Gruziya

The vessel formerly known as “Gruziya” has changed its name on several occasions: The ship was firstly renamed “Odessa Sky” and then operated as “Club Cruise I” for two years; it then sailed the seas as “Club I” and “Van Gogh” before being renamed “Salamis Filoxenia” in 2010.

A total of five ships in the Belorussija Class were completed at the finnish shipyard, today MEYER TURKU, and delivered to the former Black Sea Shipping Company from 1975 to 1976. The prototype was Belorussija, and the other vessels were also named after constituent states of the USSR: Azerbaydzhan, Kazakhstan, Gruziya and Kareliya. All the structurally identical ships were originally built as ferries. They could transport almost 900 passengers and around 250 vehicles. The Russian sister ships were then converted into cruise liners following the dissolution of the USSR.

The vessel formerly known as “Gruziya” now embarks on cruises in the Eastern Mediterranean for Salamis Cruise Lines in Cyprus.