MS Toyvo Antikaynen explained

Toyvo Antikaynen (Russian: Тойво Антикайнен) was a merchant ship of Black Sea Shipping Company (Soviet Union), tweendecker type general cargo ship, project B401. This ship is one of the Kommunist-class cargo ships. The ship was named in honor of the Finnish communist leader and the Red Army officer Toivo Antikainen.

Only two ships of Kommunist-class cargo ships had additional figure in the built number (shipyard number). These were Djuzeppe di Vittorio (number B40/101 - B40/91) and Toyvo Antikaynen (number B40/102 - B40/92). Can be it was due to this two ships were built by another shipyard in Poland, and other Kommunist class cargo ships.^[1]

Final years

The ship Toyvo Antikaynen was scrapped in 1999 at Calcuta, India. She was one of the last scrapped Kommunist-class ships.^[2]

See also

• Cold War
• SS Nezhin
• SS Karaganda
• SS Metallurg Anosov
• SS Fizik Kurchatov
• MS Sarny

Notes and References

1. http://forums.airbase.ru/2007/07/t56410--gruzovye-suda-chernomorskogo-parokhodstva-tipy-foto-istoriya.html Грузовые суда Черноморского пароходства: типы, фото, история.
2. http://sprinsky.livejournal.com/97047.html?thread=160535 LiveJournal > Потери Черноморского Морского Пароходства в результате нэзалэжности. Дата: 26 October 2013.