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SS Jagiełło arriving in Havana, 1948
History
Name
  • Dogu (1939)
  • Lüderitzbucht (1939-45)
  • Duala (1945)
  • Empire Ock (1945-46)
  • Pyotr Velikiy (1946-48)
  • Jagiełło (1948-49)
  • Pyotr Velikiy (1949-74)
Owner
  • Deutsche-Afrika Linien (1939-40)
  • Kriegsmarine (1940-45)
  • City Line Ltd (1945-46)
  • Soviet Government (1946-47)
  • Gdynia-America Line (1947-49)
  • Soviet Government (1949-74)
Operator
  • Deutsche-Afrika Linien (1939-40)
  • Kriegsmarine (1940-45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945-46)
  • Soviet Government (1946-47)
  • Cosulich (1947-49)
  • Soviet Government (1949-74)
Port of registry
BuilderBlohm+Voss
Yard number520
Launched15 March 1939
Completed31 August 1939
Out of service20 November 1973
Identification
  • United Kingdom Official Number 180588 (1945-46)
  • Code Letters GJZR (1945-46)
  • Soviet Register Number M-2381 (1946-47, 1949-74)
  • Code Letters UVSA (1949-74)
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage6,133 GRT, 3,139 NRT
Length117.25 metres (384 ft 8 in)
Beam15.98 metres (52 ft 5 in)
Depth6.22 metres (20 ft 5 in)
Installed power6-cylinder triple expansion steam engine
PropulsionTwin screw propellers
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)

SS Jagiełło was a medium-sized passenger ship, sailing under the Polish flag between 1948 and 1949, and then decommissioned due to unprofitable and post-war political conditions, which were not conducive to the development of the Polish passenger fleet, and finally transferred to the Soviet Union.

Description

The ship was 117.25 metres (384 ft 8 in) long, with a beam of 15.98 metres (52 ft 5 in) and a depth of 6.22 metres (20 ft 5 in). She was assessed at 6,133 GRT, 3,139 NRT.[1]

The ship was powered by a 6-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, which had 2 cylinders each of 60 centimetres (23+1⁄2 in), 90 centimetres (35+7⁄16 in) and 159 centimetres (62+5⁄8 in) diameter by 100 centimetres (39+3⁄8 in) stroke. The engine drove twin screw propellers via low pressure turbines and a double reduction drive. It was built by Blohm+Voss,[1] and could propel the ship at 15 knots (28 km/h).[2]

History

The ship was built in 1939 as Dogu at the Blohm und Voss shipyard in Hamburg for the Turkish government organisations Denizbank and Denizyollari Idaresi.[3] Yard Number 520,[4] Dogu was launched on 15 March 1939, the first of three sister ships, the others being Egemen and Savas, and completed on 31 August.[4][5] The ship had not been commissioned when war broke out in September 1939, was taken over by Germany, with Deutsche Afrika-Linien appointed managers, and renamed Lüderitzbucht.[6] In 1940 the ship was taken over by the Kriegsmarine, who used it as a residential hulk at Flensburg, renaming it Duala in early 1945.[6][7]

Still moored at Flensburg in May 1945, Duala was taken as prize by British forces and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport under the name Empire Ock.[6] The United Kingdom Official Number 180588 and code letters GJZD were allocated. The ship's port of registry was London and it was operated under the management of City Line Ltd.[1] In the following year Empire Ock was allocated to the Soviet Union as part of German war reparations, and it was given the name Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: "Пётр Великий").[6] The conversion back to a passenger ship proved to be too expensive, so in 1947 it was sold to Poland.

After a year-long renovation in the Genoa shipyard, the ship was given the name Jagiełło and Gdynia-America Line colours, but never came to Gdynia. It was the only large passenger ship from the Blohm & Voss shipyard, operated under the Polish flag. For a year she sailed, in cooperation with the Italian shipowner company Cosulich and with a largely Italian crew (only a few officers and specialists were Polish), on the Mediterranean Sea-Central America route. Due to the unprofitable nature of the venture, the ship returned (probably free of charge) to the Soviet flag and to the name Pyotr Velikiy in 1949.[7][2] It was registered at Odessa with the Soviet Register number M-2381 and code letters UVSA.[4]

Pyotr Velikiy was operated (alongside Gruziya, formerly the Polish MS Sobieski, on Black Sea passenger routes, principally between Odessa, Sochi and Batumi.[7] The ship was withdrawn from service and arrived for demolition by I M Varela Davalillo at Castellón, Spain on 20 November 1973.[4][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lloyd's Register, Navires a Vapeur et a Moteurs" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. London: Lloyd's of London. 1945. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Черное море. Белый пароход. (Окончание)" [Black Sea, White Steamer (Ending)] (in Russian). Polvnic. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Lloyd's Register: Steamers and Motorships" (PDF). Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyd's of London. 1939. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Пётр Великий" [Pyotr Velikiy] (in Russian). Fleetphoto. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Blohm & Voss". Miramar Ship Index (subscription). Wellington, New Zealand: R B Haworth. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d Mitchell, W H; Sawyer, L A (1990). The Empire Ships : a record of British-built and acquired merchant ships during the Second World War (2nd ed.). London: Lloyd's of London Press. pp. 463–465. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
  7. ^ a b c Piwowoński, Jan. Flota spod Biało-Czerwonej (in Polish) (Wyd. 1 ed.). Nasza Księgarnia. ISBN 978-83-100-8902-1.
  8. ^ "Single Ship Report for "5276185"". Miramar Ship Index (subscription). R B Haworth. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

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