| Name: | ERMACK also seen as YERMAK |
| Type: | Ice Breaker |
| Launched: | 29/10/1898 |
| Completed: | 1898 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 684 |
| Dimensions: | 5128grt, 1420nrt, 305.0 x 71.0 x 40.6ft; |
| (by 1918: 4817grt, 2831nrt, 320.0 x 71.0 x 35.6ft) | |
| Engines: | 4 x T3cyl (25, 39 & 64 x 42ins), 1062nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw forward, 3 x Screws aft |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1898 | Government of Russia, St Petersburg |
| 1920 | Baltmortran, Petrograd |
| 1924 | Leningradskiy torgovyi port, Leningrad |
| 1934 | Murmanskiy torgovyi port, Murmansk |
| 1939 | Leningradskiy torgovyi port, Leningrad |
| 10/1941 | Soviet Navy |
| 06/1944 | Leningradskiy torgovyi port, Leningrad |
| 1953 | Murmanskiy torgovyi port, Murmansk |
| 1965 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1900: Lengthened by the addition of a new bow, with an improved shape |
| 11/09/1900: New bow launched. See press report below | |
| 10/1941: Requisitioned by the Soviet Navy | |
| 1965: Broken up at Murmansk |
Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo, showing the new bow ready for mating with the old hull, is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo, showing the new bow attached, is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 13/09/1900
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 20/11/1900