 Admiral Nakhimov
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| History | |
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  Germany | |
| Name | SS Berlin |
| Namesake | City of Berlin, Germany |
| Owner | Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| Builder | Bremer Vulkan |
| Launched | 24 March 1925 |
| Reclassified |
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| Homeport | Bremen, Weimar Republic |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by a mine near Swinemünde, salvaged by the Soviet Union in 1949. |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | SS Admiral Nakhimov |
| Namesake | Admiral Pavel Nakhimov |
| Owner | Black Sea Steamship Company |
| Port of registry | 1949–1986: Odessa,  Soviet Union |
| Out of service | 1986 |
| Reclassified | passenger liner (1957–1986) |
| Identification |
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| Fate | 31 August 1986: sunk in a collision with bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 572 ft (174 m) |
| Beam | 21.02 m (69.0 ft) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,101 + 24 extra passengers: 323 first-class; 290-second-class; 488 third-class; |
| Crew | 313 + 41 extra crew |
SS Admiral Nakhimov (Russian: Адмирал Нахимов), launched in March 1925 and originally named SS Berlin, was a passenger liner of the German Weimar Republic later converted to a hospital ship, then a Soviet passenger ship. On 31 August 1986, Admiral Nakhimov collided with the large bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev in the Tsemes Bay, near the port of Novorossiysk, Russian SFSR, and quickly sank. In total, 423 of the 1,234 people on board died.