HMS Aladar Youssanoff

HMS Aladar Youssanoff before 1905
History
Russian Empire
NameAleydar Useynov
NamesakeAliheydar Huseynov
Port of registryBaku
BuilderSormovo Machine Works
Launched1905
United Kingdom
NameHMS Aladar Youssanoff
AcquiredJanuary 1919
StrickenAugust 1919
Caspian Flotilla of the White Movement
NameVolga (October 1919)
AcquiredAugust 1919
USSR
NameAlyosha Japaridze
Acquired18 May 1920
Fatescrapped in 1950s
General characteristics
Class & typeSeaplane carrier
Displacement2,070.68 long tons (2,103.91 t)
Length303 ft 82 in (94.44 m)
Beam36 ft 44 in (12.09 m)
Draft21 ft 00 in (6.40 m)
Armament

HMS Aladar Youssanoff was a Russian cargo-tanking steel steamship for the transportation of dry cargo, as well as oil and kerosene in bulk which was seized by the British Royal Navy and used as seaplane tender in 1919 alongside HMS Orlionoch.