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MS Siritara Ocean Queen

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Yard number
  
118

Length
  
122 m

Launched
  
23 June 1963

Draft
  
5.26 m

Name
  
Bashkiriya (1964–1992) Odessa Song (1992–1997) Royal Dream (1997–1998) Silver Star (1998–2003) Nandini (2003–2003) Olviara (2003–2004) Ocean Princess (2004–2006) Siritara Ocean Queen (2006–)

Owner
  
1964–1992 Black Sea Shipping Company 2006–  Siritara Enterprise

Operator
  
1964–1992 Black Sea Shipping Company 2006– Siritara Enterprise

Port of registry
  
1964–1992 Odessa,  Soviet Union 1998–2003 Valletta,  Malta 2003–2004 Panama City,  Panama 2006– Bangkok,  Thailand

Builder
  
VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany

MS Siritara Ocean Queen was a cruise ship owned since 2006 by Siritara Enterprise in Thailand. She was built in 1964 by VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany as Bashkiriya for the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company. It was named after an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the former Soviet Union Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The ship capsised 10 October 2006 and was a total loss. She was later scrapped on site.

References

MS Siritara Ocean Queen Wikipedia