While at anchor off Alang the MAXIM GORKIY was renamed MAXIM M and registered in St. Kitts and Nevis , her final port of registry being Basseterre.MAXIM's dedicated Russian crew of 33 included one veteran engineer from the original Russian crew who took delivery of the HANSEATIC ex-HAMBURG in Hamburg in January 1974. 35 years earlier.
They kept their beloved ship in pristine condition until the very end.
Photograph by MAXIM GORKIY's crew member Alexandr Lazarev, February 2009.
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