MV Dmitry Donskoy

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Name
  • Eberhart Essberger (1943-45)
  • Empire Ayr (1945-46)
  • Dmitry Donskoy (1946-74)
Owner
  • J T Essberger, Hamburg (1943-45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945-46)
  • Baltic Shipping Co, Leningrad (1946-74)
Operator
  • Owner operated except:-
  • F C Strick & Co Ltd (1945-46)
Port of registry
  • Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Hamburg (1943-45)
  • Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg London (1945-46)
  • Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leningrad (1946-74)
Builder Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona
Yard number73
Launched11 May 1943
Completed20 January 1944
Identification
FateScrapped 1974
General characteristics
Tonnage5,061 GRT
Length438 ft 8 in (133.71 m)
Beam57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Depth29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Propulsion2 x SCSA diesel engines (A/B Götavarken, Gothenburg) 990 hp (740 kW)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)

Dmitry Donskoy was a 5,061-ton German cargo ship which was built in 1943 as Eberhart Essberger. Taken as a British war prize in 1945, she was renamed Empire Ayr. She was allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946 and served until scrapped in 1974.

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History

Eberhart Essberger was built by Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona, and launched on 11 May 1943. She was completed on 20 January 1944. [1] She was built for J T Essberger, Hamburg. [2] Eberhart Essberger participated in Operation Hannibal in January 1945. [3] She was taken as a war prize in Kiel in May 1945 and ownership passed to the British Ministry of War Transport. [2] She operated under the management of F C Strick & Co Ltd. [4] In 1946, 'Empire Ayr' brought the first consignment of 4,000 long tons (4,100 t) of dates to reach Liverpool that year. [5] Later that year, she was allocated to the Soviet Union and renamed Dimtry Donskoy (Дмитрий Донской). [2] She was operated by the Baltic Shipping Co, Leningrad, and served until she was scrapped in the fourth quarter of 1974. [6]

Official Number and code letters

Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.

Empire Ayr had the UK Official Number 180681 and used the Code Letters GNPS [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "1180681" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Mitchell, W H; Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. pp. 443–44. ISBN   1-85044-275-4.
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  4. 1 2 "LLOYDS REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
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