SS Korsun Shevtshenkovsky

Not to be confused with Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi.

History
Name
  • Wilhelmshafen (1943-45)
  • Empire Douglas (1945-46)
  • Korsun Shevtshenkovsky (1946-72)
Owner
  • Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG (1943-45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945)
  • Ministry of Transport (1945-46)
  • Soviet Government (1946-72)
Operator
  • Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG (1943-45)
  • unknown manager (1945-46)
  • Soviet Government (1946-72)
Port of registry
  • Germany Hamburg, Germany (1943-45)
  • United Kingdom London, United Kingdom (1945-1946)
  • Soviet Union Tallinn, Soviet Union (1946-72)
BuilderDuivendijks Scheepwerke
Launched1943
Identification
  • United Kingdom Official Number 180738 (1945-46)
  • Code Letters GNDJ (1945-46)
FateScrapped
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
Length287 ft (87 m)
Beam44 ft (13 m)
PropulsionTriple expansion steam engine

Korsun Shevtshenkovsky (Cyrillic: Корсүнь Шевченковкий) was a 1,925 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1943 as Wilhelmshafen by Duivendijks Scheepwerke, Lekkerkerk, Netherlands for Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG. She was seized by the British in 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Douglas. She was transferred to the Soviet Government in 1946 and renamed Korsun Shevtshenkovsky, serving until 1972 when she was scrapped.