''Yaroslavl'' (russian: Ярослáвль) was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as ''Santander'' in 1943 by

Deutsche Werft Deutsche Werft (English: German Shipyard) was a shipbuilding company in Finkenwerder Rüschpark, Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1918 by Albert Ballin and with Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH), ''Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft'' ( AEG) and ' ...

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for the Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei. She was seized as a

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in 1945, passing to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed ''Empire Gage''. She was chartered to the Dutch government later that year and was renamed ''Arnhem''. Allocated to the

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in 1946, she was renamed ''Yaroslavl''. She served until 1971, when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was long overall ( between perpendiculars), with a beam of . She had a depth of , and a draught of . She was assessed as , , . She had a capacity of grain of of bale goods. The ship was propelled by a compound steam engine, which had two cylinders of 42 cm (16 inches) and two cylinders of 90 cm (35 inches) diameter by 90 cm (35 inches) stroke. The engine was built by Deutsche Werft. Rated at 1,200 IHP, it could propel the ship at .

History

''Santander'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1943 as

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Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

for Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei,

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. Her port of registry was

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. Laid down on 29 March 1943, she was launched on 13 August and completed on 21 October. In May 1945, ''Santander'' was seized as a

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, Denmark , where she was housing refugees from the

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. She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport. She was renamed ''Empire Gage''. The

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GJFB and United Kingdom

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180584 were allocated. Her port of registry was

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and she was operated under the management of Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd. In August, she was chartered by the Dutch Government. She was placed under the control of the Maatschappij Zeetransport NV and operated under the management of A Veder & Co. Her port or registry was

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and the

PCUM were allocated. When the charter ended she was returned to the United Kingdom and renamed ''Empire Gage''. In April 1946, ''Empire Gage'' was allocated to the

and was renamed ''Yaroslavl''. Owned by Sovtorgflot, She was operated by the Baltic Shipping Company. Her port of registry was

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and the Code Letters UKEG were allocated. Circa 1949, she was transferred to the Sakhalin Shipping Co., Kholmsk. She served until 1971, when she was scrapped in the Soviet Union.

References

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