MS Shota Rustaveli

	Passenger ship Shota Rustaveli in Yalta in 1968
History
Name	1968–2000: Shota Rustaveli; 2000–2003: Assedo;
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: Odessa, Soviet Union; 1991–1995: Odessa, Ukraine; 1995–1997: Monrovia, Liberia; 1997–2001: Odessa, Ukraine; 2001–2002: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 2002–2003: Odessa, 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	Template:Sclass-
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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Asklander, Micke. "M/S Shota Rustaveli (1968)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-02-05.
^ idyllicocean - Assedo (アッセド )
^ Rapport MHFP - Greenpeace
^ equasis
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Shota Rustaveli". The Soviet Fleet. Infoflot.ru. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2009-02-05.

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