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MS Siritara Ocean Queen

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Bashkiriya at Quay 19 in Port of Odessa circa 1989
Bashkiriya at Quay 19 in Port of Odessa circa 1989

MS Siritara Ocean Queen was a cruise ship owned since 2006 by Siritara Enterprise in Thailand. She was built in 1964 by VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany as Bashkiriya for the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company. It was named after an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the former Soviet Union Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The ship capsized 10 October 2006 and was a total loss. She was later scrapped on site.

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MS Siritara Ocean Queen
Soi Rama III Soi 28, Bangkok Yan Nawa District

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ซอยพระรามที่ 3 ซอย 28

Soi Rama III Soi 28
10120 Bangkok, Yan Nawa District
Bangkok, Thailand
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Bashkiriya at Quay 19 in Port of Odessa circa 1989
Bashkiriya at Quay 19 in Port of Odessa circa 1989
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