SS Smolensk

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A number of steamships have been named Smolensk, including:

SS Smolensk (1901), a ship of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, in service 1901–04, 1906-13 as Smolensk and with the Russian Navy as Rion 1904-06 and 1913–31
SS Smolensk (1916), a cargo ship in service 1916-29
SS Smolensk (1931), a cargo ship operated by Sovtorgflot, active until at least 1945
SS Smolensk (1944), a Hansa A Type cargo ship in service 1946-76

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The Smolensk was a ship built in England in 1901, ostensibly as a merchant vessel for the Russian state-controlled Dobroflot shipping line, but designed to double as a cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy, in which role she adopted the name Rion. The ship saw active service in the Russo-Japanese War.

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