1945, allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946, converted into a research vessel between 1948-1949, retired in 1979 and since 1982 museum ship. 

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