THIRD NAVIGATION OF “CILICIA” TO START ON MAY 28

Noyan Tapan
May 15 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The “Cilicia” vessel landed at present
at the Portsmouth port of London will start its third, four-months
navigation on May 28. As Karen Danielian, a member of the vessel
crew informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent, the “Cilicia” vessel
built by analogy with merchant ships of the 13th century will sail
towards Scandinavian countries, then through the Baltic Sea to Saint
Petersburg. According to him, the “Cilicia” vessel will continue the
navigation along Russian channels, Volga river, the Sea of Azof and
will enter the Black Sea. Then the vessel will be moved to the Sevan
Lake and turned into a museum. K.Danielian mentioned that members
of the vessel crew will leave for London on May 14 to prepare for
the last stage of the navigation. To recap, “Cilicia” sailed along
Black, Marmora, Aegean, Cretan, Ionian and Adriatic seas in 2004,
went into the Atlantic Ocean in 2005, then sailing round Portugal,
Spain and other European countries, reached London.