SS Rjev

History
Name	Hendrik Fisser VII (1944-45); Empire Gallic (1945-46); Rjev or Rzhev (1946-70);
Owner	Fisser & Van Doornum (1944-45); Ministry of War Transport (1945-46); Soviet Government (1946-70);
Operator	Fisser & Van Doornum (1944-45); Ellerman's Wilson Lines Ltd (1945-46); Murmansk Shipping Company (1946-70);
Port of registry	Emden, Germany (1944-45); London , United Kingdom (1945-46); Murmansk, Soviet Union (1946-70);
Builder	T U K Smit / Deutsche Werft
Yard number	796
Launched	July 1944
Completed	November 1944
Out of service	1970
Identification	United Kingdom Official Number 180616 (1945-46); Code Letters GLLS (1945-46); ; IMO number: 5297335 ( –1970);
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Hansa A type Cargo ship
Tonnage	1,944 GRT, 985 NRT, 3,120 DWT
Length	85.19 m (279 ft 6 in)
Beam	13.49 m (44 ft 3 in)
Depth	4.78 m (15 ft 8 in)
Installed power	Compound steam engine, 1,200IHP
Propulsion	Single screw propeller
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)

Rjev or Rzhev (Russian: Ржев) was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as Hendrik Visser VII in 1944 by T U K Smit, Kinderdijk, Netherlands and completed by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany for Fisser & Van Doornum, Emden, Germany. She was seized as a prize of war in 1945, passing to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Gallic. She was allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946 and renamed Rjev. She served until 1970 when she was scrapped.

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