Comments written by MALCOLM CRANFIELD

A researcher has suggested that ship 3801 could be VLADIMIR PEREGUDOV (laid down in January 1989 and launched in April 1992), one of a class of eleven KOMANDARM FEDKO class tankers built at Kherson Shipyard.

It is believed that the ship was intended to become a replenishment ship for the Soviet navy but conversion work was halted due to insufficient funding and in May 1993 the uncompleted ship was towed to Dalian. This photograph was taken at Singapore.

Fitting out was completed in China and, according to the Miramar website, the ship was delivered in June 1996 as NANCANG.

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