Built as a ro-ro vessel under yard 161/1426 by Neptun VEB, Rostock, East Germany for the Russian Government.
05 January 1983 keel laid down.
31 May 1983 launched under the name KOMPOZITOR KARA KARAYEV.
Tonnage 6.884 grt, 2.065 net. 4.673 dwt, dim. 125.9 x 16.22 x 11.60m., length bpp. 117.5m., draught 5.66m.
Powered by two diesel engines, each 2.648 kW., speed 16 knots. Twin controllable pitch propellers.
Bunker capacity 530 ton heavy oil and 70 ton diesel.
Capacity for 365 cars of the Lada type. Container capacity 66 TEU’s. and 32 FEU’s.
Two decks.
Passenger accommodation 20 berth.
09 August 1984 completed.
1993 Transferred to the Caspian Shipping Company, Baku, Azerbaijan, renamed in BESTEKAR GARA GARAYEV.
2008 In service, same name and owner.
Source: http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz and some other web-sites.