MS Ivan Franko

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.[1]

History
Name:	Ivan Franko
Namesake:	Ivan Franko
Operator:	Black Sea Shipping Co., Odessa
Port of registry:	1964–1992: Odessa,  Soviet Union 1992–1997: Odessa,  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
Acquired:	14 November 1964
Out of service:	21 July 1997
Identification:	Call sign: J8TA9 IMO number: 5415901
Fate:	Arrived at Alang, India, for scrapping, 21 July 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

References

1. "M/S IVAN FRANKO (1964)". faktaomfartyg.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2014.