A controversial sailing ship has left Irish waters after spending three hours in berth at Clogherhead during the middle of ...

The Shtandart is a replica of a ship built in 1703 by Peter the Great, a Russian Tsar – she is currently visible at anchor ...

The Shtandart was built in 1999 and sails under the flag of the Cook Islands since changing its registration from Russia in ...

Launched in St Petersburg in 1999, the Shtandart has served as a sail training vessel in the decades since and previously ...

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of sanctioned Russian ships, known as shadow fleet vessels, sailing through ...