‘We Do Not Support Putin’: On Board the Sanctioned Russian Ship in Killiney Bay

‘We do not support Putin’: On board the sanctioned Russian ship in Killiney Bay

Captain Vladimir Martus says he built the Russian navy replica ship with his own hands

The stunning tall ship anchored off picturesque Killiney – and the calls for it to be expelled from Irish waters

Commuters on the Dart line along Dublin’s picturesque south coast have been stunned to see a spectacular tall ship anchored off Killiney for the past several days.

TD calls for 'Russian' replica sailing ship to be removed from Irish waters off Dublin

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