RV Vityaz (1939)
Vityaz () is a research vessel that was built in 1939 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen, Germany as Mars for Neptun Line, Bremen. She served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was seized by the United Kingdom in 1945. She was renamed Empire Forth for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946 under the terms of the Potsdam Agreement and renamed Equator () and later renamed Admiral Makarov (). She was renamed Vityaz in 1949 and was used as a research vessel. Retired in 1979, she was preserved as a museum ship in 1982. Description When recorded in 1945, the ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was assessed at , . The ship was propelled by two two-stroke Single Cycle, Single Action diesel engines, which have seven cylinders of 24 inches (62 cm) diameter by 45 inches (115 cm) stroke driving twin screw propellers. The engines were built by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel. They are rated at 3,000 hp. They could propel her at . History The ship was built as yard number 614 in