English Channel circa 1979
Russia-flagged, homeport St. Petersburg, IMO 6503365, registration PCCCP and call sign UIVZ. Gross tonnage 5,473 tons, summer deadweight 2,590 tons and as dimensions 121.85 x 16.74 x 6.56 metres. Broken up at Kaliningradin 2000. Crew numbered 66 men, scientific personnel 77 men. Completed by Severnaya Verf, St. Petersburr, Russia/A. Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad, USSR on 31 October 1964 with yad number 803 as a general cargo ship of the Vytegrales-type, design 596. Owner/manager Baltic Shipping, St. Petersburg, Russia. Operated under the Soviet space program (Space Research Service, Department of Navy Expeditionary Operations, Academy of Sciences).

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