 Shota Rustaveli in Sydney Harbor
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany |
| Yard number | 128 |
| Laid down | 11 October 1965 |
| Launched | 29 December 1966 |
| Acquired | 30 June 1968 |
| In service | 1968 |
| Out of service | 2003 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in Alang, India, in 2003 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 13,010 tons |
| Length | 175.77 m (576 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 23.55 m (77 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in) |
| Depth | 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity | 750 passengers |
| Crew | 347 |
MS Shota Rustaveli was a cruise ship, built in 1968 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany for the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company and named after the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli. After the fall of the Soviet Union she was handed to Ukraine. In 2000, she was sold to Kaalbye Group and renamed MS Assedo. In 2003, she was scrapped at Alang, India.
References
- ^ Asklander, Micke. "M/S Shota Rustaveli (1968)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-02-05.
- idyllicocean - Assedo (アッセド )
- Rapport MHFP - Greenpeace
- equasis
- ^ "Shota Rustaveli". The Soviet Fleet. Infoflot.ru. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
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