Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship: AKADEMIK KOMAROV (1946 - A three-island general cargo coaster 253 feet long of USSR Fleet)

Port of Registry: U.S.S.R.
Net Tonnage: 651
Reg Tonnage: -
Gross Tonnage: 1,261
Deadweight Tonnage: -

Built in 1939 at Gutehoffnungschutte A.G.at Walsum, Germany as OBERHAUSSEN for German owners.

A one-deck bridge-amidships motor general cargo coaster with machinery aft she was 253' 1" overall length and 37' 10" extreme breadth

Her machinery was two oil engines 4 SA each 6 Cy. 375 X550 mm by Motorenw. Mannheim

In 1946, as reparations for the Second World War, OBERHAUSEN was taken by the Russians and renamed AKADEMIK KOMAROV. She was most probably used in their Baltic fleet for general cargo carrying, but any information of her employment and eventual fate will be most welcome