| Name: | LUCH also seen as LOUTSCH |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 28/10/1886 |
| Completed: | 12/1886 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 267 |
| Dimensions: | 1446grt, 914nrt, 255.5 x 34.2 x 17.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (20, 32 & 53 x 36ins), 175nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1922: 137750) |
| History: | |
| 12/1886 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co, Odessa |
| 1907 | AI Merkuliev, Odessa |
| 1911 | SS Co "Ocean" Ltd, Odessa |
| 1920 | British Baku Trading & Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed LADY ELINOR |
| 1922 | Chernomorsk-Azov Shipping, Odessa; renamed CHAUMIAN (SHAUMYAN) |
| 1924 | A/O Sovtorgflot, Odessa |
| 1934 | Hulked |
| Comments: | 1886: Designed with engine aft |
| 08/1922: Seized by Georgia at Batoum and handed to Russian Federal government | |
| 1934: Struck rocks near Tuapse & towed to Tuapse | |
| 1934: Hulked as a stationary school at Tuapse | |
| 1937: Stricken from USSR Marine Register as sold for scrap & engine removed | |
| 1938: Hulk remained at Tuapse but unused | |
| 195x: Broken up |
Above photo as CHAUMIAN (SHAUMYAN) is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 29/10/1886