MS Georg Ots

History
Georg Ots between Tallinn and Helsinki in 1998.
Name	Georg Ots
Owner	FGUP Rosmorport ^[1] → Primorsky Krai^[2]
Port of registry	1980–1991: Tallinn, Soviet Union 1991–2002: Tallinn, Estonia 2002–2011: Saint Petersburg, Russia 2011–2014: Vladivostok, Russia
Builder	Stocnia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland
Yard number	B 493-1/1
Laid down	April 23, 1979
Launched	November 10, 1979
Completed	1980
Acquired	May 25, 1980
Maiden voyage	1980
In service	1980
Out of service	2014
Identification	Call sign: UDVC RS number: 790111 IMO number: 7625835 MMSI number: 273446420
Fate	Scrapped in 2014.
General characteristics
Type	Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship
Tonnage	12,549 GT^[2] 1,327 t DWT^[2]
Length	134.0 m (439 ft 8 in)^[2]
Beam	21.02 m (69 ft 0 in)^[2]
Draught	5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)^[2]
Installed power	4 × Sulzer-Zgoda 6 LZ40/48 diesels combined 12800 kW
Speed	18 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]