MV Ocean Life

	Lev Tolstoy at Naples in 1988.
History
Name	1981–1995: Lev Tolstoy; 1995–1998: Natasha; 1998–2001: Palmira; 2001–2006: The Jasmine; 2006–2007: Farah; 2007–2010: EasyCruise Life; 2010–2014: Ocean Life;
Namesake	Leo Tolstoy (original name)
Owner	1981–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company; 1995–1996: Blasco IK; 1996–2001: Black Sea Shipping Company; 2001–2006: Mano Maritime; 2006–2007: International Maritime Investment Co Ltd; 2007–2009: EasyCruise; 2010–2014: Hellenic Seaways;
Operator	1981–2001: Black Sea Shipping Company (?); 2001–2006: Mano Maritime; 2006–2007: Salam International Transport & Trading Co; 2007–2009: EasyCruise; 2010 onwards: Blue Ocean Cruises;
Port of registry	1981–1992: Odesa, Soviet Union; 1992–1995: Odesa, Ukraine; 1995–1996: Monrovia, Liberia; 1996–2001: Odesa, Ukraine; 2001–2006: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 2006–2007: Amman, Jordan; 2007–2010:Limassol, Cyprus; 2010–2014: Valletta, Malta;
Builder	Stocnia Szczecinska im A Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland
Yard number	492/02
Launched	6 February 1981
Completed	1981
Maiden voyage	1981
In service	October 1981
Out of service	2014
Identification	Call sign: 9HGB9; IMO number: 7625809; MMSI number: 256935000;
Fate	Scrapped in 2014.
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
Tonnage	9,878 GT; 1,445 DWT;
Length	134.50 m (441.27 ft)
Beam	21.00 m (68.90 ft)
Depth	5.60 m (18.37 ft)
Decks	9
Installed power	4 × Sulzer 6 LZ40/48 diesels; 12800 kW;
Speed	20 kn (37 km/h)
Range	4,100 nmi (7,600 km)
Capacity	350 passengers
General characteristics (as cruise ship)
Class and type	Cruise ship (since 1 October 2010)
Tonnage	12,711 GT
Speed	17 knots (service speed)
Capacity	550 passengers
Crew	98

The MV Ocean Life was a cruise ship for a number of cruise lines, including Hellenic Seaways and Blue Ocean Cruises, under a number of names. She was sold for scrap in 2014.

History

Palmira at Hamburg in 1999.

She was built in 1981 as a Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry by Stocnia Szczecinska im A Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland as Lev Tolstoy for the Black Sea Shipping Company. She was third in a series of seven near-identical ferries built for various shipping companies of the Soviet Union. 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 at Aliağa, 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 17 nmi (31 km) off of Goa, in the Arabian Sea. The ship started taking on water and began to list five degrees. The vessel was moved to Western India Shipyard for repairs.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Micke Asklander. "M/S Lev Tolstoy (1981)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 January 2008.
^ ^a ^b "easyCruise Life". easyCruise.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
^ "Tough Times For OCEAN LIFE". Maritime Matters.

External links

Media related to IMO 7625809 at Wikimedia Commons

EasyCruise Life Cabins and Deckplans

[FoF-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Micke Asklander. "M/S Lev Tolstoy (1981)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 January 2008.

[Easy-2] "easyCruise Life". easyCruise.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2008.

[3] "Tough Times For OCEAN LIFE". Maritime Matters.

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