ARMENIAN SHIP TO SAIL FROM LONDON TO SAINT PETERSBURG

Armenpress
May 10 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 10, ARMENPRESS: Prime minister Andranik Margarian
received today the crew of a ship replicated from a medieval vessel
of Armenian merchants from Cilicia Kingdom who are flying later this
month to London to continue the third leg of their voyage.

In the course of the first and second stages of their voyage the crew
visited Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece,
Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus and Italy, France and Great Britain. On
May 28 the Armenian ship will head for French Calais and from there
towards the Baltic Sea and to the Russian Saint Petersburg. Then
it will sail to the Black Sea and from there will be transported to
Armenian Lake Sevan.

The idea of constructing this ship was conceived by members of the
Ayas Nautical Research Club. It is an exact replication of a 13-th
century merchant ship, and was built in accordance with medieval
shipbuilding technologies.

The crew are a musician, engineer, doctor, signaler, film director,
cameraman. Age of the crew also varies from 20 to 60.