Imagine an operator of a VTS shore station , pilot station or any other ( other than German ) station , trying to call this ship over the radio .
Shipowners in the countries of the communist bloc competed in giving ships names that were unpronounceable by foreigners. I remember the situation with the ship on which I worked and the operator of the SALERNO Harbor Master's Office. The ship was named KOPALNIA MOSZCZENICA. After many attempts to pronounce the second part of the name, she gave up. We have been called KOPULONIA.

What about:

D&K Abdul Razzak Khalid Zaid Al Khalid ??

Beaten by http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=397703

It could only have been topped by a name like "Vorsitzender des Staatsrats der DDR und Generalsekretär des ZK der SED..." :-)

What a name for a ship! The longest I have ever seen!!