Did #6003 en #6004 also have a Russian (intended) name?
What is the present name of #6004 and IMO?
Any help much appreciated! Searching internet and many paper reference works did not give me the answers.
edit (2016): #6004 is in fact a project 10621 ship which remains unfinished in Mexico. Photographs under the IMO number listed above were posted to ShipSpotting.com this year.
Thus, we have managed to track down all project 10620/10621 vessels.
Hull 6002 / Ice Maiden 1 is correct. She is presently a stripped-down hull after a project to convert her to an offshore accommodation vessel failed. For several years now, she remains berthed in the River Tyne, U.K., and has not yet been towed away or scrapped.
Thanks for the correction, Phil. It's quite strange that she hasn't been cut up for scrap - what else can you do with a hull like that? The company that was working on the conversion already re-sold the thrusters and DP systems.
I imagine she will be scrapped eventually. She's not gone yet, probably because there is a lot of legal wrangling going on regarding the failure of the project to convert her. Such legal processes can take years!
Yeah, that's true. There are quite many ships abandoned in ports due to legal issues, slowly rusting away. Recently, a 60s tanker that had been moored at an Iranian oil terminal since the Iran-Iraq war in 1980 was towed to Gadani for scrapping. They even used it as a backdrop for a movie "Iron Island"!
I wonder why the IMO numbers of the second series of ships don't match to their order of construction. It's as if Xue Long was built considerably earlier than Ice Maiden 1, although the years indicate otherwise.
Still, that does not explain the Project 10621 ship pictured on the Uglyships website.
Seems simple to me, the one pictured in Mexico (the mythical 6004 ??) don't thnk so ! More likely to be Caballo Azteca (5002) being converted to an oceanographic research vessel.
That's what I thought, based on the new accommodation block in the foreground. However, CABALLO AZTECA is a Project 10620 vessel while the ship photographed in Mexico is clearly a Project 10621 vessel. They are quite easy to tell apart from the superstructure and the length of the forecastle.
I dropped a message to both the design bureau and the shipyard about the mysterious fourth Project 10621 vessel. Let's see what (if) they reply.
edit (2016): Never received any reply. However, check my earlier message for an update regarding #6004.
Evening Gents, Hull6004 is in Mexico since last 2009, it was towed awai from Ukraine and waiting for a conversion project. was never completed at Kherson, TM was carried out and believe me, thickness still thck close to the original. and many other systems and equipment remains like brand new, catched up in the time. On 2009-2010 I did contact with the designer, Chernomorsurdoproject I barely remember the firm name... anyone knows the name and address? Thanks.
That's interesting information - thank you for sharing.
The list in my previous post has been updated.
Anyone know what Caballo Azteca is doing in these days? IHS Sea-web lists her as "total loss".