''Korsun Shevtshenkovsky'' (

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: Корсүнь Шевченковкий) was a

cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usu ...

that was built in 1943 as ''Wilhelmshafen'' by Duivendijks Scheepwerke, Lekkerkerk, Netherlands for Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG. She was seized by the British in 1945, passed to the

Ministry of War Transport The Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) was a department of the British Government formed early in the Second World War to control transportation policy and resources. It was formed by merging the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Transport ...

(MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Douglas''. She was transferred to the Soviet Government in 1946 and renamed ''Korsun Shevtshenkovsky'', serving until 1972 when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was built in 1943 by Duivendijks Scheepwerke, Lekkerkerk. The ship was long, with a

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of . She was assessed at , . (Enter GNDJ or Empire Douglas in relevant search box) The ship was propelled by a

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History

''Wilhelmshafen'' was built for Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG,

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. She was launched in 1943. In 1945, she was seized by the British at

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

. She was transferred to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Douglas''. The United Kingdom

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180738 and

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GNDJ were allocated. Her port of registry was changed to

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. In February 1946, ''Empire Douglas'' was transferred to the Soviet Union under the

Potsdam Agreement The Potsdam Agreement (german: Potsdamer Abkommen) was the agreement between three of the Allies of World War II: the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union on 1 August 1945. A product of the Potsdam Conference, it concerned th ...

. She was renamed ''Korsun Shevtshenkovsky'' (Корсүнь Шевченковкий). Her port of registry was

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

. She served until 1972, when she was scrapped at

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...

, Belgium.

References

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