Ermack

Ermack

Image Details

Title Ermack
Reference Number STH0014722
Photographer William Parry
Town or Village At sea
Date 1900
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period C1900
Copyright Parry Family
Further Information The icebreaker Ermack was the strongest ship in the world in its day. It was built in 1898 at the shipyard of Armstrong Whitworth & Co. at Low Walker on the Tyne for the Russian government. The Ermack (also known as the Yermak, Russian spelling Ермак) had a very long career, continuing until the 1960s.