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'''''Ugor'' (PO-92)''' was a PO-class logistic transport ship of the Yugoslav Navy, built in 1983 and classed as an ammunition auxiliary. Later sold into merchant service, the ship traded under Montenegrin ownership with the names ''Kairos I'' and ''Boka Star''. She was seized in 2002 by the Croatian authorities for arms smuggling and later demolished as ''Star''.
==Characteristics== ''Ugor'' was {{convert|58.20|m|ftin}} long, with a beam of {{convert|11.00|m|ftin}} and a mean draught of {{convert|2.75|m|ftin}}. Displacement was {{convert|600|t|LT}} standard and {{convert|860|t|LT}} full load. Two B&W-Alpha diesel engines with a total rating of {{convert|3480|bhp|kW|disp=flip}} drove two shafts, giving a speed of {{convert|16|kn}}.<ref name=Sea-Web /> The ship had a range of {{convert|1500|nmi}} at {{convert|16|kn}}. The ship was of Ro-Ro configuration, fitted with a bow visor and bow ramp to aid loading and unloading of vehicles, and with two slewing cranes on the upper deck. The main cargo deck could accommodate up to six tanks, while 150 fully armed troops could be carried in addition to the ship's crew of 43.<ref name="cf90 p941"/>
==Naval service== Built in 1983, ''Ugor'' (PO-92) was the second ship, after ''Lubin'' (PO-91) and before ''Kit'' (PO-93), in a class of three small multi-role transport ships, known as the Lubin class by NATO.<ref name="cf90 p941"/><ref name=BSO>{{cite web|title=BSO - Review of Delivered Vessels since 1980|url=http://www.brodosplit.hr/LinkClick.aspx?link=BSO_reference+08.pdf|publisher=Brodosplit|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> Designed by Brodoprojekt Rijeka, she was built for the Yugoslav Navy as Yard No.517 at the BSO-Brodosplit shipyard, Split.<ref name=Sea-Web /><ref name=BSO /> Their primary function was the replenishing of warships of the Yugoslav Navy with weapons, and as such were designated PO ({{langx|sr|Pomoćni oružar}} - Ammunition Auxiliary).<ref name="cf90 p941">Prézelin and Baker 1990, p. 941.</ref>
Following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991–1992, ''Ugor'' remained part of the Yugoslav Navy though, together with ''Lubin'', the ship was laid up. In 1996 they were reported as transferred to Montenegro for scrapping or commercial use.<ref name="cf98 p1169">Baker 1998, p. 1169.</ref>
==Merchant service== In commercial service, she served under Montenegrin ownership, initially as ''Kairos I'' and from 1997 as ''Boka Star'', initially under the Belize flag.<ref name=Sea-Web>{{cite web|title=Star|url=http://www.sea-web.com/authenticated/authenticated_handler.aspx?control=shipovw&LRNO=8929367|website=Sea-Web (subscription required)|publisher=IHS-Global|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> After being re-flagged to Tonga in January 2002, and under the ownership of Shipstar Shipping Services, itself owned by a Montenegrin, Marko Balić, the ship was involved in an arms-smuggling controversy.<ref name=Sea-Web /><ref name=PfP>{{cite journal|journal=Connections|publisher=Partnership for Peace. Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes|volume=6|page=81}}</ref><ref name=JoC>{{cite news|title=Arrest warrant for Boka Star owner|url=http://www.joc.com/maritime-news/arrest-warrant-boka-star-owner_20021031.html|access-date=2 December 2015|work=Journal of Commerce|publisher=United Business Media|date=31 October 2002}}</ref>
===Seizure=== On 22 October 2002, ''Boka Star'' was seized by Croatian authorities at the port of Rijeka, following a tip-off from American intelligence, on suspicion that the ship was being used for arms smuggling. The ship's cargo, loaded at Bar, Montenegro, included 14 transport containers of chemical pellets, declared as activated carbon and water filters, which was in fact {{convert|208337|kg}} of explosives, consisting of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zagrebacka.policija.hr/728.aspx|title=IZJAVA ZA JAVNOST - kaznene prijave protiv odgovornih za brod Boka Star|date=30 October 2002|publisher=Croatian Ministry of the Interior|access-date=22 November 2015}}</ref> The captain and chief officer of ''Boka Star'' were acquitted, but Balić was found guilty in absentia of smuggling arms and issuing forged documents, and sentenced to six years in prison.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Komunikacije|first1=Neomedia|title=Za krijumčarenje 208 tona baruta na brodu Boka Star šest godina zatvora / Novi list|url=http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Crna-kronika/Za-krijumcarenje-208-tona-baruta-na-brodu-Boka-Star-sest-godina-zatvora|access-date=17 December 2017|work=Novilist|language=hr-HR}}</ref> Following his arrest in Greece and appeal to the Croatian Supreme Court in 2014, he was released from prison and his previous sentence was dismissed as the original judgement was ruled to be invalid. The charges were reduced to those of a customs violation and he is awaiting retrial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sudskapraksa.csp.vsrh.hr/decisionPdf?id=090216ba802f0a46 |title=Sudska praksa VSRH |language=hr |publisher=Croatian Supreme Court |access-date=2015-12-04}}</ref>
===Sale=== The ship was sold by Balić in 2003 to the Esprite Shipping Corporation, based in the Marshall Islands, but the continuing legal proceedings resulted in the ship being kept under control of the court and being towed to Pula military port. Eventually, in 2011, ''Boka Star'' was sold at auction to the Croatian company Splitska Plovibda,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/morh-posvaja-brod-boka-star-/15935/ |title=MORH posvaja brod Boka Star?|publisher=JutarnjiList|date=5 February 2006|access-date=22 November 2015}}</ref> but resold for scrapping in Aliağa, Turkey as the Togo-flagged ''Star'' in February 2012.<ref name=Sea-Web /><ref name=Miramar>{{cite web|title=Ugor|url=http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show?nameid=315076&shipid=136743|website=Miramar Ship Index (subscription required)|publisher=R G Haworth, New Zealand|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref>
==Citations== {{reflist}}
==References== *{{cite book|editor=A.D. Baker III|title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combined Fleets of the World 1998–1999|year=1998|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA|isbn=1-55750-111-4}} *{{cite book|editor1-last=Prézelin|editor1-first=Bernard|editor2=A.D. Baker III|title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combined Fleets of the World 1990/1991|year=1990|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA|isbn=0-87021-250-8}}
==External links== * [http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=379114 Boka Star, moored in Pula in 2007]
{{2002 shipwrecks}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ugor}} Category:Arms trafficking Category:Cargo ships of Yugoslavia Category:1983 ships Category:Ships of the Yugoslav Navy Category:Merchant ships of Montenegro Category:Ships built in Split Category:Maritime incidents in 2002