Category:Castor (ship, 1916)

Q86734720 

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Ship[edit]

• Type: Icebreaker, converted to minelayer
• Built by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Neptune Yard, Low Walker
• Yard No: 1020
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1916.08.29
• Completed: 1916.11
• Length over all: 485.6 ft
• Beam: 61.3 ft
• GT: 2432
• DWT:
• www.tynebuiltships.co.uk

History[edit]

• 1916 Named Kosma Minin; Flag: Russia
  • Port: Arkhangelsk
  • Owner: Russian Government
• 1920.12 Brought by White Russians to Cherbourg; interned
• 1928 Renamed Castor; Flag: France
  • Converted to minelayer
• 1942.12.08 Seized by Germans at Bizerte; given to Italians
• 1942 Renamed FR 60; Flag: Italy
• 1943.06.07 Scutted at Bizerte
• 1946 Refloated; returned to French
• 1947.08.18 Scrapped in Bizerte