Irkutsk
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:13 pm
The cargo vessel on the 15 pf. stamp is The Irkutsk, built in 1968 for the U.S.S.R. by Warnowwerft, at Warnemunde. She is registered at Odessa and is on the Djakarta service. A motorship, she has a gross tonnage of 9,727 tons, 4,724 net, 12,530 tons deadweight. Her dimensions are 497 ft. length overall; 66.75 ft. breadth; 28.92 ft. draft. Main machinery consist of an 8-cylinder M.A.N. oil engine, built by Dieselmotorenwerk, of 9,600 b.h.p., her speed being 16.5 knots. SG E1414