Name: | ROSTOFF |
Launched: | 25/01/1868 |
Completed: | 1868 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 161 |
Dimensions: | 196grt, 78nrt, 135.1 x 23.6 x 7.7ft; (by 1930: 178grt, 72nrt, 133.6 x 22.3 x 6.9ft) |
Engines: | C2cyl (19 & 32 x 39ins), 53nhp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1868 | Commissioners for the Conservancy of the Don Estuary, Rostoff-on-Don |
187x | Renamed KOTZEBUE |
1920 | Government of Soviet Russia, Rostoff-on-Don |
1922 | Renamed STOURMAN |
24/08/1942 | Destroyed |
Comments: | Built as a tug for non-propelled dredgers |
1918 - 1920: Russia Civil War - owner unknown | |
25/07/1941: Hired to Soviet Navy, Black Sea Fleet as a minesweeper | |
24/08/1942: Destroyed by the crew in the port of Temryuk | |
It was impossible to evacuate the vessel from the Sea of Azov |