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The FleetsRussian Volunteer Fleet
The Russian Volunteer Fleet was founded 1878 at St. Petersburg and started sailings from
Odessa to Vladivostok in 1880. Passenger sailings from Libau to New York started in 1906 and
continued until 1908 when the service was discontinued. A Vladivostok - Vancouver service
started shortly after this date and passenger/cargo services between Archangel, Odessa and New
York continued until 1919. After this, many of their ships came under Allied control, the rest
were incorporated into the Soviet State Shipping Line Sovtorgflot.
From The Times, Tuesday, November 29, 1904:
The Russian Volunteer Fleet
St. Petersburg, Nov. 28th
The newspapers to-day publish details of the proposed reorganization of the Volunteer Fleet after the war. The number of ships, it is stated, will be largely increased, and new passenger and freight services will be started. In view of the extensive emigration traffic to America which is now conducted via Hamburg and Bremen, one of the most important of the projected new sailings will be from Libau or Windau to America. It is added that considerable changes are contemplated in the personnel and the administration of the fleet.
Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data.
The following list was extracted from various sources. This is not an all
inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. If you would like to
know more about a vessel, visit the Ship
Descriptions (on-site) or the Immigrant
Ship web site.
Route:
- 1906-1908 Libau - Rotterdam - New York.
(New York passenger service only)
Fleet:
| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
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Khazan
|
1896 |
ex- Adria, Hamburg
America Line, 1905 sold to Russian Navy and renamed
Narva, 1906 to Russian Volunteer Fleet and renamed
Khazan for Far
East service, went aground near Colombo, Ceylon and wrecked
19th Apr.1906 |
5,458
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| Kherson |
1895 |
1903 renamed Lena (Russian Navy),
1906 reverted to Kherson, 1920 became British Raetoria. |
6,438 |
| Moskva |
1890 |
ex- Furst Bismarck, Hamburg
America Line, 1904 purchased, renamed Don (Russian
Navy), 1906 renamed Moskva (RVF), 1913 sold to Austrian Navy,
renamed Gaea. |
8,430 |
| Petersburg |
1894 |
1904 renamed Dniepr (Russian Navy),
1905 reverted to Petersburg, 1914 renamed Don (Russian Navy), 1921
scrapped. |
5,432 |
| Saratov |
1891 |
1920 sold to Greece, renamed Bernina. |
5,427 |
| Smolensk |
1901 |
1904 renamed Rion (Russian Navy),
1906 reverted to Smolensk, 1913 renamed Rion (Russian Navy), 1922
scrapped. |
7,270 |
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