MS Marco Polo
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For other ships, see Marco Polo (disambiguation).
MS Marco Polo was a cruise ship originally built as ocean liner Aleksandr Pushkin in 1965 by Mathias-Thesen-Werft, East Germany for the Soviet Union's Baltic Shipping Company. After major alterations and additions, the ship operated as Marco Polo for the Orient Lines from 1993 to 2008.[1] It last sailed for UK-based Cruise & Maritime Voyages[6] and its German subsidiary Transocean Tours.[5] After Cruise & Maritime Voyages entered administration in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was sold at auction by CW Kellock & Co. Ltd. for US$2,770,000 on 22 October 2020;[12] it was subsequently resold and in January 2021 was beached at Alang, India and scrapped.[13]
Quick Facts History, General characteristics (as built) ...
MS Marco Polo in the port of Tallinn in 2012 | |
History | |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft, Wismar, East Germany[3] |
Yard number | 126[3] |
Laid down | 18 June 1963 |
Launched | 26 April 1964[1] |
Completed | 1965 |
Acquired | 14 August 1965[1] |
In service | August 1965[1] |
Out of service | 2020 |
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Fate | Scrapped in Alang, India, 2021 |
General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
Class and type | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship → Ocean liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 176.28 m (578.35 ft) |
Beam | 23.55 m (77.26 ft) |
Draught | 8.20 m (26.90 ft) |
Depth | 13.50 m (44.29 ft)[8] |
Ice class | 1C passenger ship[7] |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | Two shafts; fixed pitch propellers[3] |
Speed | 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) |
Capacity | 650 passengers with berths (different sources give different figures) + 500 deck passengers[8] |
Crew | 220[9] |
General characteristics (circa 2007)[10] | |
Type | Cruise Ship |
Tonnage | 22,080 GT[3] |
Speed | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
Capacity | |
Crew | 356[11] |
Notes | Otherwise same as built |
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