MS Georg Ots

Georg Ots between Tallinn and Helsinki in 1998.
History
NameGeorg Ots
OwnerFGUP Rosmorport [1] → Primorsky Krai[2]
Port of registry
BuilderStocnia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland
Yard numberB 493-1/1
Laid downApril 23, 1979
LaunchedNovember 10, 1979
Completed1980
AcquiredMay 25, 1980
Maiden voyage1980
In service1980
Out of service2014
Identification
FateScrapped in 2014.
General characteristics
TypePassenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship
Tonnage
Length134.0 m (439 ft 8 in)[2]
Beam21.02 m (69 ft 0 in)[2]
Draught5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)[2]
Installed power
  • 4 × Sulzer-Zgoda 6 LZ40/48 diesels
  • combined 12800 kW
Speed18 knots (33.34 km/h; 20.71 mph)
Capacity
  • 600 passengers (as built)
  • 392 passengers (as rebuilt 1993)

The MS Georg Ots was a cargo/passenger ferry that sailed between Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia from 1980 to 2000. From 2002 it was used as a cargo/passenger ferry that sailed between Saint Petersburg and Baltiysk. The ship was built for the Estonian Shipping Company. The 12,600-ton ship (length 134 meters, breadth 21 meters, draft 5,7 meters) could carry 1200 passengers, thirteen 13.6 m-long trailers or 107 passenger cars. It was named after the Estonian baritone, Georg Ots. In 2002 she was sold to the St. Petersburg Shipping Company and sailed until 2010. In 2012 the ship was rented to an unnamed company that sailed it to China and illegally sold it to be scrapped.[3]

Georg Ots
  1. ^ Георг Отс (до 2002 Georg Ots, до 1992 Георг Отс) (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS)
  3. ^ "Legendary Estonian Ferry Finds Sad End in Chinese Scrap Yard", Eesti Rahvusringhääling. Retrieved on 29 May 2015.