MS Shota Rustaveli

{{Other ships|SS Shota Rustavelli}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = CTC Line Shota Rustaveli & Tug Camp Cove at overseas terminal Circular Quay Sydney.jpg | image_caption = ''Shota Rustaveli'' in Sydney Cove }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = *1968–2000: ''Shota Rustaveli'' *2000–2003: ''Assedo''<ref name=Asklander>{{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/shota_rustaveli_1968.htm |title=M/S ''Shota Rustaveli'' (1968) |accessdate=2009-02-05 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=Swedish }}</ref> | owner = *1968–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company *1995–1997: BLASCO UK *1997–2000: Ocean Agencies *2000–2003: Kaalbye Shipping International<ref name=Asklander /> | operator = | registry = *1968–1991: Odesa, {{flag|Soviet Union}} *1991–1995: Odesa, {{flag|Ukraine}} *1995–1997: Monrovia, {{flag|Liberia}} *1997–2001: Odesa, {{flag|Ukraine}} *2001–2002: Kingstown, {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}<ref name=Asklander /><ref>[http://idyllicocean.com/shipsdb/ship14_info.php?lang=jp&id=1593 idyllicocean - Assedo (アッセド )]</ref><ref>[http://www.greenpeaceweb.org/shipbreak/rapport_DEF_versie_2.pdf Rapport MHFP - Greenpeace]</ref> *2002–2003: Odesa, {{flag|Ukraine}}<ref>equasis</ref> | route = | ordered = | builder = Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany<ref name=Asklander /> | original_cost = | yard_number = 128<ref name=Asklander /> | way_number = | laid_down = 11 October 1965 | launched = 29 December 1966<ref name=Asklander /> | completed = | christened = | acquired = 30 June 1968<ref name=Asklander /> | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 1968<ref name=Asklander /> | out_of_service = 2003<ref name=Asklander /> | identification = *Call sign: UUGF *{{IMO Number|6707753}} | fate = Scrapped in Alang, India, in 2003<ref name=Asklander /> | notes = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = (as built) | class = {{sclass|Ivan Franko|passenger ship|2}} | tonnage = *{{GRT|19,361}} *{{DWT|5,696}}<ref name=Infoflot>{{cite web |url=http://www.sea.infoflot.ru/en/fleet/ship.php?id=23 |title=''Shota Rustaveli'' |accessdate=2009-02-05 |last= |first= |work=The Soviet Fleet |publisher=Infoflot.ru |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030074853/http://www.sea.infoflot.ru/en/fleet/ship.php?id=23 |archivedate=2007-10-30 }}</ref> | displacement = 13,010 tons<ref name=Infoflot /> | length = {{convert|175.77|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=Asklander /> | beam = {{convert|23.55|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=Asklander /> | height = | draught = {{convert|8.10|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=Asklander /> | depth = {{convert|13.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=Infoflot /> | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = *2{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}Sulzer-Cegielski 7RND76 *15,666{{nbsp}}kW (combined)<ref name=Asklander /> | propulsion = | speed = {{convert|21|kn}}<ref name=Asklander /> | capacity = 750 passengers<ref name=Asklander /> | crew = 347<ref name=Infoflot /> | notes = }} }}

'''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.<ref name=Asklander />

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shota Rustaveli}} Category:Cruise ships Category:Passenger ships of the Soviet Union Category:East Germany–Soviet Union relations Category:Ships of Ukraine Category:1966 ships Category:Ships built in Wismar Category:Ships of Black Sea Shipping Company