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SS Anakriya

Anakriya was a 1,000 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1925 as Riga by Travewerk Gebrüder Goedhart AG, Hamburg, Germany. After a sale in 1934 she was renamed Königsberg. In 1939, she was renamed Stettin. In 1945, she was seized by the Allies at Hamburg, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Conway. In 1946, she was passed to the Soviet Union, initially renamed Stettin, and then renamed Anakriya.

Description
The ship was built in 1925 by Travewerk Gebrüder Goedhart AG, Lübeck. She was launched on 1 September 1925, and entered service on 4 November. 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 a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Görlitzer Maschinenfabrik, Görlitz. It could propel the ship at . The ship had a range of at , burning of coal. ==History==
History
Riga was built for Lübeck Linie AG, Lübeck. She was allocated the Code Letters PCDM. On 4 September 1940. Stettin entered service as a hospital ship, with beds for 70 patients. She was employed in this rôle until 14 December. Between 7 August 1941 and 23 January 1943 she was used as a transport ship. In 1946, Empire Conway was allocated to the Soviet Union. She was later renamed Anakriya. Anakriya was removed from shipping registers in 1960, and was scrapped in 1978. ==References==
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