British cruise ship MINERVA arrives in Nessebar from Odessa / MAP / SCHEDULE / PHOTO REPORT
2012-09-21 22:42 (LT) – British cruise ship MINERVA left the port of Odessa for of the Bulgarian port of Nessebar. Estimated Arrival Time - ETA: 2012-09-22 19:00 (LT).
Cruise ship MINERVA in Odessa 21.09.2012. Photo by Vladimir Trofimov, especially for BSNews
MINERVA: Ship Type: Passengers ship. Year Built: 1996. Length x Breadth: 135 m X 20 m. Gross Tonnage: 12449, DeadWeight: 2004 t. Speed recorded (Max / Average): 11.9 / 11.1 knots. Flag: Bahamas [BS]. Call Sign: C6NP5. IMO: 9144196, MMSI: 309477000. Draught: 6.2 m
Cruise liner MINERVA in Yalta 21.09.2012. Photo by Ilya Zhyrnov, especially for BSNews
Cruise liner MINERVA in Sevastopol 2012-09-20. To the left – ferry ADMIRAL ISTOMIN (former Norwegian GULLESFJORD). Photo by Alexey Soloviev, BSNews
Cruise liner MINERVA in Sevastopol 2012-09-20. Photo by Alexey Soloviev, BSNews
Cruise liner MINERVA in Sevastopol 2012-09-20. Photo by Alexey Soloviev, BSNews
Cruise liner MINERVA in Sevastopol 2012-09-20. Photo by Alexey Soloviev, BSNews
| Date | Weekday | Ship | Capacity | Country | Port | Arrival | Departure |
| 15 Sept | Saturday | Minerva | 474 | TR | SAMSUN |
06:30 |
16:00 |
| 17 Sept | Monday | Minerva |
474 |
GEO | BATUMI |
07:00 |
17:00 |
| 18 Sept | Tuesday | Minerva | 474 | RUS | SOCHI |
07:00 |
14:00 |
| 19 Sept | Wednesday | Minerva | 474 | UA | YALTA |
12:00 |
23:00 |
| 20 Sept | Thursday |
Minerva |
474 | UA | SEVASTOPOL |
08:00 |
19:00 |
| 21 Sept | Friday | Minerva | 474 | UA | ODESSA |
10:00 |
22:00 |
| 22 Sept | Sunday | Minerva | 474 | BG | NESEBAR |
19:00 |
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The liner’s hull originally was built at the Nikolayev shipyard Okean in Ukraine for the Soviet research vessel, but later it was completed as cruise ship at Mariotti shipyards in Italy.
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