List of Russia-flagged cargo ships

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This list of Russia-flagged cargo ships consists of vessels which are registered in Russia (or the Soviet Union) and subject to the laws of that country. Any ship which flew the flag at any point in its career, and is present in the encyclopedia, is listed here.

List of ships[edit]

Name Owner Year built Type Tonnage Status
Baltic Leader Promsvyazbank 2000 Ro-ro 8,831 In active service
Captain Kurbatskiy Far East Shipping Company 1983 SA-15 type 18,627 Scrapped in 2011[1]
Grigory Lovtsov 2002 Ro-ro 272 Stuck in ice and lost in the Shantar Islands in January 2022[2]
Kapitan Man Far East Shipping Company 1985 SA-15 type 18,574 GT Scrapped in 2012
Kuzma Minin Murmansk Shipping Company 1980 Bulk carrier 23,169 Scrapped in 2020[3]
Liberty General cargo 226 Sunk as artificial reef south of Cyprus on 22 May 2009[4]
Matros Pozynich Crane Marine Contractors 2010 Bulk carrier 17,025 In active service
Monchegorsk Murmansk Shipping Company 1983 SA-15 type 18,627 GT Scrapped in 2009[5]
Omskiy-205 Marship 1993 Omskiy type 2,958 In active service
Palflot-2 1981 Oil tanker 2,015 Caught fire in the Caspian Sea in April 2016[6]
Petrozavodsk Karelian Sg Company 1978 Reefer 1,130 Ran aground off Bear Island, Norway, in May 2009[7]
Phoenix Shelikhov-Golikov Company 1794 Sailing ship ~200 Lost at sea in 1799[8]
Ryazan Russian merchant fleet 1909 Passenger-cargo 3,500 Scuttled by German Navy while in Guam following the entrance of the United States into World War I in 1917[9]
SMP Novodvinsk Northern Shipping Company 2008 General cargo 4,106 In active service
Tibor Szamueli V/O Sudoimport 1979 Barge carrier 35,817 Scrapped in 2003[10]
Yulius Fuchik V/O Sudoimport 1979 Barge carrier 35,817 Scrapped in 2003[10]
Zhibek Zholy KTZ Express JSC 2016 Bulk carrier 5,686 In active service

List of classes[edit]

Name Years built Type Number in class Notes
Omskiy type 1972–1995 Dry cargo ships ~140[11]
SA-15 type 1982–1987 Icebreaking cargo ships 19 Also known as Norilsk class[12]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Voytenko, Mikhail (5 January 2022). "Coastal freighter stuck in ice, issued distress signal, Okhotsk sea". Fleetmon. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Kuzma Minin (7721263)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Liberty". Cyprus Diving Center. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. ^ From September 25th to December 31st. Robin Des Bois, January 21st, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  6. ^ "Russian tanker Palflot-2 catches fire in Caspian Sea, 1 crew member reported killed (VIDEO)". www.vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  7. ^ Stange, Rolf (17 May 2009). "Russian ship wrecked at Bjørnøya". Spotsbergen Svalbard. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  8. ^ Grinëv, Andrei V. (Fall 2011). "Russian Maritime Catastrophes during the Colonization of Alaska, 1741–1867". The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 102 (4). Translated by Bland, Richard L. University of Washington: 178–194. JSTOR 24624633. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  9. ^ Hoppe, Jon (October 1, 2015). "The Destruction of the S.M.S. Cormoran and the First U.S. Shot Fired in World War I". Naval History Blog. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b TIBOR SAMUELI - IMO 7505334. Comment by Marek Gono. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  11. ^ "omskiyEn | Ship Trade House". 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  12. ^ Kitagawa, H. et al. Northern Sea Route. Shortest Sea Route Linking East Asia and Europe. Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Ship & Ocean Foundation, 2001. ISBN 4-88404-027-9.