Name: | ALEXANDROS |
Launched: | 23/04/1894 |
Completed: | 22/05/1894 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 175 |
Dimensions: | 75grt, 26nrt, 78.4 x 16.1 x 8.8ft |
Engines: | SL1cyl (23 x 46ins), 30nhp |
Engines by: | Baird & Barnsley, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle, 8.5knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1894 | Vagliano Bros, Mariupol, Russia |
1895 | D Charadjsoff, Mariupol |
1895 | AD Khorodjaev & Co, Mariupol; renamed ALEXANDER |
1920 | Government of Soviet Russia, Taganrog; renamed URITSKY |
20/08/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 1894: For use in the Sea of Azov |
1918 - 1919: Ownership unknown due to Russian civil war | |
20/08/1942: Scuttled at Temryuk, Sea of Azov | |
Because exit to the Black sea was controlled by German forces | |
24/08/1942: Temryuk wa captured by German forces |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 23/05/1894
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 29/05/1894