MS Shota Rustaveli

Shota Rustaveli in Sydney Cove
History
Name
  • 1968–2000: Shota Rustaveli
  • 2000–2003: Assedo
Owner
Port of registry
BuilderMathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number128
Laid down11 October 1965
Launched29 December 1966
Acquired30 June 1968
In service1968
Out of service2003
Identification
FateScrapped in Alang, India, in 2003
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeIvan Franko-class passenger ship
Tonnage
Displacement13,010 tons
Length175.77 m (576 ft 8 in)
Beam23.55 m (77 ft 3 in)
Draught8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
Depth13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Installed power
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity750 passengers
Crew347

MS Shota Rustaveli was a cruise ship, built in 1968 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany for the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company and named after the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli. After the fall of the Soviet Union she was handed to Ukraine. In 2000, she was sold to Kaalbye Group and renamed MS Assedo. In 2003, she was scrapped at Alang, India.

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