The MV ''Ocean Life'' was a
cruise ship
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for a number of cruise lines, including
Hellenic Seaways
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and Blue Ocean Cruises, under a number of names. She was sold for scrap in 2014.
History
She was built in 1981 as a
''Dmitriy Shostakovich''-class ferry by
Stocnia Szczecinska im A Warskiego,
Szczecin
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,
Poland
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as ''Lev Tolstoy'' for the
Black Sea Shipping Company
Black Sea Shipping Company (russian: Черноморское морское пароходство, uk, Чорноморське морське пароплавство) is a Ukrainian shipping company based in Kyiv.
The company was established ...
. She was third in a series of seven near-identical ferries built for various shipping companies of the
Soviet Union
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. She sailed under the names ''Natasha'', ''Palmira'', ''The Jasmine'', ''Farah'', ''EasyCruise Life'' and finally ''Ocean Life'' with Blue Open Cruise Lines, who operated her on a series of Indian coastal voyages.
Fate
The ship was sold for
scrapping
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at
Aliağa
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, Turkey, in August 2014.
Incidents
On her maiden voyage with Blue Open Cruise Lines on 18 November 2010, with over 400 passengers and 134 crew on board the ''Ocean Life'' developed a crack on her port side off of
Goa
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, in the
Arabian Sea
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. The ship started taking on water and began to list five degrees. The vessel was moved to
Western India Shipyard
Western India Shipyard Limited is a composite ship repair company based in Goa, India.
History
Western India Shipyard Limited was registered in 1993 and has a dedicated composite ship repair yard at Mormugao Harbour at Goa under a 25-year licen ...
for repairs.
See also
*
''Dmitriy Shostakovich''-class ferry
References
External links
EasyCruise Life Cabins and Deckplans
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Cruise ships
Passenger ships of the Soviet Union
1981 ships
Ships built in Szczecin
Ships of Black Sea Shipping Company