| Name: | MARIA also seen as MARIE and MARIYA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 10/06/1893 |
| Completed: | 08/1893 |
| Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
| Yard: | Walker |
| Yard Number: | 57 |
| Dimensions: | 1302grt, 950nrt, 239.6 x 32.2 x 13.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 36ins), 153nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 08/1893 | Russian Company for Sea & Land Insurance & Conveyance of Goods, Odessa |
| 1905 | Russian Transport & Insurance Co, Odessa |
| 1922 | S Schembri & Sons, Malta; renamed GEORGE |
| 1922 | Government of the USSR |
| 22/09/1922 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 36 x 1st Class & 80 x 3rd Class passengers |
| 1914: Accommodation for 50 x 2nd Class & 344 x 3rd Class passengers | |
| 1915: Requisitioned by the Imperial Russian Navy as Black Sea Transport N40 | |
| 05/01/1918: Under German control at Sevastopol | |
| 27/11/1918: Under Anglo/French control at Sevastopol | |
| 09/08/1922: Seized at Batoum by the Russian / Georgian Authorities | |
| 22/09/1922: Sunk by a mine on a voyage from Batoum to Odessa |
Above photo as MARIA, at Gurzuf in about 1903, is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as MARIA is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
Above photo as MARIA (in about 1912). Photo is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
Above photo as TRANSPORT N40 is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
Above photo as TRANSPORT N40 is courtesy of the Kostrichenko VV collection
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 12/06/1893