MV Stary Bolshevik
| History | |
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| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Stary Bolshevik |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Ordered | July 1, 1931 |
| Builder | Severnaya Verf, Leningrad |
| Launched | 1932 |
| In service | January 1933 |
| Out of service | 1942 |
| Fate |
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| → Soviet Union | |
| Name | Stary Bolshevik |
| Owner | People's Commissariat of the Maritime Fleet |
| Operator | Northern Fleet |
| Commissioned | May 1942 |
| Decommissioned | July 1943 |
| Honors & awards | Order of Lenin |
| Fate | Returned to the Far-Eastern Shipping Company |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Stary Bolshevik |
| Owner | People's Commissariat of the Maritime Fleet |
| Operator | Far-Eastern Shipping Company |
| In service | July 1943 |
| Out of service | August 1945 |
| Fate | Mobilized by the Pacific Fleet |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Stary Bolshevik |
| Owner | People's Commissariat of the Maritime Fleet |
| Operator | Pacific Fleet |
| Commissioned | August 1945 |
| Decommissioned | September 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to the Far-Eastern Shipping Company |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Stary Bolshevik |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Far-Eastern Shipping Company |
| In service | September 1945 |
| Out of service | 1969 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5338945 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Volgoles-class cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 8,130 t (8,000 long tons; 8,960 short tons) |
| Length | 111.1 m (364 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 15.7 m (51 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | 1 × Sulzer diesel engine (1,800 PS or 1,780 hp) |
| Speed | 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Crew | 34 |
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Soviet ship Stary Bolshevik (Russian: Старый большевик, lit. 'Old Bolshevik') was a Soviet lumber motorship. It took part in several Arctic convoys of World War II as a general-purpose cargo ship. For the heroic actions while taking part in Convoy PQ 16 the ship was awarded the Order of Lenin, its captain, first mate, and helmsman were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, and the whole crew were awarded various orders and medals.