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Name: HUSKISSON
Launched: 21/11/1911
Completed: 01/1912
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields
Yard Number: 285
Dimensions: 194grt, 76nrt, 100.4 x 23.6 x 12.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 27 & 44 x 27ins), 86nhp, 850ihp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 131413
History:
22/01/1912 Alexandra Towing Co Ltd, Liverpool
1914 Russian Government; renamed SALVAGE STEAMER NO 1
05/1914 Renamed SPASATELNYY NO 1
06/1914 Russian Imperial Navy - Baltic Fleet; renamed ORANIENBAUM
1918 Soviet Navy - Baltic Fleet
1924 Renamed TRANSPORTNIK
1932 Renamed KP-1
1943 Renamed K-1
No later history known
Comments:


Above photo as HUSKISSON is courtesy of Alfred Turner