Name: | SARATOVSKIY LEDOKOL |
Launched: | 07/05/1895 |
Completed: | 1895 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 627 |
Dimensions: | 569grt, 42nrt, 140.0 x 335.8 x 15.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (26 & 50 x 30ins), 228nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1895 | Riazan - Uralsk Railroad Company, Saratov |
1923 | People's Commissariat of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union - NKPS |
1946 | Ministry of Railways, USSR |
12/1968 | Sank |
Comments: | Designed for use on the River Volga with train ferry SARATOVSKAYA PEREPRAVA |
She was cut in half longitudinally to permit transit through the Marinsky Canal | |
en route from the Baltic to the Volga | |
1967: Laid up at Engels, Saratov Oblast | |
12/1968: Sank at moorings and not raised |
Above photo showing the longitudinal break is copyright of the Nizhny Novgorod State Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Nizhny Novgorod State Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Nizhny Novgorod State Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Nizhny Novgorod State Museum
Above: SARATOVSKIY LEDOKOL leads SARATOVSKAYA PEREPRAVA. Photo is copyright of the Nizhny Novgorod State Museum
Above photo showing the submerged hulk is copyright of Valery Kovlyar
Marine Engineer, June 1895