| Name: | ACHILLEUS |
| Launched: | 18/05/1867 |
| Completed: | 08/1867 |
| Builder: | John Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 45 |
| Dimensions: | 117grt, 105.3 x 18.0 x 9.7ft; (by 1918: 127grt, 48nrt, 101.8 x 19.0 x 10.3ft) |
| Engines: | SL2cyl, 50hp; (by 1918: 2cyl (28.25 & 28.25 x 33.5ins), 35nhp |
| Engines By: | Thomas Hepple & Son, Low Walker; (by 1918: Newcastle) |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 56077 |
| History: | |
| 1867 | John Wigham Richardson & George Cleugh, Newcastle |
| 1867 | Brailoff Towing Co, Brailoff |
| 1871 | L Perelman & G Terle, Odessa |
| 1879 | P Radonaki & S Foresti, Odessa |
| 1884 | PF Radonaki, Odessa |
| 1890 | Ivanovy, Rossolini & Solmos, Nikolaev |
| 1995 | M Solmos, Nikolaev |
| 1905 | AN Spozito, Nikolaev |
| 1908 | Renamed OTETS |
| 1911 | NI Spozito, Nikolaev |
| No further history known | |
| Comments: | Also appears on the Thomas Hepple yard list. |
| Registered at Newcastle for the delivery voyage to Brailoff | |
| Brailoff is the Russian name for Braila, near Galati in Rumania | |
| Nikolaev is to the the East of Odessa | |
| 11/1917: Still reported as in existence | |
| LR1918 has name as OTEZ ex ACHILLES | |
| Thanks to David Asprey & Andreas von Mach for the above details |
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 20th May 1867