| Name: | KOSTROMA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/01/1888 |
| Completed: | 03/1888 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 274 |
| Dimensions: | 3513grt, 1996nrt, 375.0 x 42.2x 20.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (31, 46 & 78 x 56ins), 525nhp |
| Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 03/1888 | Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Odessa |
| 1904 | Russian Imperial Navy - Baltic fleet |
| 07/1905 | Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Vladivostok |
| 07/09/1913 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Launched as PORT CAROLINE for W Milburn & Co, London |
| 1904: In service as a hospital ship - Russian Red Cross Flag | |
| 27/05/1905: Captured by Japanese auxiliary cruiser SADO MARU in Tsushima Strait | |
| 07/1905: Released under the terms of the Hague Convention regarding hospital ships | |
| 07/09/1913: Wrecked near Karaginsky Gulf in the Bering Sea | |
| On a voyage from Chukotka to Vladivostok with a cargo of fish | |
| 193x: Wreck broken up for scrap |
Above photo, dated about 1904, is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo, dated about 1908, is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
Above photo is courtesy of Gangut Issue 3 St Petersburg
Above photo, dated about 1914, is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
Jarrow Express, Friday, 03/02/1888