MS Lastivka

	MS Lastivka at the wharf by Proletarska square, Kharkiv
History
Ukraine
Name	MS Lastivka (English: Swallow)
Namesake	Swallow Bird (from Russian: Ласточка)
Route	Rivers of Lopan and Kharkiv
Builder	Moscow Shipyard, USSR
Launched	1975
In service	1975-2005, in Kharkiv - since 1996
Out of service	2005
Renamed	1996, former name - Pavlik Morozov
Homeport	Kharkiv, Ukraine (heretofore - Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Fate	Burned out
General characteristics
Displacement	30 tons
Length	22.4 m (73 ft)
Beam	4.06 m (13.3 ft)
Height	3 metres
Draught	<40 centimetres
Installed power	60 horsepower
Capacity	About 66 passengers

Lastivka (Ukrainian: Ластівка, Swallow) or Lastochka (Russian: Ласточка) was the only pleasure motor ship in Kharkiv, Ukraine during its contemporary history. From 1996 till 2005 it carried passengers on the rivers of Lopan and Kharkiv. On 1 April 2005 in daytime the motorship burned out in unclear circumstances.^[1]

History

MS Lastivka was built in 1975 at Moscow Shipyard, USSR. Former name of the ship — Pavlik Morozov (homeport Dnipropetrovsk). Until its move to Kharkiv the ship ploughed waters of the Dnieper.

In 1995 by efforts of O. Sazonov MS Pavlik Morozov that had been in a sad state was moved from Dnipropetrovsk to Kharkiv using special 30-meters carriage. Restoration and reconstruction works were conducted on the river of Kharkiv in the other side of Chyhyryn bridge.

References

^ "Допа считает, что не худо бы углубить харьковские речки и пустить туда трамвайчик". Полемика/Polemika. December 10, 2008. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2009.

[DOPA-1] "Допа считает, что не худо бы углубить харьковские речки и пустить туда трамвайчик". Полемика/Polemika. December 10, 2008. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2009.

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