| Name: | EKATERINOSLAV |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/01/1896 |
| Completed: | 06/1896 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 334 |
| Dimensions: | 5492grt, 3291nrt, 431.0 x 49.7 x 29.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (21, 34 & 55 x 42ins), 532nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 06/1896 | Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Odessa |
| 1905 | Japanese Navy; renamed KARASAKI |
| 1946 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 06/02/1904: Captured by Japanese cruisers off Busan |
| Whilst on a voyage from Vladivostok to Odessa | |
| 02/1904: Used as troop transport until 10/1904 | |
| 1905: Converted for use as a submarine tender | |
| Armament: 1 x 12pdr QF & 4 x 1 x 3pdr QF guns | |
| 1939: Hulked at Kure as HAIKAN NO 9 | |
| 1946: Broken up |
Above photo as EKATERINOSLAV is courtesy of Lemachko BV
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Above image showing the profile of EKATERINOSLAV is copyright of the National Maritime Museum
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Above photo shows KARASAKI as a submarine tender