Dmitri Shostakovich-class ferry

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| 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

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| 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

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| Built range = 1980–1986[http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/dmitriy_shostakovich_1980.htm M/S Dmitriy Shostakovich. Byggd 1980] {{in lang|sv}}

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| Total ships planned = 7

| Total ships completed = 7

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| Total ships active = 1

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| Total ships retired = 6

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| Ship type = Ro-pax ferry

| Ship tonnage = *{{GT|9,878}}

  • {{DWT|1,445}}

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| Ship length = {{convert|133.15|m|0|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|21.0|m|abbr=on}}

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| Ship depth = {{convert|5.6|m|1|abbr=on}}

| Ship decks = 9 total, 6 passenger decks

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| Ship power = *4 × Sulzer-Skoda diesels

  • combined 12,800 kW

| Ship propulsion = Twin propellers

| Ship speed = 20 knots

| Ship capacity = 420 passengers[http://sea.infoflot.ru/en/fleet/index.php?class=1&grp=6 Dmitriy Shostakovich class] {{in lang|ru}}

| Ship crew = 167

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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 namealign=Left | English transliteration
1align=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)
2align=Left | Георг Отс (Georg Ots, Георг Отс)align=Left | Georg Ots (Georg Ots, Georg Ots)
3align=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)
4align=Left | Константин Симонов (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour)align=Left | Konstantin Simonov (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour)
5align=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)
6align=Left | Михаил Шолохов (Mikhail, Ούγκο Φόσκολο, Fos I, Phoenix)align=Left | Mikhail Sholokhov (Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, Phoenix)
7align=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 buildwidth="3%" align="Center"| Yard Nowidth="4%" align="Center"| Imagewidth="7%" align="Center"| Namewidth="7%" align="Center"| Built forwidth="7%" align="Center"| Ownerwidth="7%" align="Center"| Operatorwidth="10%" align="Center"| Port of Registrywidth="6%" align="Center"| Flagwidth="3%" align="Center"| IMOwidth="11%" align="Center"| Status
align=Left | 1980492/0180pxalign="Center"| New Imperial Staralign="Center"| BLASCOalign=Left | Everis Capital Holdingsalign=Left | Everis Capital Holdingsalign="Center"| OdessaKingstownOdessaKingstownalign="Center"| 25px25px25px25px25pxalign="Center"| 7625794 originally, the Dmitri Shostakovich, formerly: Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, scrapped in 2016
align=Left | May 1980493/01[http://www.faergelejet.dk/faerge.php?id=1062 Færgelejet Georg Ots] {{in lang|da}}80pxalign="Center"| Georg Otsalign="Center"| ESCOalign=Left | Primorskiy Regionalign=Left | Vladivostok Branchalign="Center"| TallinnSaint PetersburgVladivostokalign="Center"| 25px25px25pxalign="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 | 1980492/0280pxalign="Center"| Ocean Lifealign="Center"| BLASCOalign=Left | World Cruisesalign=Left | Blue Ocean Cruisesalign="Center"| OdessaMonroviaOdessaKingstownAmmanVallettaalign="Center"| 25px25px25px25px25px25px25pxalign="Center"| 7625809 originally, the Lev Tolstoy, formerly: Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life; scrapped in Aliağa in 2014.
align=Left | April 1982492/0380pxalign="Center"| Ocean Endeavouralign="Center"| FESCOalign=Left |align=Left |align="Center"| VladivostokOdessaLeningradSaint PetersburgLimassolVallettaKotkaMajuroalign="Center"| 25px25px25px25px25px25pxalign="Center"| 7625811 originally, the Konstantin Simonov, formerly: Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina
align=Left | December 1982492/04align="Center"| Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburgalign="Center"| BLASCOalign=Left |align="Center"| —align="Center"| OdessaKingstownalign="Center"| 25px25px25pxalign="Center"| 7625823 originally, the Mikhail Suslov, formerly: Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, scrapped in Venezuela in 2013
align=Left | 1986492/0580pxalign="Center"| Phoenixalign="Center"| FESCOalign=Left | Adalia Maritime Co.align="Center"| —align="Center"| VladivostokPhnom PenhPiraeusPhnom PenhPanama CityBasseterrealign="Center"| 25px25px25px25px25px25px25pxalign="Center"| 8325420 originally, the Mikhail Sholokhov, formerly: Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, scrapped in 2011
align=Left | December 1986492/0680pxalign="Center"| Ocean Atlanticalign="Center"| FESCOalign=Left | Ocean Atlantic Partnersalign=Left |align="Center"| VladivostokMajuroalign="Center"| 25px25px25pxalign="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}}

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