MS Lastochka at the wharf by Proletarska square, Kharkiv |
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| Career (Ukraine) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MS Lastochka (English: Swallow) |
| Namesake: | Swallow Bird (from Russian: Ласточка) |
| Route: | Rivers of Lopan and Kharkiv |
| Builder: | Moscow Shipyard, USSR |
| Launched: | 1975 |
| In service: | 1975-2005, in Kharkiv - since 1996 |
| Out of service: | 2005 |
| Renamed: | 1996, former name - Pavlik Morozov |
| Homeport: | Kharkiv, Ukraine (heretofore - Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine |
| Status: | Burned out |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 30 tons |
| Length: | 22.4 m (73 ft) |
| Beam: | 4.06 m (13.3 ft) |
| Height: | 3 metres |
| Draught: | <40 centimetres |
| Installed power: | 60 horsepower |
| Capacity: | About 66 passengers |
Lastochka (from Ukrainian: Ластівка or Russian: Ласточка - Swallow) was the only pleasure motor ship in Kharkiv, Ukraine during its contemporary history. From 1996 till 2005 it carried passengers on the rivers of Lopan and Kharkiv. On the 1st of April in 2005 in daytime the MS burned out in unclear circumstances[1].
MS Lastochka was built in 1975 at Moscow Shipyard, USSR. Former name of the ship — Pavlik Morozov (homeport Dnipropetrovsk). Until its move to Kharkiv the MS ploughed waters of the Dnieper.
In 1995 by efforts of O. Sazonov MS Pavlik Morozov that had been in a sad state was moved from Dnipropetrovsk to Kharkiv using special 30-meters carriage. Restoration and reconstruction works were conducted on the river of Kharkiv in the other side of Chyhyryn bridge.