Ivan Franko (right) and Mediterranean Sky (left)
History
NameIvan Franko
NamesakeIvan Franko
OperatorBlack Sea Shipping Co., Odesa
Port of registry
BuilderV.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number125
Launched15 June 1963
Completed1964
Acquired14 November 1964
Maiden voyage1964
In service1964
Out of service21 July 1997
Identification
FateScrapped at Alang, India, in 1997
NotesBeached for scrap on July 21, 1997
General characteristics [1]
TypeCruise ship
Tonnage
Length155 m (508 ft 6 in)
Beam25 m (82 ft 0 in)
Draught7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Propulsion2 × Sulzer Werkspoor 7-cylinder diesel engines, 15,666 kW (21,008 hp)
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity750 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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "M/S IVAN FRANKO (1964)". faktaomfartyg.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2014.


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