MS Adzharistan

History
Name	Adzharistan
Owner	Black Sea State Shipping Company
Port of registry	Odessa, Soviet Union
Builder	Baltic Works, Leningrad
Launched	1928
Completed	1930
In service	1930
Fate	Destroyed by German aircraft, 23 July 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	Krim-class cargo liner
Tonnage	4,727 gross register tons (GRT) 2,583 net register tons (NRT) 1,480 tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement	5,770 t (5,680 long tons) (deep load)
Length	112.15 m (367 ft 11 in)
Beam	15.55 m (51 ft)
Draught	5.95 m (19 ft 6 in)
Depth	7.7 m (25.3 ft)
Decks	2
Installed power	3,900 hp (2,900 kW)
Propulsion	2 screw propellers; 2 diesel engines
Speed	12.6 knots (23.3 km/h; 14.5 mph)
Capacity	518 passengers

MS Adzharistan was one of six Soviet Krim-class cargo liners built for the Black Sea State Shipping Company during the late 1920s. The first pair were built in Weimar Germany, but the other four, including Adzharistan, were built in the Soviet Union and varied slightly from the German-built ships. A month after the invasion of the Soviet Union by the Axis powers in June 1941, she was destroyed by German aircraft.