MS Salamis Filoxenia

Salamis Filoxenia at Kos in 2013.
History
Name
  • 1975–1995: Gruziya
  • 1995–1999: Odessa Sky
  • 1999–1999: Club 1
  • 1999–2009: Van Gogh
  • 2009–2022: Salamis Filoxenia
  • March 2022–April 2022: Phoenix Titan
  • April 2022: Titan
Namesake
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderWärtsilä Turku Shipyard, Finland
Cost$ 25 million
Yard number1213
Launched18 October 1974
Completed1975
Acquired30 June 1975
Maiden voyage1975
In service1975
Out of service2022
IdentificationIMO number: 7359400
FateScrapped at Gadani, Pakistan in 2022.
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeBelorussiya-class cruiseferry
Tonnage
  • 16,331 GRT
  • 3,004 DWT
Length156.27 m (512 ft 8 in)
Beam22.05 m (72 ft 4 in)
Draught5.90 m (19 ft 4 in)
Depth16.31 m (53 ft 6 in)
Decks9
Ice classICE-C
Installed power
PropulsionTwo propellers
Speed21 kn (38.89 km/h) (service speed)
Capacity
  • 1,009 passengers
  • 504 passenger berths
  • 256 cars
Crew216
General characteristics (as Salamis Filoxenia)
Class & typenone
TypeCruise ship
Tonnage
Decks7 (passenger accessible)
Capacity506 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.