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M.V. ATLANTIC is a cruiseship, built by Cons. Nay. & Ind. de la Mediterranee at La Seyne for Home Lines Inc. at Monrovia (Liberia) in 1982. She was yardnumber 1432 and has 2 Fiat diesels of 30,000 bhp, 2 propellers and 1 bowthruster.
Her dimensions are: 204. 71m x 27.36m x 17.15m x 7.38m.
Her gt is 19,337, her net 8,357 and is 7,000 dwt.
Her speed is 23.5 knots and she can carry 1,292 passengers.

FURTHER INFORMATION FROM AUKE PALMHOF
She was delivered on 02 April 1982 to the Home Lines, Monrovia.
09 January 1981 launched as the ATLANTIC.
14 April 1982 arrived at New York.
The same day left for her first cruise from New York to Bermuda.
1988 Sold to Premier Cruises Line, Monrovia and renamed in STARSHIP ATLANTIC.
May 1997 Sold to Mediterranean Shipping Co., Panama and renamed in MELODY.
2010 In service same name and owner IMO No 7902295.

Log Book December 1984
Dominica 1934 SG891

Ukraine and Morocco issued in 2013 a se-tenant stamp for the good relations between the two countries.
The Ukrainian stamps shows the cruise terminal in Odessa with two cruise ships, the largest on the right of the stamp is the COSTA MEDITERRANEA and the smaller cruise-ship which was identified by Mr. Peter Crichton as the MSC MELODY built in 1982 as the ATLANTIC.
The other stamp shows the port of Tangier in Morocco with a lot of small ships.

Updates on the ATLANTIC

12 November 2013 sold to Sahara India Tourism, India and renamed QING.
2013 In service same name and owner IMO No 7902295

Images supplied by Mr. Gennadiy Sitnikov, with thanks.

Ukraine 2013 2.00k sg?, scott

Update on ATLANTIC/MELODY
The MELODY was the first Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to made cruises to the Caribbean, also she made cruises in the Mediterranean, South Africa and South America.
25 April 2009 she repelled an armed pirate attack without damage 180 miles north of the Seychelles during a cruise from South Africa to Italy.
Early 2013 taken out of service.
The same year sold to the Indian Company Sahara India Tourism at Mumbai and renamed in QING. Under Indian flag and registry.
Towed to Mormugao (Goa) with the plan to convert her in a floating hotel, she arrived by the Western India Shipyard Ltd in Goa.
The yard was in financial troubles and work did not commence.
29 June 2016 during heavy monsoon rains the vessel began to list with the risk of capsize. She finally settled down on the seabottom.
August 2017 the Mormugao (Goa) port launched a call for bids to refloat the vessel and remove her, and tow her to Alang for scrapping.
A company based in Gujarat was awarded the contract, and also to remove the 350 ton of fuel and polluted waters accumulated in the bottom of the ship. The port has not the treatment facilities to handle the 350 ton.
2018 The QING is still in Mormugao to find a solution to remove the 350 ton fuel and contaminated water.

Source: Robin des Bois Shipbreaking #52 and internet.