# MS Shota Rustaveli

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Black_Sea_Shipping_Company)
           *1995–1997: [BLASCO UK](/source/BLASCO_UK)
           *1997–2000: [Ocean Agencies](/source/Ocean_Agencies)
           *2000–2003: [Kaalbye Shipping International](/source/Kaalbye_Group)<ref name=Asklander />
 | operator = 
 | registry = *1968–1991: [Odesa](/source/Odesa), {{flag|Soviet Union}}
              *1991–1995: Odesa, {{flag|Ukraine}}
              *1995–1997: [Monrovia](/source/Monrovia), {{flag|Liberia}}
              *1997–2001: Odesa, {{flag|Ukraine}}
              *2001–2002: [Kingstown](/source/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](/source/Mathias_Thesen_Werft), [Wismar](/source/Wismar), [East Germany](/source/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](/source/Maritime_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](/source/Sulzer_(manufacturer))-[Cegielski](/source/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](/source/cruise_ship), built in 1968 by [V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft](/source/V.E.B._Mathias-Thesen_Werft), [Wismar](/source/Wismar), [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) for the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)'s [Black Sea Shipping Company](/source/Black_Sea_Shipping_Company) and named after the Georgian poet [Shota Rustaveli](/source/Shota_Rustaveli). After the fall of the Soviet Union she was handed to [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine). In 2000, she was sold to [Kaalbye Group](/source/Kaalbye_Group) and renamed '''MS ''Assedo'''''. In 2003, she was scrapped at [Alang](/source/Alang), [India](/source/India).<ref name=Asklander />

==References==
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{{Ivan Franko class}}

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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

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