13,251 grt; 2,402 dwt. 1,009 passengers; 256 cars.
Operator: USSR - Black Sea Shipping Co, Odessa, USSR.
Built: 1976 by Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Turku, Finland. Yard no 1222.
Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x vee-18-cylinder, four-stroke Wärtsilä-Pielstick 18PC2-V400 of 18,000 bhp (total) at 520 rpm. Speed: 20 knots
1984-converted by Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven; vehicle deck converted to passenger cabins.
1994-registered to Blasco UK, Monrovia, Liberia, renamed UKRAINA (Liberian flag)
1996-chartered to Royal Seas Cruise Lines, renamed ROYAL SEAS (Ukraine flagt).
1998-chartered to New SeaEscape for use on casino vruises from Florida, renamed ISLAND ADVENTURE (Bahamas flag).
2008-arrested and sold by auction to Seaescape and then to Regency Cruise Lines.
2011-sold/renamed ADVENTURE (Tanzania flag)
2011-to breakers at Alang India 3/11
Photo: Tilbury Landing Stage 17/9/1978.