MS ''Siritara Ocean Queen'' was a
cruise ship
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owned since 2006 by Siritara Enterprise in
Thailand
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. She was built in 1964 by
VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft,
Wismar
Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...
,
East Germany
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as ''Bashkiriya'' for the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
's
Black Sea Shipping Company
Black Sea Shipping Company (russian: Черноморское морское пароходство, uk, Чорноморське морське пароплавство) is a Ukrainian shipping company based in Kyiv.
The company was established ...
. It was named after an
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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in the former
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
. The ship capsized 10 October 2006 and was a total loss. She was later scrapped on site.
See also
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List of cruise ships
This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have ceased to operate. Ocean liners are included on this list only if they also functioned as cruise ships. (See: list of ocean liners.)
As some cruise ships have operated und ...
References
External links
Siritara Ocean Queen (Башкирия → 1992 Odessa Song → 1997 Royal Dream → 06.1998 Silver Star → 06.2003 Nandini → 11.2003 Olviara → 11.2004 Ocean Princess → 09.2006)
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Cruise ships
Ships built in East Germany
Passenger ships of the Soviet Union
East Germany–Soviet Union relations
1963 ships
Ships built in Wismar
Ships of Black Sea Shipping Company