Russia-flagged, homeport Odessa [Ukraine], IMO 6514821 and call sign UNBD. Built by Uljanik Shipyard, Pula, Yugoslavia (Croatia) in 1965. Of the Black Sea Shipping Company. Stricken in April 1994. Part of the Pula-class first series consisting of the Pula, Dmitry Gulia, Nazym Khikmet, Arkady Gajdar, Alexandr Grin, Musa Dzhalilj, Demian Bednyi, Alexandr Gertsen, Vissarion Belinsky, Nikolav Ogarev, Nikolay Gogolj, Nikolay Dobroljubov, Anton Chekhov, Novikov-Priboy and Aleksandr Serafimovich. The second series consisted of the Dubrovnik, Alexandr Blok, Sergey Yesenin, Vladimir Maykovskiy, Suleyman Stalskiy, Gavrill Derzhavin, Vladimir Korolenko, Ivan Kotlyarevskiy, Konstantin Paustovskiy and Gamzat Tsadasa.
General technical characteristics. Two-deck and two island, full-scantling and with a closed shelter deck. Deadweight cargo capacity 11.425 tons, deadweight 14.170 tons, gross tonnage 11.287 tons, net tonnage 6.080 tons and as dimensions 148,38 (between perpendiculars)-159,42 (over all) x 21,24 (moulded) x 12,65 (depth to main deck) x 26,30 (height of mast acorn above main deck) x 1,10 (fore light)/9,40 (fore loaded)-3,47 (mean light)-9,72 (mean loaded|)-5,85 (light aft)/10,08 (aft loaded) metres. Speed 18,00 (full load)-20,48 (in ballast). Total bale cargo capacity 20.369 cubic metres and grain cargo capacity 22.276 cubic metres. Available 2-60 tons derricks fitted at the 1st and 3rd masts to handle the cargo from cargo holds Nos. 2-3 and 12-5 tons derricks.
