Frozen fish carrier (ex-Seagull 1982-1992, Savannah 1992-2006) Rangiroa 2006-

Astican ship repair yard, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain 7 February 2017

Montenegrin owners? Launched by Kochi Jyuko, Kochi, Japan on 5 January 1982 and completed during December 1982. Ex-Seagull renamed July 1992 and Savannah renamed March 2006. Marinetraffic Belize-flagged, homeport Belize City, 8210259, MMSI 312599000 and call sign V3ZI6. Vesselfinder confirms, adding as Seagull Japan-flagged, registered owner Jinyu Kaiun KK, as Savannah Panama-flagged, registered owner Continental Freighters SA, as Rangiroa registered owners Nikona Sg Co. Ltd, Panama-flagged 2006-2012, Belize-flagged 2012-2014, Saint Kitts&Nevis-flagged 2014-201, Belize-flagged 2018 and Comoros-flagged 2018. Seatraffic managed Panama-flagged, owner Nikona Shipping Company Ltd. and manager Seatraffic, Sevastopol, Ukraine. Shipspotting claimed owner/manager Seatraffic, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saint Kitts&Nevis-flagged, MMS I 312599000 and call sign V4ET3 and Panama-flagged, call sign 3EDT8 and MMSI 371654000. Fleetphoto.ru mentioned Belize-flagged since 26 October 2022 and Marehold Shipping Co. Ltd. doo South Point. The South Point Group is a Malaysian shipping company and Marehold is located at Lemesos, Cyprus.

Belize registered trawler (ex-Marshal Vasilevskiy 1982-2012, Whale Shark 2012-2013, Marshal Vasilevskiy 2013-2023) Fishing Vest 2023-

Port of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands 10 November 2025

Belize-flagged, IMO 8033869, MMSI 312064000 and call sign V3RQ4. Pulkovskiy type freezing trawler. Owners Fishery Group DMCC, Dubai, principals are Russian. Completed by Chernomorskiy Shipyard, Nikolayev, Russia in July 1982. Latvia-flagged 2009-2012, St. Kitts&Nevis-flagged 2012, Latvia-flagged 2012-2019, Cameroon 2019-2023, Guinea-Bissau-flagged 2023-2024 and Belize-flagged since 2024. 

Chilean transport Piloto Pardo AP 45 1959-1997 (still existing)

Model Museo Maritimo Nacional, Valparaiso, Chile, April 2025

 Oil painting by Klaas Koster, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1959.

Museo Maritimo Nacional, Valparaiso, Chile, April 2025

Under construction 1958. Noord-Noord-Hollands Archief. 1100 Beeldcollectie Gemeente Haaarlem. Photographer Zilver Rupe, Willem Marloed W.M. *1904 †1993. 1958

Ordered in 1957. Laid down by Haarlemsche Scheepsbouw Mij. Haarlem, Haarlem, Netherlands as an Antarctic patrol ship, transport and research vessel with ice-strenghtened hull for special service in the Southern Ocean on 30 September 1957, launched on 11 June 1958, exercised with Dutch artillery on the North Sea to check her behaviour at sea in December 1958, commissioned on 7 April 1959, decommissioned in January 1997, sold in 1998 to the merchant shipping.

Shipspotting.com d.d. 20-9-2025 mentioned that she was renamed in 1998 Antarctic Dream, serving as a passengership, IMO 5278432, MMSI 457139000 and call sign JVTU5 and Mongolia-flagged, owner/manager Turismo Nuevo Mundo, Valparaiso, Chile.

Myshiptracking.com d.d. 20-9-2025 reports passenger ship, MMSI 34133100, call sign V4OT4, St. Kitts Nevis-flagged.

Marinetraffic.com and vesselfinder.com d.d. 20-9-2025 reports passenger ship or arm guards vessel, Indonesia-flagged, MMSI 525015210 and call sign YB119YL.

Wikepedia.org d.d. 20-9-2025 claims she was called Hotu Matua between 1998-2003, owner Orloando Paoa, Eastern Island and Antarctic Dream between 2003-2012 owner Antarctic Shipping SA, Chile.  

Guinea-Bissau flagged fishing vessel (ex-Kapitan Sukhondyeyevskiy 1983-2024) Fishing Sea 2024-

AstiCan shipyard, Las Palmas de Gran Canary, Canary Islands, Spain 26 November 2024

Guinea-Bissau-flagged, IMO 8136623, MMSI 630124115 and call sign J5M1. Earlier also Cameroon-flagged, homeport Kribi, Georgia, Saint Kitts and Vevis and Russia-flagged. Pulkovskiy Meridian type/Project 1288 fishing freezer trawler. Built by Chernomorskiy SZ, Nikolayev South, Ukraine with yard number 538 in 1983

Guinea-Bissau flagged fishing vessel (ex-Kapitan Sukhondyeyevskiy 1983-2024) Fishing Sea 2024-

Las Palmas de Gran Canary, Canary Islands, Spain 6 November 2024

Guinea-Bissau-flagged, IMO 8136623, MMSI 630124115 and call sign J5M1. Earlier also Cameroon-flagged, homeport Kribi, Georgia, Saint Kitts and Vevis and Russia-flagged. Pulkovskiy Meridian type/Project 1288 fishing freezer trawler. Built by Chernomorskiy SZ, Nikolayev South, Ukraine with yard number 538 in 1983. 

Trawler (ex-Nekrasovo 1991-1995, Mekhanik Vinokurov 1995-1996, Nekrasovo 1996-2001, Mekhanik Vinokurov 2001, Sea Ace 2001-2002, Nordic 2002-2012) Atlantic Hermes 2012-

AstiCan Ship Repair yard, Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain 22 November 2023

Belize-flagged, homeport Belize City, IMO 8908105, MMSI 312823000 and call sign V3QW3. Possibly Russian principals. According to balticshipping.com owner and manager Atlantic High Sea Fishing, Klaipeda, Lithuania. Registered in Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Shipspotting reports as Nordic Saint Kitts&Nevis-flagged, MMSI 312823000 and call sign V4VT2, owner/manager Atlantic Hermes Shipping, Majuro, Marshall Islands. A Moonzund type fishing freezer canner super trawler, project Atlantik 488. Launched by Volkswerft, Stralsund, Germany (824) on 9 March 1991 and completed on 24 March 1993. 

Frozen fish carrier (ex-Seagull 1982-1992, Savannah 1992-2006) Rangiroa 2006-

Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain 29 November 2023

Montenegrin owners? Launched by Kochi Jyuko, Kochi, Japan on 5 January 1982 and completed during December 1982. Ex-Seagull renamed July 1992 and Savannah renamed March 2006. Marinetraffic Belize-flagged, homeport Belize City, 8210259, MMSI 312599000 and call sign V3ZI6. Vesselfinder confirms, adding as Seagull Japan-flagged, registered owner Jinyu Kaiun KK, as Savannah Panama-flagged, registered owner Continental Freighters SA, as Rangiroa registered owners Nikona Sg Co. Ltd, Panama-flagged 2006-2012, Belize-flagged 2012-2014, Saint Kitts&Nevis-flagged 2014-201, Belize-flagged 2018 and Comoros-flagged 2018. Seatraffic managed Panama-flagged, owner Nikona Shipping Company Ltd. and manager Seatraffic, Sevastopol, Ukraine. Shipspotting claimed owner/manager Seatraffic, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saint Kitts&nevis-flagged, MMS I 312599000 and call sign V4ET3 and Panama-flagged, call sign 3EDT8 and MMSI 371654000. Fleetphoto.ru mentioned Belize-flagged since 26 October 2022 and Marehold Shipping Co. Ltd. doo South Point. The South Point Group is a Malaysian shipping company and Marehold is located at Lemesos, Cyprus.

Fishing vessels Kapitan Rusak and Profes(s)or Mykhaylo Aleksandrov

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain 13 March 2023 laid up

Latvian fish factory Kapitan Rusak 1997-

Shipspotting: Saint Kitts&Nevis-flagged, homeport Basseterre, IMO 9121106, MMSI 613320100 and call sign V4KX2. Built by Black Sea Shipyard, Nikolayev, Ukraine in 1997. Owner/manager Baltreids, Liepaja, Latvia.

Marinetraffic and Vesselfinder: Cameroon-flagged, homeport Kribi, MMSI 613320100 and call sign TJMC273.

Vesselfinder: Cameroon-flagged, homeport Kribi, MMSI 613320100 and call sign TJMC273. In 1997 registered owner Ukrainiang SG Co, Ukraine-flagged, 1999 Cyprus-flagged, registered owner Fishing Fox Ltd and in 2000 Fishing Fox SA registered owner and Ukraine-flagged.

Rick Vince: Laid down by Chernomorskyi Shipyard, Mykolayiv, Ukraine as a Pulkovskiy Meridian' class fishing freezer trawleron 26 October 1992, launched on 19 May 1993 and completed on 5 December 1997. Ukraine-owned.

Alongside her sistership Professor Mykhaylo Aleksandrov 1999-

Marinetraffic: Profesor Aleksandrov, New Zealand-flagged, homeport Nelson, IMO 9121118, MMSI 512425000 and call sign ZMPA.

Vesselfinder: Professor Mykhaylo Aleksandrov, flag unknown.

Baltic shipping: New Zealand-flagged, Professor Aleksandrov, built by Black Sea Shipyard, Nikolayev, Ukraine in 1999, owner/manager Freco Shipmanagement, Limassol, Cyprus.

Shipspotting: Professor Mykhaylo Aleksandrov since 2002 Profesor Mykhaylo Aleksandrov, Ukraine-flagged, homeport Sevatsopol, MMSI 272323000 and call sign USLC. Owner/manager Freco Shipmanagement, Limassol, Cyprus. 

Latvian factory trawler (ex-Kauguri 1982-2012) Fram 2012-2013

Las Palmas, Canary Islands 12 November 2012

IMO 8225553. Atlantic-464 (DDR) type Prometey design. Laid down by Volkswerft Stralsund, East Germany with yard number 555 on 3 May 1982, launched on 27 September 1982, registrated 1 January 1987 and broken up in February 2013. As Fram owner Baltreids SIA, Latvia, homeport Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged, registration PMPC, registration number 821201 and call sign V4LX2. As Kauguri PCCP and since 1998 PMPC. Soviet Union-flagged until 1998.

Guinean refrigerated cargo carrier (ex-Klipper 1981-1989, Reefer Bay 1989-2001, Ice Bay 2001-2007, Cliff 2007-2008, Aquamarine II 2008-2013) Dubreka 2013-

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain under repair 2 December 2022

With out thanks to Rick Vince for allowing us to publish

Dominica-flagged, IMO 8028424, MMSI 325110000 and call sign J7AW4. Guinean owners/managers Sonit Peche, Conakry Guinea although probably Russian principals. Used as frozen fish carrier. As Klipper Netherlands-flagged, call sign PFKH, Aquamarine II Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged, in 2018 Comores-flagged,call sign D6HQ9. and in 2019 Sierra Leone-flagged. Ex-Klipper renamed January 1989, Reefer Bay renamed November 2011, Ice Bay renamed 7 June 2007, Cliff renamed March 2008 and Aquamarine II renamed December 2013. Laid down by the Ysselwerf, Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands on 3 June 1981, launched on 27 November 1981, completed on 8 January 1982 for account of Jaczon Diepvriestransporten/Jaczon Rederij en Haringhandel B.V., Scheveningen, Netherlands.

Gross tonnage 1,541 tons, net tonnage 999 tons, deadweight 3346 tons and as dimensions 74.96 (between perpendiculars)-80.74 (over all) x 15.02 (moulded)-15.09 (over all) x 7.80 (moulded depth) x 5.950 (extreme draught) metres.

Russian space control-monitoring ship Cosmonaut Yuri(y) Gagarin 1971-1996

Also called a Vigilship (Veladora) which was built to detect and receiving satellite communications, operated by the Academy of Sciences between 1971-1992. Completed at the Baltic Shipyard, St. Petersburg with yard number 601 in December 1971 and especially used for the space program including utter atmosphere and outer space research, Broken op at Alang, India after 1996. Soviet Union-flagged, homeport Odessa between 1971-1992, Ukraine-flagged, homeport Odessa between1992-1996 and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-flagged, homeport Kingstown in 1996. IMO 7116286 and call sign UKF1. Deadweight 31.300 tons, standard displacement 53.500 tons and as dimensions 230 x 31 x 10 metres or 760 x 102 x 33 feet. Machinery consisted of 2 Kirov steam turbines with electric drive supplying via 1 shaft 19.000 shp allowing a speed of 17,7 knots and a range of 24.000 nautical miles. Between 160-180 scientists-technicians and 136-160 crewmembers on board. Project 1909.

Indian oil products tanker (ex-Al Deerah 1989-2013) Iddi 2013-

With our thanks to Thomas Ruellan for allowing us to publish

Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard, Faujdarhat, Bangladesh 31 January 2020

St. Kitts&Nevis-flagged, Basseterre, IMO 8619455 and call sign V4ZN3. Built by Samsung Shipbuilding&Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Geoje, South Korea in 1989. Ex-Al Deerah, Kuwait-flagged, renamed May 2013. Owned and managed by Oceanic Shipping Services, Mumbai, India. Earlier as Al  Deerad  Nigeria-flagged, homeport Lagos as the Diddi, MMSI 657965000 and call sign 5NQY7.

Cypriot tug Bulbash 2008-

St. Kitts and Nevis-flagged, Homeport Basseterre, IMO 9548706, registration number 0706615 and callsign V4CQ. Built at the Kherson Shipyard, Kherson, Ukraine with yard number 003 on 26 December 2008. Gross tonnage 127 tons, net tonnage 38 tons, deadweight 38 tons, displacement 168 tons and as dimensions 17,46 (rule)-19,8 (over all) x 7,4 (moulded)-7,5 x 3,0 x 3,7 (height) metres. Owned by Ugtrans Terminal Co. Ltd., Cyprus.

American tug annex supply vessel Cayman Island 1974-1991 (Veesea Tornado 1991-2002, Tornado 2002-)

With our thanks to Gregory Castleman for his photograph

IMO 7390636. Nowadays Saint Kitts&Nevis-flagged, homeport Basseterre and owned/managed by West Coast Shipping, Lagos, Nigeria. Built by American Marine Corpration/Bollinger Gulf Repair, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1974. Renamed Veesea Tornado in August 1991 and Tornado in August 2002. Originally owned by Arthur Levyy Entreprises Incorporated, Morgan City, Louisiana, USA, registration no. 557223 and call sign WZD3. Gross tonnage 194 tons, net tonnage 132 tons, deadweight 1.021 tons and as dimensions 51,87 (between perpendiculars)-55,58 (over all) x 11,56 (moulded)-11,59 (extreme) x 3,925 x 4,58 metres.

Belgian trailing suction hopper (ex-Schelde II 1979-1994) Jade River 1994-2015 (A; D2BMUK 2015-2018. Al Yarmuk 2018-2019, Som Gold 2019-)

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 18 April 2014

Belgium-flagged, IMO 7624037, MMSI 205524990 and call sign OT5249. Built by Beliard Polyship Scheepswerf, Oostend, Belgium in 1975. Owned by Decloedt&Zoon Baggerwerken, Oostend and managed by Dredging International, Zwijndrecht, Belgium. Renamed Al D2MBUK in 2018, Bahrain-flagged, Al Yarmuk Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged in 2018 and Som Gold in 2019 Bahrain-flagged and now laid up, Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged, MMSI 341080000 and call sign V4XZ3. 

Dutch stern trawler Ariadne (SCH 303) 1982-2014 and Dzintarjura 2015-

Build in 1982 at the Yvc Ysselwerf, Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands. With a gross tonnage of 3,938 tons and the dimensions 89,32 (over all) x 12,50 x x 5,5 x 8,00 (hold) metres. Owned and managed by A. v.d. Zwan/Van der Zwan Zonen. Homeport Scheveningen. IMO no. 8107050, MMSI no. 244453000 and call sign PCTO. Holding capacity 1,700 tons and a freezing capacity of 130 tons in 24 hours. Main horsepower 3,600 hp. Build in 1982. Renamed in 2014 Dzintarjura. In 2013 Denmark flagged, in 2018 Samoa, anno 2019 Guinea-Bissau-flagged, MMSI 630123060 and call sign J5MK2, homeport Thyboron, owned by Nordic Pelagic and managed by tamme Bolt, both of Thyboron, Denmark. In 2015 purchased by Latvian buyers. Saint Kitts&Nevis-flagged, MMSI 341899000 and cal siign V4FJ3. Wasn in 2015 active in Mauritian waters.

Scheveningen, Netherlands 24 December 2011

Russian reefer (ex-Kapitan Voloshin 1991-1998, Virgo I 1998-1999, Eurofrost 1999-2010) Frio Murmansk 2010-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 19 December 2013

Saint Kitts&Nevis-flagged, homeport Basseterre, IMO 8845717, RS no. 901904, MMSI 341009000 and callsign V4KD2. Ex-Kapitan Voloshin renamed July 1998, Virgo I renamed March 1999 and Eurofrost renamed September 2010. Gross international tonnage 6.989 tons, net international tonnage 3.113 tons, displacement 10.100 tons, summer deadweight 7.911 tons and as dimensions 119,90 (between perpendiculars)-133,95 (over all) x 18,00 (over all/moulded) x 7,88 x 10,70 (depth) metres. Speed 14,90 knots. Maine engine 4.350 hp? Built on 12 July 1991 by 61 Communarde Shipbuilding, Nikolayev, Ukraine. Owned and managed by Arctic Shipping, St. Petersburg, Russia;(registered owner Rainbow Reefers Limited, Bahamas). In fact a refrigerated cargo ship/fish carrier.

Egyptian tug Colbert 1971-2012

St. Kitts&Nevis-flagged, homeport Basseterre, IMO 7115555, official number SKN 1001116 and call signV4EN. Built by Soc. des Atl. Francais de l’Ouest, St. Nazaire, France with yard number R014 in 1971 and broken up in 1912. Owned by Subsea Petroleum Services, Alexandria, Egypt. Machinery consisted of 1-oil fuelled 2.000hp engine. Dimensions 33,15 (between perpendiculars)-38,92 (over all) x 9,00 (medium)-9,40 (extreme) x 4,81 (depth) x 4,598 (draught) metres and gross tonnage 362 tons, net tonnage 108 tons and deadweight 254 tons. 

Russian fish carrier (ex-Frio Nikolayev 1993-2010) Frio Archangelsk 2010-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 19 April 2017

St. Kitts Nevis-flagged, homeport Basseterre, IMO 8860444, MMSI 341049000, Russian registration number 920089 and call sign V4KI2. Ex-Frio Nikolayev renamed September 2010. Built by 61 Communards Shipbuilding, Nikolayev, Ukraine with yard number 1136 on 30 January 1993. Gross tonnage 6.989 tons, tonnage 2.105 tons, deadweight 7.911 tons, displacement 10.100 tons and as dimensions ions 119,9 (rule)-133,95 (over all) x 18,0 x 6,48 x 10,7 (height) metres. Speed 14,9 knots. Owned by Rainbow Reefers Limited, Nassau, Bahamas according to Russian Maritime Register and according to maritime connector owned and managed by Artic Shipping, St. Petersburg, Russia. 

Azerbaijan-flagged tug CMS Pahlavan 2014-

According to the Russian Maritime Register Azerbaijan-flagged, homeport Baku, call sign 4JQG, registration number 121224, MMSI 423404100 and IMO 9753789. According to World Shipping Register St. Kitts&Nevis-flagged. Built Netherlands with yard number 571716 on 11 September 2014. Gross tonnage 335 tons, net tonnage 100 tons, deadweight 100 tons, displacement 600 tons and as dimension 31,85 (rule)-32,27 (over all) x 9,1 x 3,3 x 4,4 (height) metres. Speed 11,5 knots. Owned by Blue Mile Shipping Limited.