Dmitri Shostakovich-class ferry
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Soviet roll on-roll off cruise ship LEV TOLSTOY, 1988.jpeg | Ship caption = Lev Tolstoy approaching the Port of Naples on 9 September 1988 }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Builders = Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego,[http://www.faergelejet.dk/faerge.php?id=1062 Færgelejet Royale Star (ex. Dmitriy Shostakovich)] {{in lang|da}} Szczecin, Poland | Operators = | Class before = | Class after = | Subclasses = | Built range = 1980–1986[http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/dmitriy_shostakovich_1980.htm M/S Dmitriy Shostakovich. Byggd 1980] {{in lang|sv}} | In service range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 7 | Total ships completed = 7 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = 1 | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = 6 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|9,878}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|133.15|m|0|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|21.0|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship depth = {{convert|5.6|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship decks = 9 total, 6 passenger decks | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = *4 × Sulzer-Skoda diesels | Ship propulsion = Twin propellers | Ship capacity = 420 passengers[http://sea.infoflot.ru/en/fleet/index.php?class=1&grp=6 Dmitriy Shostakovich class] {{in lang|ru}} | Ship notes = }} |
The Dmitri Shostakovich class is a class of seven ro-pax ferries of project B-492/B-493 originally built by Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego in Szczecin, Poland and used by the Soviet shipping companies, Black Sea Shipping Company, Estonian Shipping Company, Baltic Shipping Company and Far Eastern Shipping Company, as ferries and passenger/cruise ships. The class is named after the first ship in the class Dmitri Shostakovich, which in her turn was named after composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
Ship features
The ships have two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.
Ferries of the Polish project ''B492/493''
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferries | ||
No. | align=Left | Original name | align=Left | English transliteration |
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1 | align=Left | Дмитрий Шостакович (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star) | align=Left | Dmitri Shostakovich (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star) |
2 | align=Left | Георг Отс (Georg Ots, Георг Отс) | align=Left | Georg Ots (Georg Ots, Georg Ots) |
3 | align=Left | Лев Толстой (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life) | align=Left | Lev Tolstoy (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life) |
4 | align=Left | Константин Симонов (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour) | align=Left | Konstantin Simonov (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour) |
5 | align=Left | Михаил Суслов (Петр Первый, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg) | align=Left | Mikhail Suslov (Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg) |
6 | align=Left | Михаил Шолохов (Mikhail, Ούγκο Φόσκολο, Fos I, Phoenix) | align=Left | Mikhail Sholokhov (Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, Phoenix) |
7 | align=Left | Константин Черненко (Русь, Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic) | align=Left | Konstantin Chernenko (Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic) |
Overview
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width="5%" | Year of build | width="3%" align="Center"| Yard No | width="4%" align="Center"| Image | width="7%" align="Center"| Name | width="7%" align="Center"| Built for | width="7%" align="Center"| Owner | width="7%" align="Center"| Operator | width="10%" align="Center"| Port of Registry | width="6%" align="Center"| Flag | width="3%" align="Center"| IMO | width="11%" align="Center"| Status |
align=Left | 1980 | 492/01 | 80px | align="Center"| New Imperial Star | align="Center"| BLASCO | align=Left | Everis Capital Holdings | align=Left | Everis Capital Holdings | align="Center"| Odessa → Kingstown → Odessa → Kingstown | align="Center"| 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px | align="Center"| 7625794 | originally, the Dmitri Shostakovich, formerly: Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, scrapped in 2016 |
align=Left | May 1980 | 493/01[http://www.faergelejet.dk/faerge.php?id=1062 Færgelejet Georg Ots] {{in lang|da}} | 80px | align="Center"| Georg Ots | align="Center"| ESCO | align=Left | Primorskiy Region | align=Left | Vladivostok Branch | align="Center"| Tallinn → Saint Petersburg → Vladivostok | align="Center"| 25px → 25px → 25px | align="Center"| 7625835 | originally built as cruise ship, the Georg Ots, formerly: rebuilt to ropax ferry[http://www.rs-head.spb.ru/app/fleet.php?index=790111&type=book1&language=eng Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry] {{in lang|ru}} Georg Ots (et), Georg Ots (ru), scrapped illegally 2012 in China.[http://news.err.ee/v/society/de81fe3f-791c-4948-a0c3-3ed53849be16 "Legendary Estonian Ferry Finds Sad End in Chinese Scrap Yard"], Eesti Rahvusringhääling. Retrieved on 24 Dec 2021. |
align=Left | 1980 | 492/02 | 80px | align="Center"| Ocean Life | align="Center"| BLASCO | align=Left | World Cruises | align=Left | Blue Ocean Cruises | align="Center"| Odessa → Monrovia → Odessa → Kingstown → Amman → Valletta | align="Center"| 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px | align="Center"| 7625809 | originally, the Lev Tolstoy, formerly: Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life; scrapped in Aliağa in 2014. |
align=Left | April 1982 | 492/03 | 80px | align="Center"| Ocean Endeavour | align="Center"| FESCO | align=Left | | align=Left | | align="Center"| Vladivostok → Odessa → Leningrad → Saint Petersburg → Limassol → Valletta → Kotka → Majuro | align="Center"| 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px | align="Center"| 7625811 | originally, the Konstantin Simonov, formerly: Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina |
align=Left | December 1982 | 492/04 | align="Center"| Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg | align="Center"| BLASCO | align=Left | | align="Center"| — | align="Center"| Odessa → Kingstown | align="Center"| 25px → 25px → 25px | align="Center"| 7625823 | originally, the Mikhail Suslov, formerly: Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, scrapped in Venezuela in 2013 | |
align=Left | 1986 | 492/05 | 80px | align="Center"| Phoenix | align="Center"| FESCO | align=Left | Adalia Maritime Co. | align="Center"| — | align="Center"| Vladivostok → Phnom Penh → Piraeus → Phnom Penh → Panama City → Basseterre | align="Center"| 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px → 25px | align="Center"| 8325420 | originally, the Mikhail Sholokhov, formerly: Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, scrapped in 2011 |
align=Left | December 1986 | 492/06 | 80px | align="Center"| Ocean Atlantic | align="Center"| FESCO | align=Left | Ocean Atlantic Partners | align=Left | | align="Center"| Vladivostok → Majuro | align="Center"| 25px → 25px → 25px | align="Center"| 8325432 | originally, the Konstantin Chernenko, Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic''; arrived in Aliağa for scrapping in May 2025{{cite web|url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2025/05/ocean-atlantic-arrives-in-aliaga/|title=Ocean Atlantic Arrives in Aliaga|date=2025-05-29|accessdate=2025-05-09}} |
References
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External links
- [http://rivershkiper.livejournal.com/17955.html Автомобиле-пассажирские паромы типа "Дмитрий Шостакович" - Dmitriy Shostakovich-class Car/Passenger ferries] {{in lang|ru}}
Category:Ships built in Szczecin
Category:Passenger ships of the Soviet Union