Ivan Franko (right) and Mediterranean Sky (left)
History
Name	Ivan Franko
Namesake	Ivan Franko
Operator	Black Sea Shipping Co., Odesa
Port of registry	1964–1992: Odesa,  Soviet Union 1992–1997: Odesa,  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
Completed	1964
Acquired	14 November 1964
Maiden voyage	1964
In service	1964
Out of service	21 July 1997
Identification	Call sign: J8TA9 IMO number: 5415901
Fate	Scrapped at Alang, India, in 1997
Notes	Beached for scrap on July 21, 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

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]

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