MV Delphin

Career
Name: 1975-1993: Byelorussiya
1993-1996: Kazakhstan II
1996 onwards: Delphin
Namesake: Belorussiya (2nd name)
Owner: 1975–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company[1]
1995-1996: Lady Lou Shipping Co. Ltd.
1996-2006: Dolphin Maritime Ltd.[2]
2007-2010: Delphin Shipping Ltd.
2011 onwards: Vishal Cruises Pvt. Ltd.[3]
Operator: 1993-2004: Delphin Seereisen
2004-2010: Hansa Kreuzfahrten
2012-onwards: Passat Kreuzfahrten
Port of registry: 1975-1993: Odessa,  Soviet Union
1993-1995: Odessa,  Ukraine[1]
1995-1996: Limassol,  Cyprus
1996-2006 La Valletta,  Malta[2]
2007-onwards: Nassau,  Bahamas
Builder: Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland
Yard number: 1212[2]
Launched: 6 March 1974
Acquired: 1975
In service: 1975
Identification: Call sign: C6ZV6[4]
IMO number: 7347536
MMSI number: 311067500
Status: In service
General characteristics
Type:Cruise ship
Tonnage:16.331 GT
2.251 DWT
Length:156.27 m (512.70 ft)
Beam:22.05 m (72.34 ft)
Draught:5.90 m (19.36 ft)
Installed power:2 x 18 cyl.four stroke single acting Pielstick-Wärtsilä diesel engines type 18PC2-2V
13,240 kW (combined)
Propulsion:2 x Controllable pitch propellers
Speed:21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Capacity:640 passengers in 7 decks

MV Delphin is a cruise ship owned by the India-based Vishal Cruises Pvt. Ltd., under charter to the Germany-based Passat Kreuzfahrten. Rebuilt and renovated 1986 and 1993 by Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany and got converted into a cruise ship, with her bow unloading doors permanently welded. In 1992, while being serviced at Singapore's Singmarine Dockyard, she toppled over when a floating dock sank with her in it. In 1993, she went through renovations at Lloyd-Werft again and got completely modernized and elegantly re-equipped. At the same time, the Delphin Seereisen and later Delphin-owned Hansa Kreuzfahrten of Germany, had been chartered until bankruptcy. The ship was managed by MTC Marine Trade Consulting GmbH.

Due to the insolvency of Delphin Kreuzfahrten in October 2010, ship was not returned until late 2011 which had been sold by Vishal Cruises Pvt. Ltd. owner Yogesh Gupta.

Sister ships are: Azerbaizhan, Gruziya, Kareliya and Kazakhstan.

History

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delphin (до 05.1996 Казахстан II, до 05.1993 Белоруссия)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Asklander, Micke. "M/S Belorussiya (1975)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  3. ↑ Germanischer Lloyd, IMO 7347536(English)
  4. ↑ Technical characteristics

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