MS Polaris

Russian-owned passenger ship built in Denmark in 1968

This article is about the 1968 motorship named Polaris in 2005. For other ships, see Polaris (ship).

History
Name|

* Disko (1968–2000)
* Shearwater (2000–2001)
* Brand Polaris (2001–2003)
* Viking Polaris (2003–2005)
* Polaris (2005–2019)

Owner|

* 1968–1987: Northsea S
* 1987–1993: Carrier Vesterhavet IS & A / N Petersen A / S
* 1993–1996: Royal Arctic Line A / S
* 1996–1997: KNI-Service A / S
* 1997–2000: Greenland Tourism
* 2000–2001: Scandinavian Cruise Line
* 2001–2001: Viking Polaris
* 2000–2001: Gallion Shipping
* 2001–2004: Viking Polaris
* 2004–2004: Silvero Shipping
* 2005–2013: Murmansk Shipping[1]
* 2013–2019: Russia Government Sakhalin Region

Operator|

* 1968–1993: The Royal Greenland Trading Department
* 1993–1996: Royal Arctic Line
* 1993–1996: KNI-Service
* 1996–2000: Greenland Tourism
* 2000–2000: Dala Rederi
* 2000–2001: Betz eft.
* 2001–2003: Viking Polaris
* 2003–2003: Sophlex Ship Management
* 2003–2004: Swedish Adventure Cruises
* 2004–2004: J. Gran & Co. A/S Shipbrokers
* 2004–2004: NB Maritime Management Cyprus
* 2005–2013: Murmansk Shipping[2]
* 2013–2019: Sakhalin-Kurily JSC

Ordered| Northsea S
Builder| Svendborg Skibsværft
Yard number| 122
Completed| 16 April 1968[5]
Identification|

* Call sign: UBDF
* IMO number: 6807395
* MMSI number: 273430670

Fate| Scrapped in Busan, South Korea 2019[6][7]
General characteristics
Type| Cruise ship[8]
Tonnage|

* 2,097 GT
* 556 DWT[9] and 445 DWT[10]

Displacement| 2,178 tons[11]
Length| 70.56 m (231 ft 6 in)[12]
Beam| 13.54 m (44 ft 5 in)[13]
Draught| 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)[14]
Depth| 8.0 m (26 ft 3 in)
Decks| 5
Propulsion| 1968–2000, two 9-cylinder MAN diesel engine after 2000, 1 Scania DSI 14 61 M4OD diesel engine
Speed| in 1968–2000 13.0 knots (24.1 km/h) after 2000, 11.3 knots (20.9 km/h)
Capacity| in 1968–2000 201 passengers, after 2000 80 passengers
Crew| 36

MS Polaris was a Russian-owned, Danish-built passenger ship in service with the Murmansk Shipping Company and based in Murmansk. It was built in 1968, and until 2000, it served as a ferry between cities in Greenland, mainly passenger transfers along the Greenland coastline. In 2000 she was bought by Scandinavian Cruise Line and was refurbished in Denmark by Master Mariner AB, Sweden. She was named M/S Shearwaterto and changed to Bahamian flag. She was sold to Norway 2001. It moved to Russia in 2005

It holds 80 passengers and is equipped with a lounge with bar, as well as a library, covered deck, outside deck and a gift shop. It was renovated at Tallinn, Estonia in 2005 and offered cruises in the Barents Sea and transfers from Murmansk to St. Petersburg, Archangelsk, the Solovets Islands and was also the only ship that stops at Vaygach Island.

It was surveyed in Murmansk on 27 February 2010 and found to be in good condition.

## References

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1. ^ DNV(in English)
2. ^ DNV(in English)
3. ^ MS Disko (1968)(in Swedish)
4. ^ DNV
5. ^ DNV
6. ^ "Polaris - Imo 6807395".
7. ^ http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=3084198 Shipspotting]
8. ^ Equasis
9. ^ DNV
10. ^ RMRS
11. ^ RMRS
12. ^ RMRS
13. ^ RMRS
14. ^ RMRS

## External links

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* Det Norske Veritas
* Russian Maritime Register
* Great Canadian Travel Company
* MS Polaris

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