Passing South Head departing Sydney. Launched 1954 as Ivernia. Renamed Franconia in 1963, and Fedor Shalyapin in 1973. 21717 GRT 185.3m x 24.5m. Under charter to CTC 1975. After a 8 years of being laid up in Ilichevsk near Odessa since December 1995 FEDOR SHALYAPIN began her last voyage to India in 2003. She sailed on her own engines with a crew of 45 members.