SS Baikal

The icebreaking steamer Baikal in action on Lake Baikal.
History
Russia
Name	SS Baikal
Owner	Part of the Trans-Siberian Railroad
Ordered	11 January [O.S. 30 December] 1896
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England[1]
Cost	£79,890
Yard number	647
Laid down	Spring 1896
Launched	29 June 1899
Completed	29 June [O.S. 17 June] 1899
In service	1900
Fate	Damaged by artillery fire in 1918 and scuttled, later dismantled
General characteristics
Class and type	Train ferry/icebreaker
Tonnage	800 GRT
Displacement	4,200 long tons (4,267 t)
Length	88.4 m (290 ft 0 in)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Installed power	3 × reciprocating steam engines, 3,750 hp (2,796 kW)
Propulsion	Two aft wing propellers and one bow propeller
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity	300 passengers and crew 27 freight biaxial railway cars

SS Baikal was an ice-breaking train ferry that linked the eastern and western portions of the Trans-Siberian Railroad across Lake Baikal.