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that was built in 1921 by Stettiner Oderwerke AG,

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owners. In 1942 she was wrecked off

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but was salvaged and returned to service. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at

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, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Connaught''. In 1946, she was allocated to the Soviet Government and renamed ''Nemirovich Danchenko''. She served until 1971, when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was built in 1921 by

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. The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of . The ship had a GRT of 998 and a NRT of 545. The ship was propelled by a

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, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Stettiner Oderwerke.

History

''Johannes C Russ'' was built for Schiffart-und Assekuranz Gesellschaft GmbH. She was placed under the management of Ernst Russ,

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. Her port of registry was Hamburg and the

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RBVJ were allocated. In 1934, her Code letters were changed to DHNG. On 21 October 1941, ''Johannes C Russ'' was wrecked off

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. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service. ''Johannes C Russ'' was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at

. She was passed to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Connaught''. Her port of registry was changed to

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180704 were allocated. In 1946, ''Empire Connaught'' was allocated to the Soviet Government and was renamed ''Nemirovich Danchenko''. She served until she was scrapped in 1971.

Soviet Union period of this ship.

In winter 1947 the Soviet steamship '' Yakut'' was used in operations to tow the steamer ''Nemirovich Danchenko'' due to ''Nemirovich Danchenko'' already used mostly own coal during the voyage

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- Kamchatka and lacked coal in

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to complete this voyage. On 14 December 1947. The steamship ''Nemirovich Danchenko'' was without cargo and alongside the berth number 3 in Nagayev port. The ship loaded the coal in own hopper, the bunkering had place. On 19 December the ship still was alongside in Nagayev port, when two Soviet steamships ''General Vatutin''; ex. Liberty class ship ''SS Jay Cooke'') carrying 3,313 tonnes of Ammonal and TNT and ''Vyborg'' carrying 193 tonnes of chemistry substances exploded. Due to exploded ships had explosive cargo Nagayev settlement and port were in fire and partly ruined and other ships in the port including the steamship ''Nemirovich Danchenko'' were damaged more or less.

References

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