Ivan Franko
ClassCruise Ship | Flag state- |
Maiden Voyage Date1964 | Cruise Age60 |
Cruise LineBlack Sea Shipping Company | Category- |
Ship statistics
Gross Tonnage19,861t | Deck Levels- | Crew-to-Passenger Ratio- |
Length155m | Decks with cabins- | Passengers-to-space ratio- |
Width25m | Cabins- | Ice Class- |
Passengers750 | Displacement- | Inflatable boat- |
Introduction to the cruise
History
Namesake: Ivan Franko
Operator: Black Sea Shipping Co., Odesa
Port of registry
1964–1992: Odesa, Soviet Union
1992–1997: Odesa, Ukraine
1997 onwards: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Builder: V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number: 125
Launched: 15 June 1963
Completed: 1964
Acquired: 14 November 1964
Maiden voyage: 1964
In service: 1964
Out of service: 21 July 1997
Identification
Call sign: J8TA9
IMO number: 5415901
Fate: Scrapped at Alang, India, in 1997
Notes: Beached for scrap on July 21, 1997
General characteristics [1]
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage
19,861 GT
6,007 DWT
Length: 155 m (508 ft 6 in)
Beam: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
Draught: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: 2 × Sulzer Werkspoor 7-cylinder diesel engines, 15,666 kW (21,008 hp)
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 750 passengers
MS Ivan Franko was the first Ivan Franko-class passenger ship owned by the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company. She was built in 1964 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was scrapped in 1997 at Alang, India.
Namesake: Ivan Franko
Operator: Black Sea Shipping Co., Odesa
Port of registry
1964–1992: Odesa, Soviet Union
1992–1997: Odesa, Ukraine
1997 onwards: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Builder: V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number: 125
Launched: 15 June 1963
Completed: 1964
Acquired: 14 November 1964
Maiden voyage: 1964
In service: 1964
Out of service: 21 July 1997
Identification
Call sign: J8TA9
IMO number: 5415901
Fate: Scrapped at Alang, India, in 1997
Notes: Beached for scrap on July 21, 1997
General characteristics [1]
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage
19,861 GT
6,007 DWT
Length: 155 m (508 ft 6 in)
Beam: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
Draught: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: 2 × Sulzer Werkspoor 7-cylinder diesel engines, 15,666 kW (21,008 hp)
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 750 passengers
MS Ivan Franko was the first Ivan Franko-class passenger ship owned by the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company. She was built in 1964 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was scrapped in 1997 at Alang, India.
