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Name: KNIAZ POJARSKY
Type: Ice Breaker
Launched: 28/09/1916
Completed: 12/1916
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1021
Dimensions: 2432grt, 891nrt, 236.0 x 57.1 x 27.3ft
Engines: Fwd: T3cyl (18.5, 30.5 & 50 x 36ins)
Aft: 2 x T3cyl (21.5, 35.5 & 58 x 36ins), 904nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 3 x Screws
Reg Number: n/a
History:
12/1916 Russian Government, Arkhangelsk
1920 Soviet Navy; renamed LIEUTENANT SHMIDT
1921 Government Black & Azov Seas SS Co (Sovtorgflot), Odessa
1921 Renamed STEPAN MAKAROFF
17/11/1941 Missing
Comments: 17/11/1941: Missing in the Black Sea


Above photo of builder's model is courtesy of Photoship