:MS Adzharistan
{{short description|Soviet cargo liner (1930–1941)}}
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{{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} |Ship name=Adzharistan |Ship namesake= |Ship owner=Black Sea State Shipping Company |Ship operator= |Ship registry=Odessa, Soviet Union |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Baltic Works, Leningrad |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1928 |Ship completed=1930 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service=1930 |Ship out of service= |Ship identification= |Ship fate=Destroyed by German aircraft, 23 July 1941 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Krim|cargo liner}} |Ship displacement={{cvt|5770|t|LT|lk=on}} (deep load) |Ship tonnage=*{{GRT|4,727|disp=long}}
|Ship length={{cvt|112.15|m|ftin}} |Ship beam={{cvt|15.55|m|ft|0}} |Ship draught={{cvt|5.95|m|ftin}} |Ship draft= |Ship depth={{cvt|25.3|ft|m|1|disp=flip}} |Ship armament= |Ship decks=2 |Ship power={{cvt|3900|hp|lk=on}} |Ship propulsion=2 screw propellers; 2 diesel engines |Ship speed={{convert|12.6|kn|lk=in}} |Ship capacity=518 passengers |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
MS Adzharistan was one of six Soviet {{sclass|Krim|cargo liner}}s built for the Black Sea State Shipping Company during the late 1920s. The first pair were built in Weimar Germany, but the other four, including Adzharistan, were built in the Soviet Union and varied slightly from the German-built ships. A month after the invasion of the Soviet Union by the Axis powers in June 1941, she was destroyed by German aircraft.
Description
The Krim-class ships were built for the luxury tourist trade from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. The four ships built at the Baltic Works in Leningrad were slightly shorter than the pair built in Germany and displaced a little less at {{convert|5770|MT|LT|lk=on}} at deep load. They had an overall length of {{convert|112.15|m|ftin}}, with a beam of {{convert|15.55|m|ft|0}}Jordan, p. 376 and a draught of {{convert|5.95|m|ftin}}.Budzbon, Radziemski & Twardowski, p. 114 The Soviet-built ships had two decks and a depth of hold of {{convert|25.3|ft|m|1|disp=flip}}.
The Krim-class cargo liners had 518 passenger berths in three classes plus room for an additional 462 passengers on the decks. They had a cargo capacity of {{convert|2820|m3}}. The ships were assessed at {{GRT|4,727|disp=long}}, {{NRT|2583|disp=long}},{{cite book |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |date=1937 |publisher=Lloyd's of London|volume=II: Steamers and Motorships of 300 Tons Gross and over |location=London |edition=1937–1938 |url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/37/37b0020.pdf |access-date=17 November 2022}} and {{DWT|1480|disp=long}}.
Adzharistan had a pair of six-cylinder, two-stroke diesel engines, each driving a propeller shaft. The Russki Diesel engines were rated at a total of {{convert|3900|hp|lk=on}} and gave the ship a speed of {{convert|12.6|kn|lk=in}}
Construction and career
Adzharistan was originally named Adzharia and was renamed sometime in the 1930s. She was one of the four ships in the class that were constructed in 1928. After completion in 1930, the ship was assigned to its regional subsidiary, the Black Sea State Shipping Company by Sovtorgflot, the national merchant fleet, with its port of registry at Odessa.
After the invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 (Operation Barbarossa) by Nazi Germany and its allies, Adzharistan was used for military tasks. After being damaged and set on fire by German aircraft on 23 July near Odessa, the liner was run aground and subsequently burnt out. The only German aircraft known to have attacked the Odessa area on that date were Heinkel He 111H bombers of II./Kampfgeschwader 27 (2nd Group, Bomber Wing 27).Bernád, Karlenko, & Roba, p. 87Waiss, p. 133
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Bernád |first1=Dénes |last2=Karlenko |first2=Dmitriy |last3=Roba |first3=Jean-Louis |title=From Barbarossa to Odessa: The Luftwaffe and Axis Allies Strike South-East, June-October 1941 |date=2007 |publisher=Midland |isbn=978-1-85780-273-3 |location=Hinckley, UK|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book |last1=Bollinger |first1=Martin J. |title=From the Revolution to the Cold War: A History of the Soviet Merchant Fleet from 1917 to 1950 |date=2012 |publisher=World Ship Society |location=Windsor, UK |isbn=978-0-9560769-4-6}}
- {{cite book |last1=Budzbon |first1=Przemysław |last2=Radziemski |first2=Jan |last3=Twardowski |first3=Marek |title=Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939–1945 |date=2022 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=Barnsley, UK |isbn=978-1-3990-2281-1|volume=III: Naval Auxiliaries|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=Roger W. |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 ships |date=1999 |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}
- {{cite book |last1=Waiss |first1=Walter|title=Aus Dem Boelcke-Archiv 3 Chronik Kampfgeschwader Nr. 27 Boelcke Teil 2: 01.01.1941 - 31.12.1941 |date=2003 |publisher=Waiss |location=Neuss, Germany|oclc=1106565000}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Edward A. |title=Soviet Passenger Ships, 1917–1977 |date=1978 |publisher=World Ship Society |location=Kendal, UK |isbn=0-905617-04-5}}
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Category:Ships built at the Baltic Shipyard
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