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No.935 Aleksandr Pushkin launched in 1964

19,860grt for USSR ( Baltic Shipping Company) from Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Marco Polo 1991 Orient Lines then Cruise & Maritime Voyages from 2010 Arrived Alang for breaking 9 Jan 21 aged 57 IMO: 6417097 Image attribution: René Beauchamp, Vitor Francisco … Continue reading

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No.932 Ivan Franko launched 15 June 1963

in service 1964, 20,064grt for USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) from Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Frank 1997 Breakers Scrapped Alang 1997 IMO 5415901 The first of 5 celebrated ships of the Poet Class Image attribution: Nick James, Gena Anfimov & Michael … Continue reading

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No.939 Taras Shevchenko launched 16 Jan 1965

Delivered Apr ’66 19,549grt for USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) by Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar IMO 6508195 Tara 2005 Breakers Scrapped Chittagong 2005 The third ship of the Poet Class Images: Tony Davis, Gordon Dalzell & Masato Nishiguchi

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No.955 Shota Rustaveli launched in 1967

20,146grt USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Assedo 2000 Kaalbye Shipping (Assedo is Odessa backwards) IMO:6707753 Scrapped Alang 2003 Named after the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli Image attribution: Mike Cornwall, Carlo Martinelli, me, Tony Davis & Neven Jerkovic

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No.977 Mikhail Lermontov launched 1970

19,872grt USSR (Baltic Shipping Company) from Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Aground Port Gore, New Zealand & sank 1986 IMO:7042318 The 5th of 5 Poet class liners/cruise ships Image attribution: Eric Sanders, Leo Johannes, Masato Nishiguchi, & Mike Cornwall

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