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VOLOCHAEVSK - IMO 5383392

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Photo Details
Photographer:Malcolm Cranfield [View profile]Title:VOLOCHAEVSKAdded:Feb 27, 2010
Captured:IMO:5383392Hits:907
Photo Category: General cargo ships built 1940-1949 (Under 3000gt)
Description:
built in 1943 as WESERWALD by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, for Norddeutscher Lloyd, and briefly renamed EMPIRE GALVESTON at Flensburg in May 1945, VOLOCHAEVSK was the name given to the ship by the USSR in 1946. Photographed off Portishead on 20.6.67, she was scrapped in 1973.
Vessel Identification
Name:Volochaevsk
IMO:5383392
Last known flag:GERMANY
Former name(s):
- Empire Galveston (not Yet Confirmed)
- Weserwald (not Yet Confirmed)
Technical Data
Vessel type:Cargo
Gross tonnage:1,923 tons
Summer DWT:3,120 tons

Administrative Information
Status:Dead
Build year:1944
Builder*:Hdw Hamburg - Hamburg, Germany
Owner:-
AIS Information
AIS information: N/A
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asnyk on Feb 28, 2010 07:42 (1 year ago)
Also Hansa-A type, one of 16 in USSR.
rgds asnyk
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