MS Taras Shevchenko

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

Identity & particulars

Name

MS Taras Shevchenko

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

6508195

MMSIWhat is an MMSI?

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Call signWhat is a call sign?

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Flag

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Vessel type

Cruise ship

Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight

21,100

Length overall

175.8 m

Beam

23.5 m

Year built

1966

Passengers (maximum)

WikidataSource: Wikidata, record Q376782. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.750

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About MS Taras Shevchenko

This is about the cruise ship. For the river cruise ship, see T. G. Shevchenko (1991). MS Taras Shevchenko was a cruise ship owned by the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company. She was built in 1966 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was scrapped in 2005 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The ship was named after Ukrainian painter and poet Taras Shevchenko.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is MS Taras Shevchenko now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for MS Taras Shevchenko in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is MS Taras Shevchenko?

MS Taras Shevchenko is a cruise ship, built in 1966 by Meyer Wismar. The vessel is 175.8 m long with a beam of 23.5 m and has a gross tonnage of 21,100.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for MS Taras Shevchenko?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for MS Taras Shevchenko from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for MS Taras Shevchenko. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

Sister ships

Ships of the same class, Ivan Franko-class passenger ship (source: Wikidata).

• MS Ivan FrankoIMO 5415901Cruise ship · built 1964 · 19,861 GT
• Marco PoloIMO 6417097Cruise ship · built 1965 · 22,080 GT
• MS Shota RustaveliIMO 6707753Cruise ship · built 1968 · 21,275 GT
• MS Mikhail LermontovIMO 7042318Ocean liner · built 1972