Basil Forward’s CRS10
Charlotte Cords
CHARLOTTE CORDS
Built 1923 Neptun AG, Rostock
For August Cords, Rostock
ON 180692
1779 grt; 266ft x 40 ft
1923 August Cords, Rostock;
Registered Hamburg
13th August 1945
Seized by the Allies at Travemunde.
Still
named CHARLOTTE CORDS 20th -
26th August 1945
1945
Renamed EMPIRE CONNAH, MOWT.
1946 Awarded to Russia;
Renamed NICOLAJJ BAUMAN.
1957 Collision with coaster CORALE of Vlissingen.
The Story of the loss of the CORALE
1961 Murmansk Shipping Company operated her as a
nuclear service vessel;
1964 Steamer NIKOLAJJ BAUMAN was scuttled with solid
radioactive waste aboard in Tsivolki Bay at the Novaya
Zemlya Archipelago.
This was
one of the ships which formed the fleet of the
Northern Sea Shipping Company of the USSR
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Northern Sea Shipping
Company
of USSR
Северного
Морского
Пароходства
Dry Cargo Ships
NICOLAJJ BAUMAN -
Николай
Бауман
Built 1923 Neptun AG, Rostock
as CHARLOTTE CORDS
For August Cords, Rostock
ON 180692
1779 grt; 266ft x 40 ft
1923 August Cords, Rostock;
Registered Hamburg
13th August 1945
Seized by the Allies at Travemunde.
Still
named CHARLOTTE CORDS 20th -
26th August 1945
1945
Renamed EMPIRE CONNAH, MOWT.
1946 Awarded to Russia;
Renamed NICOLAJJ BAUMAN.
1957 Collision with coaster CORALE The Story of the loss of the
CORALE
1961 Murmansk Shipping Company operated her as a
nuclear service vessel;
1964 Steamer NIKOLAJJ BAUMAN was scuttled, with solid
radioactive waste aboard, in Tsivolki Bay at the
Novaya Zemlya Archipelago.
ELETS - Елец
Built 1924 by Akt. Ges. Neptun, Rostock
as GEIER for Roland Linie A.G, Bremen
1174 grt; steamer
1925 Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen
1933 Argo Reed A.G.Mngrs, Bremen
1934 Argo Reederei A.G, Bremen
1937 Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co, Bremen
1945 Renamed SLETTNES; Norwegian Govt[Kornelius Olsen mngrs], Oslo
1946 USSR; Renamed ELETS
May 1959 Stricken from Soviet
Register
1970 Deleted from Lloyds Register
MOZDOK - Моздок
Built 1924 as HORNBURG; 1,004
tons; steamer
For Horn Line, Lubeck
1925 New Owners : Fink Argo
Reederei (Richard Adler), Bremen
1926 Renamed FINK
1934 New Owners : Argo Line;
1946 To Russia; Renamed MOZDOK
Akademik Komarov as the Hospital
Ship Oberhausen
Thanks to Michael Sibir
www.jyve.com/jyve-profile-mike.sea.htm
AKADEMIK KOMAROV - Академик
Комаров
Built 1939 by Gute Hoffnungshütte Rheinwerft, Walsum
Yard Nr 816; MTW Shipyard,
Wismar
as OBERHAUSEN
For Franz Haniel & Cie., Duisburg-Ruhrort, Germany
1261 grt; motor cargo ship
1940 to 1945 German Navy hospital ship OBERHAUSEN
1941 Sanitätsamt Ost.
1943 F.d.M. Ost
May 1945 Taken by UK; German
Minesweeping Administration.
June 1946 Handed to USSR;
renamed AKADEMIK KOMAROV
May have been renamed after 1948
1960 Deleted from Lloyds Register
VERESHYAGIN - Верещагин
1175 grt; 225 ft x 35 ft; steamer
Built 1924 by Akt. Ges. Neptun AG, Rostock
as ALK for Roland Linie A.G, Bremen
1925 Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen
1933 Argo Reederei A.G.[mngrs], Bremen
1934 Argo Reederei A.G, Bremen
1937 Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co, Bremen
1945 Taken as a War Prize at Brunnsbuttel;
Renamed EMPIRE CONTEST MOWT [W.A. Wilson, mngr]
1946 Allocated to USSR-Archangelsk; Renamed VERESHYAGIN
1960 Deleted from Lloyds Register
JOSÉ DIAS - Хозе
Диас
Built 1921 Nobiskrug Werft
GmbH, Rendsburg
as ELBE
For Bugsier Reederei &
Bergungs A.G., Hamburg
1197 grt; 250 ft x 37 ft;
steamer
1945 Taken as War Prize at
Copenhagen, Denmark;
Renamed
EMPIRE CONFEDERATION (MOWT).
1946 Allocated to USSR; Renamed JOSÉ DIAS.
DONETZ – Донец
Built 1937 Stettiner Oderwerke
AG
as SAAR
For R. C. Gribel, Stettin
1026 grt; 209 ft x 32 ft;
steamer
1945 Taken as War Prize at
Kolding, Denmark;
Renamed
EMPIRE CONGELTON (MOWT).
1946 Allocated to USSR;
Renamed DONETZ
SOCHI - Сочи
Built 1919; steamer
As E. RUSS
For Ernst Russ Fleet, Hamburg
993 grt; 1,535 dwt
1946 delivered up to USSR;
Renamed SOCHI
KIROVOGRAD -
Кировоград
2,883 grt; 297ft x 46ft
Built 1929 Deschimag Werk A
G Weser, Bremen
as HERCULES
For Neptun Line, Bremen
1929, Neptun Line, Bremen.
1940 In service for
Kriegsmarine
1942 Reverted to DG Neptun
1945 Seized by Allies at
Copenhagen.
1945
Handed to UK; Renamed EMPIRE DOVEY, MOWT
1946 Allocated to USSR;
Renamed KIROVOGRAD
1968 Scrapped West Germany.
Hydrographical Ships
(Гидрографы)
MOGILEV -
Могилев
Built 1921
as AMISIA
For Argo Reederei (Richard
Adler), Bremen
999 tons
1925 Taken over with Roland
Line, Bremen,
1934 To Argo Line
1946 Norwegian; Renamed
ODERNES.
1947 To Russia; Renamed
MOGILEV
JANA - Яна
Built 1935 as WIKING
For Lübeck Linie A.G., Lübeck
907 tons
1946 To Russia; Renamed JANA
Thanks to Joe McMillan
Raymond Forward