Shipdle
Puzzle #8 was MV Faina.
MV Faina was a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship operated by a Ukrainian company that sailed under a Belize flag of convenience, owned by Panama City-based Waterlux AG, and managed by Tomex Team of Odesa, Ukraine.
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What the record says
Puzzle 8 ran on 17 Jul 2026 and the answer was MV Faina, played with 6 guesses against 7 columns. On the record: Type - other; Flag - Togo; Tonnage - 10-50k; Builder - Lödöse Varv AB. The numbers: Launched - 1970; Length - 161.37 m. 1 of the 7 columns is blank in the source (Status), so nobody could score it either way.
The photograph is by Eric L. Beauregard, U.S. Navy, licensed Public domain.
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How it scored
- Type
- other
- Flag
- Togo
- Launched
- 1970
- Tonnage
- 10-50k
- Length
- 161.37 m
- Status
- Not recorded
- Builder
- Lödöse Varv AB