![]() Moscow University at Rotterdam
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History | |
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Name | Moscow University |
Owner | Novoship Novorossiysk, Russia (member of the SovComFlot Group) |
Operator | Novoship (UK) Ltd |
Port of registry | ![]() |
Ordered | February 1997 |
Builder | NKK Corporation |
Cost | $40,260,000 |
Yard number | 185 |
Launched | 15 December 1998 |
Completed | 26 March 1999 |
Identification |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Crude oil tanker |
Tonnage | |
Length |
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Beam | 42.03 m (137 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 14.75 m (48 ft 5 in) |
Depth | 20.70 m (67 ft 11 in) |
Installed power | Sulzer 6RTA58T diesel engine |
Propulsion | Single shaft |
Speed | 15.1 knots (28.0 km/h; 17.4 mph) |
Capacity | 113,477 m3 (4,007,400 cu ft) cargo capacity in 12 tanks |
Crew | 23 |
Moscow University (Russian: Московский университет, romanized: Moskovskiy Universitet) is a 56,076 GT tanker, which was ordered in 1997. The ship is notable for being captured by Somali pirates on 5 May 2010 and rescued the following day by a Russian Navy warship.