and now finally the highlight of my russen collection))
and now finally the highlight of my russen collection))
Britannis
Great pictures, fantastic and congratulation for your great model of the ESTONIA.
Brgds
Dimas
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Το θυμαται κανεις αυτο το Σοβιετικο πλοιο; Felix Dzerjinsky
Εδω στις 23 Νοεμβριου 1960
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Ωραιες φωτογραφιες εδω http://www.geocities.jp/yappashonan/newpage52.html
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Miramar
IDNo: 5113436 Year: 1959
Name: FELIKS DZERZHINSKIY Launch Date:
Type: Passenger ship Date of completion:
Flag: RUS Keel:
Tons: 4871 Link: 1230
DWT: 1357 Yard No: 102
Length overall: 122.2 Ship Design:
LPP: 110.0 Country of build: GDR
Beam: 16.0 Builder: Mathias-Thesen
Material of build: Location of yard: Wismar
Number of screws/Mchy/ Speed(kn): 2D.17
Subsequent History: 88 EXCELSIOR NEPTUNE
Disposal Data: missing in tow - passed Hong Kong 1.93 for China
Τελευταία επεξεργασία από το χρήστη Ellinis : 19-10-2013 στις 09:37
Εκτελούσε τακτικά δρομολόγια από την Ελλάδα;
Το πλοίο αυτό ήταν ένα πολλά αδελφάκια που είχαν φτιάξει οι Σοβιετικοί στην Ανατολική Γερμανία.
Κάποια από αυτά εκτελούσαν τακτικές γραμμές, το συγκεκριμένο από Οδησσό ως Αλεξάνδρεια. Αργότερα κάποια από αυτά περνάγανε από τον Πειραιά κάνοντας κρουαζιέρες.
Και εδω μια αλλη δημοσιευση απο την 1η Αυγουστου 1959
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Και εδω μια αλλη δημοσιευση απο την 7/9/1962
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Thank you for this Dimas!
It turns out that we have an ad of LITVA in Greek from July 19, 1963 advertising a trip from Piraeus to Napoli, Genova and Marseilles! On this occasion, the ship is promoted as "of supreme luxury"
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Is it now serving as a floating hotel at Luanda, Angola, or is it this terrible relic seen here? http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/...hp?lid=1048046
Hello Nicholas,
Sad, but it's true, it's Green Coast portrayed, the former Litva wreck you can see capsized somewhere in Luanda bay front.
Her history again:
Litva (1960) / Nr. 110 / 5035 grt
Delivered 1960 to Baltic Shipping Company, Mediterranean and Black Sea cruises. Refurbished in 1973. Used for cruises on the British and German markets until the end of the 80ies. Renamed Boguchar in 1990 and serving between Odessa and Istanbul. It was planned to rebuild the ship and rename her Odessa Dream (for Odessa Sun Ltd.) but plans were withdrawn. Renamed into Fu Jian in 1993 to cruise in the Far East. aquired by Green Coast Shipping Company from China in 2000 and renamed GREEN COAST (registry: Panama). She capsized and sank abt November 2006.
Her Angola adventure was somehow funny, she was acquired by a chinese Luanda business man, named Liu, apparently the biggest Chinese shops owner there, that had plans to convert her into a floating hotel and casino...( the fate of all ships that go to asian interests...)
However this never happened, and she was sadly on the news abt 2002 because her Chinese crew was on terrible conditions, no payments, almost starving, so they abandoned ship.
A friend told me that soon after ship was abandoned, she beceme a spot for all illegal transactions, and later became a shelter of a large number of african refugees / poor people, until she sunk in November 2006...
I hope the above information can help you...
I have some photos saved in my computer ( not postcards ) from an unknown photographer which I received some time ago via a South African friend, portraying the Green Coast in a better shape:
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Sad end for a lovely ship.
Best regards
Ship's Agent / Dimas
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Ellinis you remember well... Here is an announcement from the March 30 1976 Rizospastis that 25 Greek political refugees were returning with Adzaria to Greece from Tashkend, Uzbekistan
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