| Name: | VTOROI also recorded as VTORI |
| Launched: | 16/06/1894 |
| Completed: | 08/1894 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 624 |
| Dimensions: | 264grt, 117nrt, 185.0 x 25.0 x 7.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (16 & 30 x 42ins), 97nhp |
| Engines by: | Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley |
| Propulsion: | Paddle & chain |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1894 | Government of Russia, Ministry of Ways & Communications |
| 1910 | Balandins Bros, Minusinsk; renamed OTVAJNY |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | For service on Siberian rivers in connection with Trans-Siberian railway |
| Used on the River Enisey (or Yeniseisk) | |
| Failed to overcome the Angara rapids, so chain removed | |
| 1900: On Lake Baikal | |
| 1902: Chain removed and rebuilt as paddle tug | |
| 1910: Transported by rail to Yenisey river |
Above photo showing PERVOI & VTOROI is copyright of Newcastle City Libraries
Above photo showing the windlass for the chain between the funnels is copyright of Newcastle City Libraries
Above photo of PERVOI on the Yenisey river is courtesy of the Lemachko BV Collection
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Monday, 06/08/1894