SS Ribinsk

Ribinsk (Russian: Рыбинск) was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as Hendrik Fisser VI in 1943 by NV Werft Gusto, Schiedam, Netherlands for Fisser & Van Doornum, Emden Germany. She was seized as a prize of war in 1945, passing to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Garner. She was allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946 and was renamed Ribinsk. She served until 1975, when she was scrapped.

History
Name	Hendrik Fisser VI (1943-45) Empire Garner (1945-47) Ribinsk (1947-75)
Owner	Fisser & Van Doornum (1943-45) Ministry of War Transport (1945-46) Soviet Government (1946-75)
Operator	Fisser & Van Doornum (1944-45) Currie Line Ltd (1945-46) Estonian Shipping Company (1946-49) Sakhalin State Shipping Company (1949-75)
Port of registry	Emden, Germany (1944-45) London, United Kingdom (1945-46) Tallinn, Soviet Union (1946-49) Kholmsk, Soviet Union (1949-75)
Builder	NV Werft Gusto
Yard number	852
Launched	1943
Completed	April 1944
Out of service	1975
Identification	United Kingdom Official Number 1806742 (1945-46) Code Letters GSPD (1945-46) Soviet Register Number M-1603 (1946-75) Code Letters UKEH (1946-75)
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Hansa A type Cargo ship
Tonnage	1,923 GRT, 937 NRT, 3,120 DWT
Length	85.22 m (279 ft 7 in)
Beam	13.51 m (44 ft 4 in)
Draught	5.59 m (18 ft 4 in)
Depth	4.80 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power	Compound steam engine, 1,200IHP
Propulsion	Single screw propeller
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)

Description

The ship was 85.22 m (279 ft 7 in) long, with a beam of 13.51 m (44 ft 4 in). She had a depth of 4.80 m (15 ft 9 in), and a draught of 5.59 m (18 ft 4 in). She was assessed as 1,923 GRT, 935 NRT,^[1] 3,120 DWT.^[2]

The ship was propelled by a compound steam engine, which had two cylinders of 42 cm (16+9⁄16 in) and two cylinders of 90 cm (35+7⁄16 in) diameter by 90 cm (35+7⁄16 in) inches stroke. The engine was built by NV Werft Gusto.^[1] Rated at 1,200IHP, it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h).^[2]

History

Hendrik Fisser VI was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1943 as yard number 852 by NV Werft Gusto, Schiedam, Netherlands for Fisser & Van Doornum, Emden, Germany.^[2][3] She was launched in 1943 and completed in April 1944. Her port of registry was Emden.^[3][2]

In May 1945, Hendrik Fisser VI was seized as a prize of war at Kiel. She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport and was renamed Empire Garner.^[3] The Code Letters GSPD and United Kingdom Official Number 180742 were allocated. Her port of registry was London and she was operated under the management of Currie Line Ltd.^[1]

In 1946, Empire Garner was allocated to the Soviet Union and was renamed Ribinsk.^[3] She was operated under the management of the Estonian Shipping Company. The Code Letters UKEH and register number M-1603 were allocated. Her port of registry was Tallinn. In 1949, she was transferred to the Sakhalin State Shipping Company, Kholmsk.^[4] She arrived at Izumiōtsu, Japan on 14 March 1975 for scrapping by Kyosho Tsusho.^[2]

References

1. "Lloyd's Register, Steamers and Motorships" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. Lloyd's of London. 1945. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
2. "Hendrik Fisser VI (Ty.)" (in Danish). J Marcussen. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
3. Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. "Рыбинск" [Ribinsk] (in Russian). Fleetphoto. Retrieved 20 June 2020.