MS Krim

History
Name	Krim
Namesake	Crimea
Owner	Black Sea State Shipping Company
Port of registry	Odessa, Soviet Union
Builder	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel
Completed	1928
In service	1928
Reclassified	as a training ship, 1966
General characteristics
Class & type	Krim-class cargo liner
Tonnage	4,800  gross register tons  (GRT) 2,583  net register tons  (NRT) 1,480 tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement	6,050  t (5,950 long tons) (deep load)
Length	115.85 m (380 ft 1 in)
Beam	15.55 m (51 ft)
Draught	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Depth	7.7 m (25.3 ft)
Decks	2
Installed power	4,000  hp (3,000  kW)
Propulsion	2 screw propellers; 2 diesel engines
Speed	13.6 knots (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph)
Capacity	518 passengers

MS Krim was the lead ship of her class of six cargo liners built for the Soviet Union in the late 1920s. The ship was the sole ship of her class to survive the Second World War. She was converted into a training ship in 1966.

Description

Krim had an overall length of 115.9 metres (380 ft 2 in), with a beam of 15.6 metres (51 ft 1 in) and a draught of 5.8 metres (19 ft). ^[1] She had two decks and a depth of hold of 7.7 metres (25.3 ft). The ship was assessed at 4,867  gross register tons  (GRT), 2,689  net register tons  (NRT), ^[2] and 1,520 tons deadweight (DWT). ^[1] She had a pair of six-cylinder, two-stroke diesel engines, each driving a screw propeller, and the engines were rated at a total of 1,163 nominal horsepower. ^[2] Sources differ about her maximum speed, quoting speeds of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) ^[1] or 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). ^[3] The ship had a designed capacity of 450 passengers. ^[3]

Construction and career

Krim was one of the two ships in the class that was constructed in 1928 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, Germany. After completion the ship was assigned to the Black Sea State Shipping Company by Sovtorgflot with its port of registry at Odessa. ^{[2] [1]}

References

1. Jordan, p. 376
2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). Vol. II: Steamers and Motorships of 300 Tons Gross and over (1937–1938 ed.). London: Lloyd's of London. 1937. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
3. Wilson, p. 20

Bibliography

• Bollinger, Martin J. (2012). From the Revolution to the Cold War: A History of the Soviet Merchant Fleet from 1917 to 1950. Windsor, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN   978-0-9560769-4-6.
• Budzbon, Przemysław; Radziemski, Jan & Twardowski, Marek (2022). Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939–1945. Vol. III: Naval Auxiliaries. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-3990-2281-1.
• Jordan, Roger W. (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 ships. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   1-86176-023-X.
• Wilson, Edward A. (1978). Soviet Passenger Ships, 1917–1977. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN   0-905617-04-5.