''Anakriya'' was a

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that was built in 1925 as ''Riga'' by Travewerk Gebrüder Goedhart AG,

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, Germany. After a sale in 1934 she was renamed ''Königsberg''. In 1939, she was renamed ''Stettin''. In 1945, she was seized by the Allies at

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, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed ''Empire Conway''. In 1946, she was passed to the Soviet Union, initially renamed ''Stettin'', and then renamed ''Anakriya''.

Description

The ship was built in 1925 by Travewerk Gebrüder Goedhart AG, Lübeck. She was launched on 1 September 1925, and entered service on 4 November. The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of , and a draught of . She was assessed at , . The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Görlitzer Maschinenfabrik,

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 ...

. It could propel the ship at . The ship had a range of at , burning of coal.

History

''Riga'' was built for Lübeck Linie AG, Lübeck. She was allocated the

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PCDM. In 1934, ''Riga'' was sold to Matthies Reederei, Hamburg and was renamed ''Königsberg''. She was renamed ''Stettin'' in 1939. On 4 September 1940. ''Stettin'' entered service as a hospital ship, with beds for 70 patients. She was employed in this rôle until 14 December. Between 7 August 1941 and 23 January 1943 she was used as a transport ship. In May 1945, ''Stettin'' was seized by the Allies at Hamburg. She departed Hamburg for the United Kingdom on 9 July 1945. She was passed to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Conway''. She was placed under the management of R S Dalgleish Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne. Her port of registry was changed to London. The Code Letters GKTM were allocated. She was reassessed as , . The United Kingdom

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180787 was allocated. In 1946, ''Empire Conway'' was allocated to the Soviet Union. She was renamed ''Stettin''. She was later renamed ''Anakriya''. ''Anakriya'' was removed from shipping registers in 1960, and was scrapped in 1978.

References

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