Vityaz
preserved watercraft · Russia
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Vityaz
- IMO number
- 5382609
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Vessel type
- preserved watercraft
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 109.4 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1939
- Builder
- Schichau Seebeckwerft
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- Kriegsmarine
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Vityaz
Vityaz (Russian: Витязь) is a research vessel that was built in 1939 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen, Germany as Mars for Neptun Line, Bremen. She served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was seized by the United Kingdom in 1945. She was renamed Empire Forth for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946 under the terms of the Potsdam Agreement and renamed Equator (Russian: Экватор) and later renamed Admiral Makarov (Russian: Адмирал Мака́ров). She was renamed Vityaz in 1949 and was used as a research vessel. Retired in 1979, she was preserved as a museum ship in 1982.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Vityaz now?
- Vityaz has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Vityaz?
- Vityaz is a preserved watercraft sailing under the flag of Russia, built in 1939 by Schichau Seebeckwerft. The vessel is 109.4 m long.
- Who owns Vityaz?
- Vityaz is operated by Kriegsmarine. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has Vityaz been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Vityaz appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).