Assedo
ClassCruise Ship | Flag state- |
Maiden Voyage Date1968 | Cruise Age57 |
Cruise LineKaalbye Shipping International | Category- |
Ship statistics
Gross Tonnage19,361t | Deck Levels- | Crew-to-Passenger Ratio- |
Length175.77m | Decks with cabins- | Passengers-to-space ratio- |
Width23.55m | Cabins- | Ice Class- |
Passengers750 | Displacement- | Inflatable boat- |
Introduction to the cruise
History
Owner
1968–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company
1995–1997: BLASCO UK
1997–2000: Ocean Agencies
2000–2003: Kaalbye Shipping International
Port of registry
1968–1991: Odesa, Soviet Union
1991–1995: Odesa, Ukraine
1995–1997: Monrovia, Liberia
1997–2001: Odesa, Ukraine
2001–2002: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2002–2003: Odesa, Ukraine
Builder: Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number: 128
Laid down: 11 October 1965
Launched: 29 December 1966
Acquired: 30 June 1968
In service: 1968
Out of service: 2003
Identification
Call sign: UUGF
IMO number: 6707753
Fate: Scrapped in Alang, India, in 2003
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type: Ivan Franko-class passenger ship
Tonnage
19,361 GRT
5,696 DWT
Displacement: 13,010 tons
Length: 175.77 m (576 ft 8 in)
Beam: 23.55 m (77 ft 3 in)
Draught: 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
Depth: 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Installed power
2 × Sulzer-Cegielski 7RND76
15,666 kW (combined)
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 750 passengers
Crew: 347
MS Shota Rustaveli was a cruise ship, built in 1968 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany for the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company and named after the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli. After the fall of the Soviet Union she was handed to Ukraine. In 2000, she was sold to Kaalbye Group and renamed MS Assedo. In 2003, she was scrapped at Alang, India.
Owner
1968–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company
1995–1997: BLASCO UK
1997–2000: Ocean Agencies
2000–2003: Kaalbye Shipping International
Port of registry
1968–1991: Odesa, Soviet Union
1991–1995: Odesa, Ukraine
1995–1997: Monrovia, Liberia
1997–2001: Odesa, Ukraine
2001–2002: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2002–2003: Odesa, Ukraine
Builder: Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number: 128
Laid down: 11 October 1965
Launched: 29 December 1966
Acquired: 30 June 1968
In service: 1968
Out of service: 2003
Identification
Call sign: UUGF
IMO number: 6707753
Fate: Scrapped in Alang, India, in 2003
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type: Ivan Franko-class passenger ship
Tonnage
19,361 GRT
5,696 DWT
Displacement: 13,010 tons
Length: 175.77 m (576 ft 8 in)
Beam: 23.55 m (77 ft 3 in)
Draught: 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
Depth: 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Installed power
2 × Sulzer-Cegielski 7RND76
15,666 kW (combined)
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 750 passengers
Crew: 347
MS Shota Rustaveli was a cruise ship, built in 1968 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany for the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company and named after the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli. After the fall of the Soviet Union she was handed to Ukraine. In 2000, she was sold to Kaalbye Group and renamed MS Assedo. In 2003, she was scrapped at Alang, India.