TARAS SHEVCHENKO

Russian

Owner: 1967-1995: Black Sea Shipping Company

1995-1997: Blasco UK

1997-2004: Ocean Agencies

Operator: 1967-1989: Black Sea Shipping Company
1989-1994: Jahn Reisen
1995-1997: Blasco UK
1997-1998: Ocean Agencies
1998-2003: laid up
2003-2004: Antarktika JSC
Port of registry: 1967-1991: Odessa, Soviet Union
1991-1995: Odessa, Ukraine
1995-1997: Monrovia, Liberia
1997-2005: unknown
Builder: V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number: 127
Launched: 16. 1. 1964
Acquired: 26. 4. 1967
Out of service: November 2004
Fate: Scrapped 2005
General characteristics
Class and type: Ivan Franko class liner
Tonnage: 19549 GRT
Displacement: 6,000 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
Length: 175.80 m (576.77 ft)
Beam: 23.53 m (77.20 ft)
Draught: 8.00 m (26.25 ft)
Installed power: 4 × Sulzer-Cegielski diesels, combined 15445 kW
Speed: 20,5 knots
Capacity: 750 passengers (as built)
400 passengers (as rebuilt)
714 passengers (as rebuilt)

Photo Credits: The William T Barber Collection Vic Australia

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Gordy