Bashkiriya 2006
Marker: recorded wreck position (Modern).
Key facts
| Name | Bashkiriya | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 2006 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Modern | derived from year |
| Ship type | cruise ship | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Foundered | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | Thailand | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Nearest coast | Thailand | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | 13.6811, 100.5214 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
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 (Russian: Башкирия) for the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company. It was named after Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (now Bashkortostan) in the former Soviet Union. Since 2003 she has also been the sole surviving Ivan Franko-class vessel, the other sisters having sunk or been scrapped.
The ship capsized on the Chao Praya River in Bangkok on 10 October 2006 and was a total loss. She was later scrapped on site.
Location
- Recorded position: 13.6811, 100.5214 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: Thailand
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article MS Siritara Ocean Queen (revision 1351398732), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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