MV Ocean Life

Lev Tolstoy at Naples in 1988.
History
Name	1981–1995: Lev Tolstoy 1995–1998: Natasha 1998–2001: Palmira 2001–2006: The Jasmine 2006–2007: Farah 2007–2010: EasyCruise Life 2010–2014: Ocean Life
Namesake	Leo Tolstoy (original name)
Owner	1981–1995: Black Sea Shipping Company 1995–1996: Blasco IK 1996–2001: Black Sea Shipping Company 2001–2006: Mano Maritime 2006–2007: International Maritime Investment Co Ltd 2007–2009: EasyCruise 2010–2014: Hellenic Seaways[1]
Operator	1981–2001: Black Sea Shipping Company (?) 2001–2006: Mano Maritime 2006–2007: Salam International Transport & Trading Co[1] 2007–2009: EasyCruise 2010 onwards: Blue Ocean Cruises
Port of registry	1981–1992: Odesa,  Soviet Union 1992–1995: Odesa,  Ukraine 1995–1996: Monrovia,  Liberia 1996–2001: Odesa,  Ukraine 2001–2006: Kingstown,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2006–2007: Amman,  Jordan 2007–2010:Limassol,  Cyprus 2010–2014: Valletta,  Malta[1]
Builder	Stocnia Szczecinska im A Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland[1]
Yard number	492/02[1]
Launched	6 February 1981[1]
Completed	1981
Maiden voyage	1981
In service	October 1981[1]
Out of service	2014
Identification	Call sign: 9HGB9 IMO number: 7625809 MMSI number: 256935000
Fate	Scrapped in 2014.
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and type	Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
Tonnage	9,878 GT 1,445 DWT
Length	134.50 m (441.27 ft)
Beam	21.00 m (68.90 ft)
Depth	5.60 m (18.37 ft)
Decks	9[2]
Installed power	4 × Sulzer 6 LZ40/48 diesels 12800 kW
Speed	20 kn (37 km/h)
Range	4,100 nmi (7,600 km)
Capacity	350 passengers
General characteristics (as cruise ship)[2]
Class and type	Cruise ship (since 1 October 2010)
Tonnage	12,711 GT
Speed	17 knots (service speed)
Capacity	550 passengers
Crew	98

The MV Ocean Life was a cruise ship for a number of cruise lines, including Hellenic Seaways and Blue Ocean Cruises, under a number of names. She was sold for scrap in 2014.

She was built in 1981 as a Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry by Stocnia Szczecinska im A Warskiego, Szczecin, Poland as Lev Tolstoy for the Black Sea Shipping Company. She was third in a series of seven near-identical ferries built for various shipping companies of the Soviet Union. She sailed under the names Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmine, Farah, EasyCruise Life and finally Ocean Life with Blue Open Cruise Lines, who operated her on a series of Indian coastal voyages.

The ship was sold for scrapping at Aliağa, Turkey, in August 2014.

On her maiden voyage with Blue Open Cruise Lines on 18 November 2010, with over 400 passengers and 134 crew on board the Ocean Life developed a crack on her port side 17 nmi (31 km) off of Goa, in the Arabian Sea. The ship started taking on water and began to list five degrees. The vessel was moved to Western India Shipyard for repairs.^[3]

• Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry

Media related to IMO 7625809 at Wikimedia Commons

• EasyCruise Life Cabins and Deckplans