MS Ivan Franko

MS Ivan Franko was a Soviet passenger ship and the lead vessel of the Ivan Franko class. The ship was owned and operated by the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company, one of the country's principal maritime enterprises. It was built in 1964 at V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft in Wismar, East Germany, reflecting the industrial and commercial links between the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic in the postwar period. The vessel belonged to a generation of large passenger ships intended for scheduled maritime service and cruise operations under Soviet control. Its name honored Ivan Franko, the Ukrainian writer, poet, and political thinker. MS Ivan Franko remained associated with the Black Sea Shipping Company during its operating life, although the available reference material does not establish a complete route history, passenger capacity, technical specification, or detailed chronology of service. The ship was ultimately withdrawn from service and scrapped in 1997 at Alang, India. Because the vessel is a historical ship rather than an ongoing commercial brand, it has no current product portfolio, active website, public listing, or present operating markets.

MS Ivan Franko was the first ship of the Ivan Franko class of passenger vessels. It was constructed in 1964 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, a shipyard in Wismar, East Germany. The ship's construction placed it within the Soviet maritime fleet-building system, in which passenger vessels were acquired and operated across the wider state-controlled shipping sector. Ownership and operation were assigned to the Black Sea Shipping Company, a major Soviet shipping organization based in the Black Sea region. The available reference does not provide a detailed account of the ship's launch, commissioning voyage, routes, onboard facilities, passenger capacity, or individual masters and executives, so those details are left unspecified. The ship's class name and its own name commemorated Ivan Franko, the prominent Ukrainian cultural figure. During its service life, MS Ivan Franko functioned as a passenger ship under Soviet ownership. It was later retired from active use. In 1997, the vessel was sent to Alang, India, where it was scrapped. Its demolition marked the end of the ship's operational history. No evidence in the supplied material indicates that MS Ivan Franko survived as a preserved museum vessel, was converted to another lasting use, or continues to operate under another name.

• 1997

  Scrapped at Alang

  [1]MS Ivan Frankoen.wikipedia.org

  The ship was scrapped at Alang, India, ending its service history.

• 1964

  Construction completed

  [1]MS Ivan Frankoen.wikipedia.org

  MS Ivan Franko was built by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft in Wismar, East Germany, becoming the first vessel of the Ivan Franko class.

A Soviet passenger and cruise vessel operated by the Black Sea Shipping Company.

• Passenger ship · 1964

  MS Ivan Franko

  MS Ivan Franko was a Soviet passenger vessel and the lead ship of the Ivan Franko class. Built in East Germany in 1964, it was owned by the Black Sea Shipping Company. The available reference identifies it as a passenger ship but does not provide enough verified information to describe its accommodation, propulsion, capacity, routes, or onboard services in detail. The vessel was eventually retired and scrapped at Alang, India, in 1997.

1. 1MS Ivan Frankoen.wikipedia.org