Taras Shevchenko
ClassCruise Ship | Flag state- |
Maiden Voyage Date1966 | Cruise Age58 |
Cruise LineBlack Sea Shipping Company | Category- |
Ship statistics
Gross Tonnage20,027t | Deck Levels- | Crew-to-Passenger Ratio- |
Length175.8m/576.77ft | Decks with cabins- | Passengers-to-space ratio- |
Width23.53m/77.2ft | Cabins- | Ice Class- |
Passengers750 | Displacement- | Inflatable boat- |
Introduction to the cruise
History
Owner
1966–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company
1995–1997: Blasco UK
1997–2004: Ocean Agencies
Operator
1966–1989: Black Sea Shipping Company
1989–1994: Jahn Reisen
1995–1997: Blasco UK
1997–1998: Ocean Agencies
1998–2003: laid up
2003–2004: Antarktika JSC
Port of registry
1966–1991: Odesa, Soviet Union
1991–1995: Odesa, Ukraine
1995–1997: Monrovia, Liberia
1997–2005: unknown
2005: Moroni, Comoros
Builder: V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number: 127
Launched: 16 January 1965
Completed: 1966
Acquired: 26 April 1966
In service: 1966
Out of service: November 2004
Identification
Call sign: UTVT
IMO number: 6508195
Fate: Scrapped 2005
General characteristics
Class and type: Ivan Franko-class passenger ship
Tonnage
20,027 GRT
6,000 t DWT
Length: 175.80 m (576.77 ft)
Beam: 23.53 m (77.20 ft)
Draught: 8.16 m (26.77 ft)
Installed power: 4 × Sulzer-Cegielski diesels, combined 15445 kW
Speed: 20,5 knots
Capacity
750 passengers (as built)
400 passengers (as rebuilt)
714 passengers (as rebuilt)
Crew: 370
MS Taras Shevchenko was a cruise ship owned by the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company. She was built in 1966 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was scrapped in 2005 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The ship was named after Ukrainian painter and poet Taras Shevchenko.
History
Taras Shevchenko was the third Ivan Franko-class passenger ship built by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft for the Soviet Union. Originally she was planned as the last ship of the series, but the Soviet Union's national shipping company Morflot decided to order two additional sisters, which made her the middle sister. She was delivered to the Black Sea Shipping Company on 26 April 1966 and placed on cruise traffic. Sometime during her Soviet Union career the Taras Shevchenko was rebuilt with a larger forward superstructure. In 1989 she was chartered to Jahn Reisen for a five-year period. The Soviet Union broke up during this charter, and as a result of this the Taras Shevchenko was handed over to the state of Ukraine. Following the end of the Jahn Reisen charter in 1995, she was transferred to Blasco UK and re-flagged to Monrovia, Liberia. During the same year she was rebuilt at Odesa.
In 1997 Taras Shevchenko was sold to the Ukraine-based Ocean Agencies who used her for further cruise traffic. In June 1998, when she was about to depart on a three-week cruise, the ship was arrested in Piraeus, Greece due to the company's financial problems. In July 1998 the ship was laid up at Ilichevsk, where she remained for five years. In 2003 she was put back into service as a cruise ship by the Ukraine-based Antarktika JSC, who used her for cruises aimed at a Ukrainian cliente. This venture was not able to attract a viable charterer, and Taras Shevchenko was sold for scrap in 2004. Renamed Tara, scrappers in Alang, India were outbid, and Tara was scrapped in Chittagong, Bangladesh in 2005.
Owner
1966–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company
1995–1997: Blasco UK
1997–2004: Ocean Agencies
Operator
1966–1989: Black Sea Shipping Company
1989–1994: Jahn Reisen
1995–1997: Blasco UK
1997–1998: Ocean Agencies
1998–2003: laid up
2003–2004: Antarktika JSC
Port of registry
1966–1991: Odesa, Soviet Union
1991–1995: Odesa, Ukraine
1995–1997: Monrovia, Liberia
1997–2005: unknown
2005: Moroni, Comoros
Builder: V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number: 127
Launched: 16 January 1965
Completed: 1966
Acquired: 26 April 1966
In service: 1966
Out of service: November 2004
Identification
Call sign: UTVT
IMO number: 6508195
Fate: Scrapped 2005
General characteristics
Class and type: Ivan Franko-class passenger ship
Tonnage
20,027 GRT
6,000 t DWT
Length: 175.80 m (576.77 ft)
Beam: 23.53 m (77.20 ft)
Draught: 8.16 m (26.77 ft)
Installed power: 4 × Sulzer-Cegielski diesels, combined 15445 kW
Speed: 20,5 knots
Capacity
750 passengers (as built)
400 passengers (as rebuilt)
714 passengers (as rebuilt)
Crew: 370
MS Taras Shevchenko was a cruise ship owned by the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company. She was built in 1966 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was scrapped in 2005 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The ship was named after Ukrainian painter and poet Taras Shevchenko.
History
Taras Shevchenko was the third Ivan Franko-class passenger ship built by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft for the Soviet Union. Originally she was planned as the last ship of the series, but the Soviet Union's national shipping company Morflot decided to order two additional sisters, which made her the middle sister. She was delivered to the Black Sea Shipping Company on 26 April 1966 and placed on cruise traffic. Sometime during her Soviet Union career the Taras Shevchenko was rebuilt with a larger forward superstructure. In 1989 she was chartered to Jahn Reisen for a five-year period. The Soviet Union broke up during this charter, and as a result of this the Taras Shevchenko was handed over to the state of Ukraine. Following the end of the Jahn Reisen charter in 1995, she was transferred to Blasco UK and re-flagged to Monrovia, Liberia. During the same year she was rebuilt at Odesa.
In 1997 Taras Shevchenko was sold to the Ukraine-based Ocean Agencies who used her for further cruise traffic. In June 1998, when she was about to depart on a three-week cruise, the ship was arrested in Piraeus, Greece due to the company's financial problems. In July 1998 the ship was laid up at Ilichevsk, where she remained for five years. In 2003 she was put back into service as a cruise ship by the Ukraine-based Antarktika JSC, who used her for cruises aimed at a Ukrainian cliente. This venture was not able to attract a viable charterer, and Taras Shevchenko was sold for scrap in 2004. Renamed Tara, scrappers in Alang, India were outbid, and Tara was scrapped in Chittagong, Bangladesh in 2005.
