MS Salamis Filoxenia
Salamis Filoxenia at Kos in 2013. | |
| History | |
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| Builder | Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard, Finland |
| Cost | $ 25 million |
| Yard number | 1213 |
| Launched | 18 October 1974 |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Acquired | 30 June 1975 |
| Maiden voyage | 1975 |
| In service | 1975 |
| Out of service | 2022 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7359400 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Gadani, Pakistan in 2022. |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Belorussiya-class cruiseferry |
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| Length | 156.27 m (512 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 22.05 m (72 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 5.90 m (19 ft 4 in) |
| Depth | 16.31 m (53 ft 6 in) |
| Decks | 9 |
| Ice class | ICE-C |
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| Propulsion | Two propellers |
| Speed | 21 kn (38.89 km/h) (service speed) |
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| Crew | 216 |
| General characteristics (as Salamis Filoxenia) | |
| Class & type | none |
| Type | Cruise ship |
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| Decks | 7 (passenger accessible) |
| Capacity | 506 passengers (795 maximum) |
MS Salamis Filoxenia was a cruise ship formerly owned by the Cyprus-based Salamis Cruises at end, but sold, because company closed business. She was built in 1975 by Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard as the Belorussiya class-cruiseferry Gruziya for the Black Sea Shipping Company, Soviet Union. She was rebuilt into a cruise ship during the 1980s. In 1995, she was renamed Odessa Sky and in 1999 briefly Club 1 before renamed Van Gogh later in 1999. In 2009, she was acquired by her current owner and renamed Salamis Filoxenia. The ship has since been renamed to Titan and sold to ship-breakers in Gadani, Pakistan where she will be scrapped.