{{short description|Cruise ship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Soviet roll on-roll off cruise ship LEV TOLSTOY, 1988.jpeg | image_caption = ''Lev Tolstoy'' at Naples in 1988. }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = *1981–1995: ''Lev Tolstoy'' * 1995–1998: ''Natasha'' * 1998–2001: ''Palmira'' * 2001–2006: ''The Jasmine'' * 2006–2007: ''Farah'' * 2007–2010: ''EasyCruise Life'' * 2010–2014: ''Ocean Life'' | namesake = Leo Tolstoy (original name) | owner = *1981–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company * 1995–1996: Blasco IK * 1996–2001: Black Sea Shipping Company * 2001–2006: Mano Maritime * 2006–2007: International Maritime Investment Co Ltd * 2007–2009: EasyCruise * 2010–2014: Hellenic Seaways<ref name="FoF">{{cite web |url=https://www.faktaomfartyg.se/lev_tolstoy_1981.htm |title=M/S Lev Tolstoy (1981) | access-date=23 January 2008 |author=Micke Asklander |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language= Swedish }}</ref> | operator = *1981–2001: Black Sea Shipping Company (?) * 2001–2006: Mano Maritime * 2006–2007: Salam International Transport & Trading Co<ref name="FoF" /> * 2007–2009: EasyCruise * 2010 onwards: Blue Ocean Cruises | registry = *1981–1992: Odesa, {{flag|Soviet Union}} * 1992–1995: Odesa, {{flag|Ukraine}} * 1995–1996: Monrovia, {{flag|Liberia}} * 1996–2001: Odesa, {{flag|Ukraine}} * 2001–2006: Kingstown, {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} * 2006–2007: Amman, {{flag|Jordan}} * 2007–2010:Limassol, {{flag|Cyprus}} * 2010–2014: Valletta, {{flag|Malta|civil}}<ref name="FoF" /> | route = | ordered = | builder = Stocnia Szczecinska im A Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland<ref name="FoF" /> | original_cost = | yard_number = 492/02<ref name="FoF" /> | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = 6 February 1981<ref name="FoF" /> | completed = 1981 | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = 1981 | in_service = October 1981<ref name="FoF" /> | identification = *Call sign: 9HGB9 * {{IMO Number|7625809}} * {{MMSI Number|256935000}} | out_of_service = 2014 | fate = Scrapped in 2014. | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = (as built)<ref name="FoF" /> | class = ''Dmitriy Shostakovich''-class ferry | tonnage = *{{GT|9,878}} * {{DWT|1,445}} | displacement = | length = {{convert|134.50|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|21.00|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = | depth = {{convert|5.60|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | decks = 9<ref name="Easy">{{cite web|url=http://www.easycruise.com/gb/ships/eCL.asp |title=easyCruise Life |accessdate=23 January 2008 |publisher=easyCruise.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119185633/http://www.easycruise.com/gb/ships/eCL.asp |archivedate=19 January 2008 }}</ref> | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = *4 × Sulzer 6 LZ40/48 diesels * 12800 kW | propulsion = | speed = {{convert|20|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} | capacity = 350 passengers | range = {{convert|4100|nmi|km|abbr=on}} | crew = | notes = }}
|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = (as cruise ship)<ref name="Easy" /> | class = Cruise ship <small>(since 1 October 2010)</small> | tonnage = {{GT|12,711}} | displacement = | length = | beam = | height = | draught = | depth = | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = | propulsion = | speed = 17 knots (service speed) | capacity = 550 passengers | crew = 98 | notes = }} }} The '''MV ''Ocean Life''''' was a cruise ship for a number of cruise lines, including Hellenic Seaways and Blue Ocean Cruises, under a number of names. She was sold for scrap in 2014.
==History== [[File:"Palmira" - Hamburg, 1999.jpg|left|thumb|201x201px|''Palmira'' at Hamburg in 1999.]] She was built in 1981 as a ''Dmitriy Shostakovich''-class ferry by Stocnia Szczecinska im A Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland as '''''Lev Tolstoy''''' for the Black Sea Shipping Company. She was third in a series of seven near-identical ferries built for various shipping companies of the Soviet Union. She sailed under the names '''''Natasha''''', '''''Palmira''''', '''''The Jasmine''''', '''''Farah''''', '''''EasyCruise Life''''' and finally '''''Ocean Life''''' with Blue Open Cruise Lines, who operated her on a series of Indian coastal voyages.
== Fate == The ship was sold for scrapping at Aliağa, Turkey, in August 2014.
==Incidents== On her maiden voyage with Blue Open Cruise Lines on 18 November 2010, with over 400 passengers and 134 crew on board the ''Ocean Life'' developed a crack on her port side {{convert|17|nmi|km|abbr=on}} off of Goa, in the Arabian Sea. The ship started taking on water and began to list five degrees. The vessel was moved to Western India Shipyard for repairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://maritimematters.com/2010/11/tough-times-for-ocean-life/|title=Tough Times For OCEAN LIFE|website=Maritime Matters}}</ref>
==See also== * ''Dmitriy Shostakovich''-class ferry
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category-inline|IMO 7625809}} *[https://www.greek-cruises.com/cruise-ships/easy-cruise-life.asp EasyCruise Life Cabins and Deckplans] {{Dmitriy Shostakovich class}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ocean Life, MV}} Category:Cruise ships Category:Passenger ships of the Soviet Union Category:1981 ships Category:Ships built in Szczecin Category:Ships of Black Sea Shipping Company