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Name: ZANG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/04/1888
Completed: 05/1888
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 525
Dimensions: 465grt, 298nrt, 170.0 x 25.6 x 11.0ft
Engines: 2 x C2cyl (16 & 30 x 18ins), 70nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/1888 Massis Steam Navigation Co Ltd, St Petersburg
1900 St Petersburg Transport Co Nadeshda, Astrakhan
1920 Kaspmortran, Baku
1923 A/O Kaspar, Baku
1925/1927 Broken up
Comments: Designed to be cut into two for passing through the locks to the Caspian Sea
1925/1927: Broken up – deleted from Lloyd’s Register in 1911


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Jarrow Express, Friday, 27/04/1888

Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Wednesday, 16/05/1888