&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Profughi_della_Vlora_in_banchina_a_Bari_8_agosto_1991.jpg) Refugees from the Vlora (background) in Bari's port (Italy) on 8 August 1991
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Albania | |
| Name | Vlora |
| Namesake | Vlorë |
| Owner | DrejtFlot (Albanian State Shipping Enterprise) |
| Port of registry |  Durrës, Albania |
| Builder | Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Ancona |
| Laid down | 10 August 1959 |
| Launched | 4 May 1960 |
| Out of service | 17 August 1997 |
| Identification | Radio call sign "ZADV" |
| Fate | Scrapped 1996 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | General Cargo: single-decker |
| Tonnage | 8,649 GRT |
| Displacement | 5,162 tons |
| Length | 147.7 m (485 ft) |
| Beam | 19.15 m (62.8 ft) |
| Propulsion | 7500 hp |
| Speed | 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
The Vlora was a cargo ship built in 1960 in Ancona (Italy) that sailed under the Albanian flag until 1996. It is most famous for carrying tens of thousands of Albanian refugees to the Italian port of Bari on 8 August 1991, an unprecedented mass arrival that caught Italian authorities unaware.