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NH 92165 RIAZAN (Russian merchant ship, 1909-1917)

RIAZAN (Russian merchant ship, 1909-1917)
Title: RIAZAN (Russian merchant ship, 1909-1917)
Caption: A Russian volunteer fleet liner, photographed before World War I. This ship was captured on 4 August 1914 in Tsushima Straits by the German cruiser EMDEN; later interned in Guam; and scuttled on 7 April 1917 to prevent capture by the United States.
Description: From the P.A. Warneck Collection, 1981; Courtesy of B. V. Drashpil of Margate, Florida.
Catalog #: NH 92165
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator:
After this Year: 1914
Before this Year: 1918
Original Medium: BW Photo
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