Description
The ship was built in 1927 by Neptun Werft, Neptun AG, Rostock, Germany. The ship was long, with a beam of a depth of . She had a Gross register tonnage, GRT of 1,538 and a Net register tonnage, NRT of 890. The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had two cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by AG Neptun.History
''Walter L M Russ'' was built for Ernst Russ, Hamburg. The Code Letters RGJK were allocated. In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to DHZG. On 2 March 1936, she was in collision with the German schooner ''Condor'' in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. The schooner sank. ''Walter L M Russ'' was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig in Germany and was passed to the British MoWT. It was intended that she would be renamed ''Empire Concourse'', but on 15 July 1945 she ran aground at Grassholm in St George's Channel and was wrecked. Nine crew were rescued by the Angle Lifeboat, the ''Elizabeth Elson''. James Watkins, the lifeboat's Coxwain, was awarded a Awards of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution#Medal of the RNLI, RNLI Bronze Medal for his part in the rescue. ''Walter L M Russ'' lies in of water and the site is occasionally used for recreational diving.References
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