MV Delphin

MV Delphin was a cruise ship owned by the Mauritius-based Vishal Cruises Pvt. Ltd., under charter to the Germany-based Passat Kreuzfahrten. Built 1975 by Oy Wärtsilä Ab Turku Shipyard in Finland and renovated 1986 and 1993 by Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany and got converted into a cruise ship, with her bow unloading doors permanently welded. In 1992, while being serviced at Singapore's Singmarine Dockyard, she toppled over when a floating dock sank with her in it. In 1993, she went through renovations at Lloyd-Werft again and got completely modernized and elegantly re-equipped. At the same time, the Delphin Seereisen and later Delphin-owned Hansa Kreuzfahrten of Germany, had been chartered until bankruptcy. The ship was managed by MTC Marine Trade Consulting GmbH.

Delphin in Helsinki South Harbour, May 2009
History
Name	1975-1993: Byelorussiya 1993-1996: Kazakhstan II 1996-2022: Delphin
Namesake	Belorussiya (2nd name)
Owner	1975–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company[1] 1995-1996: Lady Lou Shipping Co. Ltd. 1996-2006: Dolphin Maritime Ltd.[2] 2007-2010: Delphin Shipping Ltd. 2011-2022: Vishal Cruises Pvt. Ltd.[3]
Operator	1993-2004: Delphin Seereisen 2004-2010: Hansa Kreuzfahrten 2012-2022: Passat Kreuzfahrten
Port of registry	1975-1993: Odesa,  Soviet Union 1993-1995: Odesa,  Ukraine[1] 1995-1996: Limassol,  Cyprus 1996-2006 La Valletta,  Malta[2] 2007-2022: Nassau,  Bahamas
Builder	Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard, Finland
Yard number	1212[2]
Launched	6 March 1974
Acquired	1975
In service	1975
Identification	Call sign: C6ZV6[4] IMO number: 7347536 MMSI number: 311067500
Fate	Beached for scrapping in Aliaga
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	16.331 GT 2.251 DWT
Length	156.27 m (512.70 ft)
Beam	22.05 m (72.34 ft)
Height	16.30 m (53.48 ft)
Draught	5.90 m (19.36 ft)
Installed power	2 × 18 cyl.four stroke single acting Pielstick-Wärtsilä diesel engines type 18PC2-2V 13,240 kW (combined)
Propulsion	2 x Controllable pitch propellers
Speed	21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Capacity	640 passengers in 7 decks

Due to the insolvency of Delphin Kreuzfahrten in October 2010, ship was not returned until late 2011 which had been sold to Vishal Cruises Pvt. Ltd.

Sister ships are: Azerbaizhan, Gruziya, Kareliya and Kazakhstan. As of February 7, 2018, MV Delphin is chartered by the first cruise line in the Argentine Republic, Alteza Cruises The Delphin operate from the Port of the city of Buenos Aires with various itineraries including Patagonia, southern Brazil, southern Chile and Antarctica.

The shipping company Alteza never started operations, giving rise to the accusations of fraud that had been published by the Argentine digital newspaper Noticias de Cruceros. MV Delphin - 04.03.2022 was sold to a Turkish scrap metal trader and scrapped in Aliaga.