History
Namesake: Leo Tolstoy (original name)
Owner
1981–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company
1995–1996: Blasco IK
1996–2001: Black Sea Shipping Company
2001–2006: Mano Maritime
2006–2007: International Maritime Investment Co Ltd
2007–2009: EasyCruise
2010–2014: Hellenic Seaways
Operator
1981–2001: Black Sea Shipping Company (?)
2001–2006: Mano Maritime
2006–2007: Salam International Transport & Trading Co
2007–2009: EasyCruise
2010 onwards: Blue Ocean Cruises
Port of registry
1981–1992: Odesa, Soviet Union
1992–1995: Odesa, Ukraine
1995–1996: Monrovia, Liberia
1996–2001: Odesa, Ukraine
2001–2006: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2006–2007: Amman, Jordan
2007–2010:Limassol, Cyprus
2010–2014: Valletta, Malta
Builder: Stocnia Szczecinska im A Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland
Yard number: 492/02
Launched: 6 February 1981
Completed: 1981
Maiden voyage: 1981
In service: October 1981
Out of service: 2014
Identification
Call sign: 9HGB9
IMO number: 7625809
MMSI number: 256935000
Fate: Scrapped in 2014.
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and type: Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
Tonnage
9,878 GT
1,445 DWT
Length: 134.50 m (441.27 ft)
Beam: 21.00 m (68.90 ft)
Depth: 5.60 m (18.37 ft)
Decks: 9
Installed power
4 × Sulzer 6 LZ40/48 diesels
12800 kW
Speed: 20 kn (37 km/h)
Range: 4,100 nmi (7,600 km)
Capacity: 350 passengers
General characteristics (as cruise ship)[2]
Class and type: Cruise ship (since 1 October 2010)
Tonnage: 12,711 GT
Speed: 17 knots (service speed)
Capacity: 550 passengers
Crew: 98
The MV Ocean Life was a cruise ship for a number of cruise lines, including Hellenic Seaways and Blue Ocean Cruises, under a number of names. She was sold for scrap in 2014.
History
Palmira at Hamburg in 1999.
She was built in 1981 as a Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry by Stocnia Szczecinska im A Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland as Lev Tolstoy for the Black Sea Shipping Company. She was third in a series of seven near-identical ferries built for various shipping companies of the Soviet Union. She sailed under the names Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmine, Farah, EasyCruise Life and finally Ocean Life with Blue Open Cruise Lines, who operated her on a series of Indian coastal voyages.
Fate
The ship was sold for scrapping at Aliağa, Turkey, in August 2014.