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Name: VOLGA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: n/a
Completed: 1858
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 48
Dimensions: 402grt, 277nrt, 197.3 x 30.6 x 8.5(draft)ft
Engines: 2cyl, 94nhp, 452ihp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.5knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1858 Caucasus & Mercury Company, Astrakhan
1915 Obschestvo KAMVO, Astrakhan
No later history known
Comments: Shipped in sections for the Caspian Sea via the River Volga
Launched at Astrakhan, on the Volga, in about 1860
by 1910: Accommodation for 20 x 1st & 300 x 3rd Class passengers
Engine never upgraded, but new boilers in 1878, 1890 & 1911