The information that this ship was scrapped in 1983 or 1984 is completely WRONG (and is an error in worldwide spread maritime litterature as well), she interestingly survived into the era of independant Russia and served as education ship of the Fishing fleet in the early 1990's based in Vladivostok. In her last years her white funnel was painted black. According to the Russian Register of Shipping (RS Class) in Vladivostok she was scrapped in 1993.

ILICH – ILITCH – ILYICH – ex CARIBIA
Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg – Germany - No. 493 / 1933
159,81m x 20,07m x 8,49m – 12.049BRT – 1.132pax – 321crew
2x MAN – B&V 8cyl. Diesel Engines – 12.000 PS – 17,0kn
CARIBIA 1933 – 1940 HAPAG, Hamburg – Germany
CARIBIA 1940 – 1945 Hotelship of the German Navy, Hamburg – Germany
ILITCH 1945 – 1983 FESCO, Vladivostok – USSR
1983 taken out of service and laid up at Vladivostok – USSR
1984 BU at Vladivostok – USSR
Sistership to RUSS – ex CORDILLERA
greetings from germany
h.m.koenig

Actually the ILITCH survived until 1993, laid-up as educations ship at Vladivostok and scrapped after this year.

This vessel is the former HAL owned CARIBIA, built in 1933 by BLOHM & VOSS/Hamburg. After the end of WWII the vessel was given to the USSR as reparation. New name: ILYICH / dismantled in the 1980's.