| Name: | RUSSIA also seen as ROSSIYA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/01/1872 |
| Completed: | 1872 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 146 |
| Dimensions: | 2269grt, 1313nrt, 321.0 x 37.2 x 25.7ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (63 & 63 x 45ins), 240hp; (1887: T3cyl (26, 41 & 70 x 45ins) 329nhp) |
| Engines by: | J Penn & Sons, London; (1887: Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1872 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co, Odessa |
| 09/1877 | Imperial Russian Navy |
| 07/1878 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co, Odessa |
| by 1914 | Hulked |
| Comments: | 09/1877: Converted to an auxiliary cruiser by the Imperial Russian Navy |
| 1914: Noted as a hulk in Lloyd’s Register |