''Kolomna'' class (Russian: ''Коломна'' класс) is a class of sea-going dry cargo steamers, tweendeckers, that were built in VEB Schiffswerft Neptun,

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, between 1952 and 1958, as per Projects 233. Balancer.Ru » форумы » старые » Форумы Авиабазы » Флот » Морской » Морские суда СССР создать справочник, насколько это реально? >> Page 10
/ref> In total 17 ''Kolomna''-class ships were built as per program for modernization of the

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merchant fleet. Водный Транспорт >> Проект 233, тип Коломна.
/ref> The ships was delivered to the various shipping companies of the Soviet Union.

Ship's data

Ship's type: * steamer; * dry cargo ship. Constructive type: * tweendecker; * three-islands (3 structures): accommodation superstructure, forecastle and aftcastle); * with a middle location of MO and accommodation superstructure; * with a sloping nose and a cruiser stern. Purpose: transportation of general cargo. Length overall 102.33 m; length between perpendiculars 96.8 m; breadth 14.44 m
Moulded depth 7.93 m; draught 6.65 m. GT = 3245-3862 mt, DWT = 4355-4410 mt, speed 12,6 / 13,6 knots. One main steam boiler «DMT 24 50/90" (GDR) with capacity 2450 hp (1800 kW). All ships were steamers before 1961 and engines of all ships were modernized to liquid oil from 1961. Cargo corpartments: total 4. Cargo gear: 8 cargo derricks (2 for each cargo corpartment) and 2 heavy lift cargo derricks. All ships had high ventilation heads (ganders or mushrooms) and was possible to divide all ''Kolomna''-class ships to some subclasses as per ventilation heads type. Crew: 36 persons.
Passengers or cadets: 18 persons.

Ships in class

References

{{reflist Ships of Black Sea Shipping Company Ships of Azov Shipping Company Ships of the Soviet Union Non-combat military operations involving the Soviet Union Ships built in Rostock Merchant ships of the Soviet Union