MV Dmitry Donskoy information

History
Name	Eberhart Essberger (1943-45); Empire Ayr (1945-46); Dmitry Donskoy (1946-74);
Owner	J T Essberger, Hamburg (1943-45); Ministry of War Transport (1945-46); Baltic Shipping Co, Leningrad (1946-74);
Operator	Owner operated except:-; F C Strick & Co Ltd (1945-46);
Port of registry	Hamburg (1943-45); London (1945-46); Leningrad (1946-74);
Builder	Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona
Yard number	73
Launched	11 May 1943
Completed	20 January 1944
Identification	Official Number 180681 (1945-46); Code Letters GNPS (1945-46); ;
Fate	Scrapped 1974
General characteristics
Tonnage	5,061 GRT
Length	438 ft 8 in (133.71 m)
Beam	57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Depth	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Propulsion	2 x SCSA diesel engines (A/B Götavarken, Gothenburg) 990 hp (740 kW)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)

Dmitry Donskoy was a 5,061-ton German cargo ship which was built in 1943 as Eberhart Essberger. Taken as a British war prize in 1945, she was renamed Empire Ayr. She was allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946 and served until scrapped in 1974.

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History

Name	Eberhart Essberger (1943-45) Empire Ayr (1945-46) Dmitry Donskoy (1946-74)
Owner	J T Essberger, Hamburg (1943-45) Ministry of War Transport (1945-46) Baltic Shipping Co, Leningrad (1946-74)
Operator	Owner operated except:- F C Strick & Co Ltd (1945-46)
Port of registry	Hamburg (1943-45) London (1945-46) Leningrad (1946-74)
Builder	Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona
Yard number	73
Launched	11 May 1943
Completed	20 January 1944
Identification	Official Number 180681 (1945-46) Code Letters GNPS (1945-46)
Fate	Scrapped 1974
General characteristics
Tonnage	5,061 GRT
Length	438 ft 8 in (133.71 m)
Beam	57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Depth	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Propulsion	2 x SCSA diesel engines (A/B Götavarken, Gothenburg) 990 hp (740 kW)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)