''Azov'' (russian: Азо́в) was a

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that was built in 1944 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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as ''Deike Rickmers'' for Rickmers Line. In 1945, she was seized by the Allies and passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), renamed ''Empire Concord''. In 1946, she was passed to the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

and renamed ''Azov''. She served until 1973 when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was built in 1944 by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg. The ship was long, with a beam of a depth of . She had a GRT of 1,953 and a NRT of 935. The ship was propelled by a four-cylinder compound steam engine, which had two cylinders of 16 inches (42 cm) diameter and two cylinders of 35 inches (90 cm) diameter by 35 inches (90 cm) stroke. The engine was built by Waggon und Maschinenbau,

Görlitz Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, :de:Ostlausitzer Mundart, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and ...

History

''Deike Rickmers'' was built for Rickmers Line, Hamburg. In May 1945, ''Deike Rickmers'' was seized by the Allies 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 passed to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Concord''. She was placed under the management of the Dillwyn Steamship Co Ltd. 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 ...

. The

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GFQB and United Kingdom

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180720 were allocated.

Soviet Union period

In 1946, ''Empire Conclyde'' was transferred to the Soviet Union, and was renamed ''Azov''. Following the end of the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...

in 1950, she was the first foreign ship to sail up the Pearl River to

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. In 1958, during the repair at city Dalnyi (CPP) was reconstructed for liquid fuel use and became a cargo-passenger ship as per project "Dalsudoremstroy". МОРСКОЙ ФЛОТ СССР >> Суда ММФ СССР >> п/х Азов.
/ref> The ship received IMO number 5032254. ''Azov'' served until 1973, when she was scrapped at Kure,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Photos

Steamer ''Азов''.

References

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