Sjöfart, Bolagets flotta

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Sven Almqvist var skeppsbyggare på Motala Verkstad när Ludvig Nobel sökte ett varv som var villigt att bygga en oljetanker – något de ryska varven avstod ifrån.

När Ludvig Nobel ritade s/s Zoroaster tillsammans med Motala Verkstads chef Sven Almqvist under 1877, var de först i världen med att bygga i bessemerstål. Men tankfartyg för frakt av olja var inte en ny idé, Robert skissade tidigt på ett sådant fartyg, och uppenbarligen inte heller att bygga båtar i sektioner. S/s Zoroaster fick löstagbara tankar med mellanväggar förbundna med ett rörsystem, effektivt ventilerade. Tankern kom till Baku i maj 1878, förd av Hjalmar Crusell. För rederiet svarade ryssen/finländaren Bilderling.

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S/S Zoroaster var den första tankern i världen som fraktade olja

I förteckningar över leveranser från Lindholmens varv byggdes ångslupen Zigan under 1878, beställare var Ludvig Nobel i S:t Petersburg. En kort tid efter det att Zoroaster var levererad 1878 lades fler beställningar vid Motala Verkstad i Norrköping, som de något större Buddha, Vera, Nadjesha, Tatar, Kalmuck, Linné, Pirogoff och Osnernoj. Under 1881 och 1882 levererades sex fartyg från Lindholmens varv i Göteborg. De döptes till Nordenskiöld, Moses, Mohammed, Brahma, Sokrates, Spinoza, Darwin och Linné. 1883 levererades från Motala Mekaniska verkstads filial i Norrköping Ljoboff, Sofia, Jekaterina och Anna. S/s Petrolea blev 1886 det första oceangående ångfartyget för bulklast. Man fortsatte beställa fartyg vid Motala Mekaniska verkstad, Lindholmen, Bergsund i Stockholm och Kockums varv i Malmö. Senare byggdes bolagets fartyg i Åbo och på Kolomnaverken söder om Moskva.

Många oljeproducenter i Baku valde att lägga beställningar på oljetankers i Sverige. På Lindholmens varv byggdes 16 fartyg från 1887 fram till 1903. Även ryska marinen lade order i Sverige. Fartyg för de ryska oljeproducenterna lades även på Bergsunds varv, Eriksberg och senare Finnboda varv.

Ett problem i de ryska floderna och på Kaspiska havet var växtlighet som hindrade hastigheten. För att göra ren fartygsbottnarna hade man en flottdocka i Astrachan, som skulle räcka för både sjö- och flodbåtarna. Ingenjör Lars Stigzelius idé att bygga en slip i Baku löste problemet. Det blev en slip med elektriskt driven vinsch, båten var uppe på 15 minuter, berättar Wilhelm Hagelin. Hädanefter gick de Branobelska fartygen med god fart efter rengöring två gånger om året.

Fartyg uppkallades efter Wilhelm Hagelin, Emanuel Nobel och Robert Nobel. När man ville döpa ett fartyg efter Alfred Nobel, undanbad han sig med att ”det finns grava invändningar mot detta. För det första är det en Hon…och då Ni påpekar att hon är både fin och vältrimmad, så skulle det framstå som ett dåligt omen att döpa henne efter ett gammalt vrak”.

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Flytande docka för underhåll av fartyg

Arbetet med brandsäkerhet utvecklades efter Nordenskiölds svåra olycka i Bakus hamn. Båten byggdes senare om av ny redare, svensken Widlund och döptes om till Fenix. Bilden av den grundstötta och skadade Linné finns på Vardagsliv, Gunnar Dahlgren.

År 1898 hade Emanuel Nobel förvärvat den ryska ensamrätten för tillverkning av Rudolf Diesels värmemotor. Ett år senare var en första maskinen byggd i S:t Petersburg på Maskinfabriken Ludvig Nobel, men med vissa problem. Samtidigt pågick utvecklingen av motorn vid Sickla verkstäderna utanför Stockholm. Det blev två unga ingenjörer som gjorde dieselmotorn användbar i fartyg, de var Anton Carlsund i S:t Petersburg och Jonas Hesselman i Sickla. Ett problem som krävde lösning var dels att förbättra möjligheterna att manövrera fartyget, ett annat att kunna slå back. Det hela löstes med elektriska aggregat. Tankångaren Vandal kom att förena Johnny Jonsson i Göteborg med Dieselverkstaden i Sickla och med Mekaniska verkstaden i S:t Petersburg där Ludvig Borggren och Ekman skötte montaget av motorn och aggregatet. När efterföljande Sarmat skulle motoriseras, levererade Maskinfabriken Ludvig Nobel en 4-cylindrig motor.

När Wilhelm Hagelin beordrade ”start” vid Nobels plåtslageriverkstad vid Tsaritsin var det inte utan spänning han stod ombord. Den ena dieseln efter den andra sattes igång. En varvsarbetare sade att nog bullrar det förfärligt i plåtlådan, men Hagelin gick runt och kände inte nämnvärda vibrationer. Försöket hade slagit väl ut. När Vandal sjösatts och på första resan passerade Schlüsselberg, det gamla svenska fästet Nöteborg, hade Emanuel Nobel rest dit för att se båten manövrera på Ladoga.

9. Dessa åtta män monterade in dieselmotorer i Vandal 1903, 04

Dessa åtta män installerade dieselmotorerna i Vandal på Nobels plåtslageriverkstad i Tsaristin, Ryssland.

Vandal 72

Det dieseldrivna motorskeppet m/s Vandal byggs i Tsaritsyn 1903.

Branobel Fleet 1878-1914, Compiled Data

Data from:

Branobel Anniversary Books 25 as well as 30 years of Petroleum Production Company Brothers Nobel (Company’s history and development 1878-1914)

Unda Maris 1967-1982

Internet and private papers.

Sea & River Tankers and other S/S of Metal, build in Sweden

Year

Ship Name

Capacity

Additional information

1878

Tzygan

No data

32 NHP. Service Launch Boat. Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Renamed Maria (year?)

1878

Zoroaster (I)

15000 pud

(240 t)

100 NHP. The first s/s tanker boat in the world, designed and drawn by Ludvig Nobel. Build at Motala Shipyard Norrköping.

1879

Budda

35000 pud

(560 t)

2 x 100 NHP, Build at Motala Shipyard Norrköping. Buyer: Colonel Bilderling. Year 1906-1907 this vessel was changed into Dry Cargo for shipping of timber.

1879

Nordenskiöld

40000 pud

(640 t)

2 x 100 NHP, Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: Colonel Bilderling. Burned out of explosion in 1881, rebuild as barge 1880.

1880-1881

Magomed (Muhammed)

44000 pud

(704 t)

2 x 240 NHP. Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: Branobel.

1881

Brahma (II)

52000 pud

(800 t)

2 x 240 NHP. Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: Branobel.

1881

Moisey (Moses)

52000 pud

(800 t)

2 x 200 NHP. Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: Branobel.

1881

Kalmyk (I)

50000 pud

(800 t)

2 x 150 NHP. Paddle S/S, 2 chimneys. Build at Motala Shipyard Norrköping. Buyer: Branobel. Year 1909 in Russia it was rebuilt into barge and renamed as Mikhail. Its new capacity increased to 57000 pud = 912 t.

1881

Tatarin

50000 pud

(800 t)

2 x 150 NHP. Paddle S/S, 2 chimneys. Motala Shipyard Norrköping. Buyer: Branobel.

Year 1909 in Russia it was rebuilt into barge and renamed as Georgiy. Its new capacity increased to 57000 pud = 912 t.

1882

Sart (I)

No data

Br.Nobel’s first Paddle Tawboat för River transport. 500 nhp

1882

Chuvash

No data

2 Propeller S/S Barkass (longboat) for service on the sea and icebreaking

1882

Cheremis

No data

2 Propeller S/S Barkass (longboat) for service on the sea and icebreaking

1882

Kazachyok

No data

2 Propeller S/S Barkass (longboat) for staff transport

1883

Sokrat (Socrates)

52500 pud

(840 t)

480 NHP. Sea and river. Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: Branobel.

1883

Spinoza

52500 pud

(840 t)

480 NHP. Sea and river. Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: Branobel.

1883

Darwin

52500 pud

(840 t)

480 NHP. Sea and river. Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: Branobel.

1883

Koran

52500 pud

(840 t)

No data. Sea and river.

1883

Talmud

52500 pud

(840 t)

No data. Sea and river.

1884

Linné

52000 pud

(830 t)

480 NHP. Sea and river. Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: Branobel.

1884-1885

Sviet

1900 t

1050 NHP. Sea tanker for Black Sea. Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: The Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Co Odessa.

1886

Petrolea

63000 pud

(1010 t)

540 NHP. S/S Tanker build for the Baltic Sea at Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: Branobel. Rebuild (in Russia) and renamed as Ludvig Nobel in 1888. Brutto registered tonnage 966 ton.

1886

Pirogov (Pirogoff)

52000 pud

(830 t)

480 NHP. S/S Tanker. Sea and river. Build at Motala Shipyard Norrköping. Buyer: Branobel.

1888

Blesk

3000 t

1600 NHP. S/S Tanker for Black Sea. Build at Lindholmen Shipyard Gothenburg. Buyer: The Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Co Odessa.

1891

Tungus

No data

350 NHP. Taw S/S with reinforced nose for icebreaking. Motala Shipyard Norrköping, NB 390. Buyer: Branobel.

1899

Finn (I)

No data

200 NHP. S/S Towboat NB 410, build at Motala Shipyard Norrköping. RegNo 3819.

1913-1916

Varyag

6400 t

2 x 3300 NHP. Tanker M/S build at Götaverken. Buyer: Branobel. 1916 sold to Norway and renamed Hamlet.

Sea & River Tank Barges of Metal, build in Sweden

Year

Ship Name

Capacity

Additional information

1881

Vera (I)

50000 pud

About 800 t.

Rebuild in Russia as S/S and renamed as Lopar in 1895.

1881

Nadezhda

50000 pud

About 800 t.

Rebuild in Russia as a paddle S/S and renamed as Zhmudin in 1889.

1882

Lyubov

50000 pud

About 800 t.

NB 344. Rebuild in Russia as a Cargo S/S and renamed as Buryat in 1898.

1883

Anna

50000 pud

About 800 t.

NB 347. Rebuild in Russia and renamed as S/S Pecheneg in 1891.

1883

Sofia

50000 pud

About 800 t.

Rebuild in Russia and renamed as S/S Khozar in 1893.

1883

Yekaterina

50000 pud

About 800 t.

Rebuild in Russia and renamed as S/S Litvin in 1893.

Sea & River Tanker and Taw S/S build in Russia

Year

Ship Name

Capacity

Additional information

1878-1879

Brahma (I)

No data

250 NHP. Taw S/S for Volga transport. Renamed Kirgiz in 1880-1881.

1878-1879

Pars (I)

No data

500 NHP. Taw S/S for Volga transport.

1881

Kirgiz

No data

250 NHP. Taw S/S for Volga transport.

1882

Bashkir

No data

320 NHP. Taw S/S for Volga transport. Build on Branobel own shipyard in Astrakhan.

1883

Vladimir

Build on Branobel own shipyard in Astrakhan.

1885

Votyak

Build on Branobel own shipyard in Astrakhan.

1886

Mordvin

Build on Branobel own shipyard in Astrakhan.

1886

Turkmen

2 x 200 NHP. Build on Branobel own shipyard in Astrakhan.

1888

Nikolay

Rebuild as a floating dock at the Caspian Sea couple of years later. Build on Branobel own shipyard in Astrakhan.

1889

Gilyak (I)

Taw S/S. Its first name was Tovarisch. Renamed as Gilyak 1889. Build on Branobel own shipyard in Astrakhan. Year 1891 it was sold and replaced by a special build Taw S/S Tungus.

1889

Sart (II)

2×200 NHP. Build on Zhuravlyov zavod in Rybinsk, renamed as Rossiyanin 1895 and later on as Bibi-Eybat in 1914.

1889

Lyulyu

No data

Launch Boat (Barkas).

1889

Zhmudin

50000 pud

800 t.

Tanker S/S. Converted into a S/S from the barge Nadezhda (build in Sweden in 1881). Year 1909 S/S Zhmudin was rebuilt back into barge and renamed as Alexey. Its new capacity increased to 57000 pud = 912 t.

1890-1891

Robert Nobel

90000 pud

(1440 t)

Tanker S/S. Year 1909 the S/S was rebuilt into M/S on Branobel own shipyard in Astrakhan by installing 1000 NHP Diesel engine. The tanker capacity increased to 105000 pud equal 1680 t.

1891

Pecheneg

50000 pud

800 t.

Rebuild and converted from barge Anna

1892

Lopar

50000 pud

800 t.

Rebuild and converted from barge Vera

1900

Pars (II)

No data

500 NHP.

1890-1892

L.Nobel

No data

2 x 200 NHP. Paddle S/S. Build on Chernov zavod in Nizhniy Novgorod. Rebuild 1893, new name Chechenets.

1892

Kabardinets

No data

2 x 200 NHP. Paddle S/S. 2 Chimneys. Sold 1907.

1894

Yakut

No data

350 NHP. Icebreaker. Year 1909-1910 it was rebuild into M/S on Branobel own shipyard in Rybinsk by changing to Diesel engine of 400 NHP.

1895

Dyuzhiy

No data

500 NHP. Taw S/S for Volga transport.

1895

Lyubimy

No data

500 NHP. Taw S/S for Volga transport.

1895

Semyanin

No data

500 NHP. Taw S/S for Volga transport.

1896

Volodya

No data

350 NHP. Taw S/S for Volga transport.

1886

Mordvin

No data

400 NHP. Dry cargo S/S.

1897

Zyryanin

No data

350 NHP. Taw S/S for Volga and, sins the 1908, for Siberia rivers transport.

1898

Naftalan

No data

350 NHP. Year 1909-1910 it was rebuild into M/S on Branobel own shipyard in Tsaritsyn by changing to Diesel engine of 500 NHP. The ship was renamed as Osetin.

1899

Mongol

No data

500 NHP. Paddle Taw S/S on Siberia rivers.

1900

Makkavey

100000 pud

1600 t

Leased Tanker S/S for Black Sea transport Batumi – Europe.

1904

Ingush (I)

No data

40 NHP. Taw S/S on River Volga. Build on Zhuravlyov shipyard in Rybinsk. Sold year 1908-1909.

1904

Amerikanets

No data

Purchased propeller Taw S/S for transport on the route Rybinsk-St Petersburg.

1904

Ataman

No data

Purchased propeller Taw S/S for transport on the route Rybinsk-St Petersburg.

1907

Gruzin

No data

Purchased propeller Taw S/S.

1908

Donets

No data

250 NHP. Purchased paddle Taw S/S.

1910

Polyak

No data

250 NHP. Taw S/S on River Visla (Breslaw, Poland). The date does not refer to the construction year, but to the year the company has leased the S/S.

1910

Luch

100000 pud

1600 t

From Ocean Co leased Tanker S/S for Black Sea transport, Batumi – Europe.

1885-1914

General facts: During a period of approximately 1885-1895 there was a trend of rebuilding barges into tanker steamships, when several barge vessels got steam engines installed. After late 1890-ies the trend has changed to its opposite, when shipping costs went up and further in the beginning of 1900-ies, when diesel engines started to outcompete and displace the steam. During this second period several sea and river S/S was rebuild into barges.

Sea & River Tanker and Taw M/S build in Russia

Year

Ship Name

Capacity

Additional information

1903

Vandal

50000 pud

(800 t)

Propeller Tanker M/S. Build on Saromov shipyard in Nizhny Novgorod.

1904

Sarmat

50000 pud

(800 t)

Propeller Tanker M/S. Build on Saromov shipyard in Nizhny Novgorod, the engine build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod. (During Soviet period the name was changed several times: Pelvin, Krestintern, Nikolay Ostrovsky.) Rebuild as a barge (year?)

1905

Malyj

No data

Litle M/S Launch boat build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod. Location: St Petersburg.

1905

Delo

250000 pud (4000 t)

2 x 500 NHP. Propeller Tanker M/S. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod. Location: Caspian Sea.

1907-1908

Chernomor

No data

Leased Tanker M/S for Black Sea transport, Batumi/Krimea.

1908

Mysl

No data

300 NHP. Paddle Taw M/S. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1908-1909

Belomor

No data

200 NHP. Paddle Taw M/S. Build on Zhuravlyov shipyard in Rybinsk.

1908-1909

Samoyed

No data

400 NHP. Paddle Taw M/S. Build on Zhuravlyov shipyard in Rybinsk.

1908-1909

Karel

No data

120 NHP. Paddle Taw M/S. Build on Zhuravlyov shipyard in Rybinsk.

1908-1909

Gilyak (II)

No data

100 NHP. Taw M/S. Build on Zhuravlyov shipyard in Rybinsk.

1909

Emanuil Nobel

300000 pud (4800 t)

1400 NHP. Propeller M/S. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod. Location: Caspian Sea.

1910

Ingush (II)

No data

250 NHP. Propeller Taw M/S. Build on Zhuravlyov shipyard in Rybinsk.

1910

Osetin

No data

500 NHP. Propeller Taw M/S on Volga. Before rebuilding and renaming – see above Taw S/S Naftalan.

1910

K.W. Hagelin

300000 pud (4800 t)

1400 NHP. Propeller M/S. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod. Location: Caspian Sea.

1910

Velikoross

No data

1000 NHP. Paddle Taw M/S. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1910

Maloross

No data

1000 NHP. Paddle Taw M/S. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1910

Kalmyk (II)

No data

800 NHP. Propeller Taw M/S. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1910-1911

Lezgin

No data

500 NHP. Taw M/S on Volga. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1910-1911

Ostyak

No data

500 NHP. Paddle Taw M/S on Siberia rivers. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1910

Mazur

No data

250 NHP. Paddle Taw M/S on River Visla (Breslaw, Poland). The date does not refer to the construction year, but to the year the company has leased the S/S.

1910

Meteor

No data

Leased Ocean Tanker M/S.

1911

Galiley

125000 pud

(2000 t)

Propeller Tanker M/S. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1911

Zoroaster (II)

125000 pud

(2000 t)

Propeller Tanker M/S.

Sea & River Tank Barges of Metal, build in Russia

Year

Ship Name

Capacity

Additional information

Refers to all bulk transport of naphta, kerosine, pertoleum, oils, lubricants, etc petroleum products.

1879

Alfa

40000 pud

640 t

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1879

Beta

40000 pud

640 t

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1879

Gamma

50000 pud

800 t

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1879

Delta

50000 pud

800 t

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1879

Yelizaveta

55000 pud

(880 t)

No data

1879

Yelena

55000 pud

(880 t)

No data

1886

Raisa

No data

Reg no 48/1896. Build on Votkinsky zavod.

1889

Zinaida

No data

Reg no 27/482. Build on Votkinsky zavod.

1890

Katya

110000 pud

(1760 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1890

Tolya

60000 pud

(960 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1890

Ledya

60000 pud

(960 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1890

Manya

30000 pud

(480 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1890

Druzhba

70000 pud

(1120 t)

Purchased

1891

Tanya

20000 pud

(320 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1892

Fortuna

80000 pud

(1280 t)

Purchased

1896

Pyotr

90000 pud

(1440 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1896

Pavel

90000 pud

(1440 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1897

Mark

90000 pud

(1440 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1897

Matvey

90000 pud

(1440 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1897

Kama

65000 pud

(1040 t)

Purchased

1897

Opyt

55000 pud

(880 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1897

Pervenets

55000 pud

(880 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1897

Udacha

55000 pud

(880 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1898-1899

Lyubov

100000 pud

(1600 t)

Converted on Branobel own shipyard in Astrakhan into Tanker S/S and renamed Buryat.

1899

Varvara

100000 pud

(1600 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn.

1900

Gus’

15000 pud

Build on Zhuravlyov zavod in Rybinsk.

1900-1901

Vera (II)

200000 pud

3200 t

Build in Astrakhan.

1901

Utka

20000 pud

320 t

A special construction of metal body with a wooden bottom for river transport. Only few exemplar of the same type of barge were build. Build on Zhuravlyov zavod in Rybinsk.

1902

Lebed

20000 pud

320 t

Build on Zhuravlyov zavod in Rybinsk.

1902

Chayka

30000 pud

480 t

Build on Zhuravlyov zavod in Rybinsk.

1902

Boris

70000 pud

1120 t

No data

1902

Margarita

170000 pud

2720 t

No data

1902

Magdalina

55000 pud

880 t

No data

1903

Dvoynik

110000 pud

1760 t

Rebuild into 2 smaller barges (Marta & Maria) in 1903, capacity of 55000 pud (880 t) each.

1903

Monitor

40000 pud

640 t

A special barge for shipment of Lubricants. Build on Zhuravlyov zavod in Rybinsk.

1904

Nyrok

30000 pud

480 t

Build on Zhuravlyov zavod in Rybinsk.

1904

Gagara

30000 pud

480 t

Build on Zhuravlyov zavod in Rybinsk.

1904

Klavdiya

No data

No data

1904

Lidiya

No data

No data

1904

Skif

50000 pud

(800 t)

Build on Saromov shipyard in Nizhny Novgorod for Volga transport.

1905

Zoya

No data

No data

1905

Valeriya

No data

No data

1905

Knyazhna Yaroslavna

300000 pud

4800 t

No 301. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1906

Zarya

35000 pud

560 t

No data

1906

Moryana

20000 pud

320 t

No data

1906

Luch

32000 pud

512 t

No data

1906

Natalya Naryshkina

400000 pud

6400 t.

No 401. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1907

Tsaritsa Irina

400000 pud

6400 t

No 402. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1908

Voskhod

85000 pud

1360 t

No data

1908

Zakat

85000 pud

1360 t

No data

1908

Yelena Glinskaya

400000 pud

6400 t

No 403. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1908

Pravitelnitsa Sofia

450000 pud

7200 t

No 404. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1908

Gleb

142000 pud

2270 t

Build on Branobel own shipyard in Tsaritsyn.

1908

Yuriy

142000 pud

2270 t

Build on Branobel own shipyard in Tsaritsyn.

1908

Oleg

142000 pud

2270 t

Build on Branobel own shipyard in Tsaritsyn.

1908-1909

Rogneda

125000 pud

2000 t

Build on Tyumenskiye zavody

1908-1909

Roxana

80000 pud

1280 t

Build on Tyumenskiye zavody

1909

Igor

142000 pud

2270 t

Build on Branobel own shipyard in Tsaritsyn.

1909

Ryurik

142000 pud

2270 t

Build on Branobel own shipyard in Tsaritsyn.

1909

Mikhail

57000 pud

912 t

Converted from Tanker S/S Kalmyk.

1909

Georgiy

57000 pud

912 t

Converted from Tanker S/S Tatarin.

1909

Xenia Godunova

500000 pud

8000 t

No 405. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1909

Anna Kashinskaya

450000 pud

7200 t

No 451. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1909

Yuliana Tverskaya

450000 pud

7200 t

No 452. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1910

Askold

142000 pud

2270 t

Build on Branobel own shipyard in Tsaritsyn.

1910

Dir

142000 pud

2270 t

Build on Branobel own shipyard in Tsaritsyn.

1910

Inokinya Marfa

630000 pud

10000 t

No 601. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1910

Imperatritsa Yelizaveta

630000 pud

10000 t

No 602. Build on Kolomna Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

1910

Yekaterina Velikaya

630000 pud

10000 t

No data

1910

Tura

No data

No data

1910

Krivoshchokovo

No data

No data

1910

Tobol

No data

No data

1910

Nitsa

No data

No data

1910

Ob’

No data

No data

1913

Tamara

110000 pud

1760 t

Build in Astrakhan for Volga transport.

Sea and River Barges of Wood (with installed cisterns) , build in Russia

Year

Ship Name

Capacity

Additional information

1879

Alfa

40000 pud

(640 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn

1879

Beta

40000 pud

(640 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn

1879

Gamma

50000 pud

(800 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn

1879

Delta

50000 pud

(800 t)

Build in Tsaritsyn

1900

Monitor

A special barge for shipment of lubricants.

1900

Utka

A special construction with a metal body and a wooden bottom for river transport. Only few ex of the same type of barge were build.

Years

Sea tankers

River tankers

Taw boats

Barges of metal

Barges of wood

Barges for mazut

Service barges

1879-1880

3

2

2

2

4

10

1881-1884

10

2

8

8

7

43

6

1885-1889

12

3

15

9

8

57

11

A summary of the number of oil tankers during the second decade of the company’s operations:

1891 58

1892 59

1893 66

1894 87

1895 92

1896 93

1897 11

1898 129

1899 134

1900 126

Sammanställning av Bertil Wollert