VOSTOK - Ilyichyovsk, Ukraine (formerly U.S.S.R.)       Call sign - EQXT     IMO number - 6915805 Owner - Resa-Yazici A.S. (scrapyard) - previously owned by Black Sea Fisheries Corporation "Antarktica" (Lady K Shipping Co. Ltd., Cyprus) Location - Photographed while beached at Aliaga, Turkey prior to scrapping     Photograph Date - 24 September 1997 Photographer - Selim San     Added to archive - 19 Sep 2003     Last updated - 19 Sep 2003

SHIP'S HISTORY   Ordered - unknown   Construction begun - unknown   Keel laid - unknown   Launched - unknown   Delivered - 1971   Newbuild price - unknown   (a) Vostok - U.S.S.R. (89)   (b) Vostok - Ukraine (97)   (c) Vostok - Cyprus   She operated for her entire career under the name Vostok   Beached at Aliaga, Turkey on 18 September 1997

PARTICULARS   Ship type - Fish factory ship/reefer   Strengthened for navigation in light ice conditions   Gross tonnage - 26,400   Net tonnage - 10,828   Displacement tonnage - 22,110   L.O.A. - 224.54 meters (736'6")   L.B.P. - 224.54 meters (736'8")   Width overall - 28.05 meters (91'11")   Width moulded - 27.97 meters (91'9")   Draught - 10.021 meters (32'9")   Depth - 16.74 meters (54'9")   Number of cargo holds - 16   Number of hatch covers - 4 (4.1m x 4.1m)   Dry cargo holds volume - 7,204 cubic meters   Insulated cargo holds volume - 20,878 cubic meters   Unloading cranes - 6 of 2.5 tonnes capacity   Unloading derricks - 8 of 5.0 tonnes capacity

CONSTRUCTION   Builder - Admiralteiskiy Shipyard   Country - Leningrad, U.S.S.R.   Hull number - 800   Engine builder - Kirov Works   Country - Leningrad, U.S.S.R.   Number of engines - 4   Engine type - Steam turbines   Fuel - Oil   Fuel capacity - unknown   Main engines horsepower - 26,000 shp or 19,125 kW   Speed - 19.0 knots   Propeller - 1 fixed pitch propeller   Steering gear - Standard rudder   Bow thuster - unknown

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - This section is open for all viewers to contribute any information about this ship that is known such as former owners, managers, charterers, accidents, conversions, drydockings, cargoes, voyages, sightings or ports of call etc.. ** Originally Vostock was owned and operated by the Imperial Government of the U.S.S.R. ** Vostok was sold by Black Sea Fisheries Corporation "Antarktica" (Lady K Shipping Co. Ltd., Cyprus) to Resa-Yazici A.S. for demolition early in 1997 ** Her owner in 1992 was listed as U.S.S.R. "Azcherryba" ** By 1993 she was being operated by the Black Sea Fisheries Corporation "Antarktica" ** Arived at Aliaga, Turkey on 17 September 1997 ** Beached for demolition on the 18th of September ** Work on demolishing the hull began on 5 November 1997 ** Scrap price - unknown Information sources - Lloyds Registers, Fairplay Internet Ship Register, Marine News - Journals of the World Ship Society

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