MS Astor

Astor at Fremantle in 2016.
History
Name	1987–1988: Astor 1988–1995: Fedor Dostoyevskiy 1995–2020: Astor
Namesake	Fyodor Dostoevsky (2nd name)
Owner	1987–1988: Marlan Corporation 1988–1991: Black Sea Shipping Company 1991–1996: Fedor Dostoevskiy Shipping Co. 1996–2008: Astor Shipping Co.[2] 2008-2014: Premicon[3] 2014-2020: Global Maritime Group[4]
Operator	1987–1988: Marlan Corporation 1988–1990: Transocean Tours 1990–1995: Neckermann Seereisen 1995–1996: Aquamarin 1996–2013: Transocean Tours[2][5] 2013–2020: Cruise & Maritime Voyages
Port of registry	1987–1988: Port Louis,  Mauritius 1988–1991: Odessa,  Soviet Union 1992–2020:[1] Nassau  Bahamas[2]
Ordered	1985[2]
Builder	HDW, Kiel, West Germany[2]
Cost	$65 million[6]
Yard number	218[2]
Launched	30 May 1986[2]
Acquired	14 January 1987[2]
Maiden voyage	14 January 1987[2]
In service	14 January 1987[2]
Identification	Call sign: C6JR3 IMO number: 8506373 MMSI number: 308214000
Fate	Scrapped in January of 2021
General characteristics [2]
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	20,704 GT 3,780 DWT[7]
Length	176.25 m (578 ft 3 in)[7]
Beam	22.60 m (74 ft 2 in)[7]
Draught	6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)[7]
Decks	7 (passenger accessible)[6]
Installed power	Four Sulzer-Wärtsilä diesel engines 15,400 kW (combined)
Propulsion	Two propellers[6]
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	650 passengers
Crew	300[6]

MS Astor was a cruise ship that most recently sailed for Cruise & Maritime Voyages' Transocean Cruises subsidiary, under which she operated voyages to Europe, South Africa, and Australia.^[3][8]

The ship was originally built in 1987 under the name Astor by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Kiel in West Germany for the Mauritius-based Marlan Corporation, although originally ordered by the South African Safmarine as a combined ocean liner/cruise ship for the Southampton-Cape Town service.^[5][9]

In 1988, she was sold to the Soviet Union-based Black Sea Shipping Company and renamed Fedor Dostoevskiy^[7][10] (some sources spell the name Fedor Dostoyevskiy,^[6] Russian: Фёдор Достое́вский), but spent her time under charter to various West German cruise lines. In 1995, she reverted to the name, Astor. From 1996 until 2020, she operated under charter to Transocean Tours.^[2]

After Transocean Cruises' parent company, Cruise & Maritime Voyages, entered administration in 2020, Astor was sold at auction by C.W. Kellock London Ltd. on 15 October 2020 for US$1,710,000.