Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. EMBIRICOS, glass negative
Glass negative of a framed painting showing Starboard broadside view of the S.S. EMBERICOS. Dover No.8 pilot boat can also be seen in the painting.
Built 1893 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesbrough (triple-expansion engine by J. Dickinson, Sunderland), for Alcibiades Embiricos, Andros. 1901 – Sold to Michael Jebsen of Hamburg, and renamed EMMA. 1904 – Sold to the Imperial Russian Navy, renamed KOLUIMA (or KOLYMA), and converted to an armed transport ship. 1913 – Re-assigned as a depot ship and renamed BLOKSHIP No.6. 1916 – Re-assigned to the Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Vladivostok, and renamed VITIM. 1923 – Sold to P.M.Nomikos, Piraeus, and renamed PETROS NOMIKOS. She was broken up in the UK in 1933. (ref - teesbuiltships.co.uk/rayltondixon)