Dates: 1895 - 1937

Built 1894 by Blohm and Voss, Hamburg for the Hamburg America Line.
On 29th Oct.1904 she was sold to the Imperial Russian Navy and renamed KRONSTADT.
IN 1918 seized by Germany and renamed FLEISS.
IN 1919 was returned to Russia and again named as KRONSTADT.
In 1921 taken over by the French Navy, renamed VULCAIN and used as a fleet repair ship. She was scrapped in 1937.

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" Good day all, I could do with a leg up here; ANY assistance at all would be highly regarded. I need to trace further my birth mothers service details. She joined the WRNS in April 1945  but unfortunately is now deceased. I have her full Naval records but would like to see if I can find ..."

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