Mikhail Kalinin-class passenger ship

The Mikhail Kalinin-class passenger ship (project 101, in Germany known as Seefa 340[4]) is a class of Soviet ocean liners and cruise ships, operated by the Baltic State Shipping Company (BGMP), Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) and Black Sea Shipping Company (ChMMP or BLASCO).[5] The 19[6] Soviet ships of this class were constructed in 1958–1964 by the East German company VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, in Wismar. The class was named after the first ship in the class Mikhail Kalinin, which in her turn was named after the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union Mikhail Kalinin.

MS Mikhail Kalinin in Stockholm, 1965
Class overview
Builders: VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Succeeded by: Ivan Franko-class (project 301/SeeFa 750)
Built: 1958–1964[1]
In service: 1958
Planned: 19
Building: 19
Completed: 19
General characteristics
Type: Ocean linerCruise ship
Tonnage: 1st series: 4,871 GT[2]
2nd series: 5,230 GT[2]
3rd series: 6,152 GT[2]
4th series: 5,261 GT[2]
Length: 122.15 m (401 ft) overall[3]
Beam: 16.00 m (52 ft)[3]
Height: 7.60 m (25 ft)[3]
Draught: 5.18 m (17 ft)[3]
Decks: 4 passenger decks
Installed power: 2 × MAN-DMR K6Z57/80 diesels,
6,192 kW (8,304 hp)
Propulsion: 2 propellers
Speed: 17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph)[3]
Capacity: 333 passengers

Ocean liners/cruise ships of the project 101/Seefa 340

Mikhail Kalinin-class passenger ships
No.Original nameEnglish transliteration
First series of Project 101/Seefa 340
1Михаил КалининMikhail Kalinin
2Феликс Дзержинский (Exelsior Neptune)Feliks Dzerzhinskiy (Exelsior Neptune)
3Григорий ОрджоникидзеGrigoriy Ordzhonikidze
4М. УрицкийM. Uritskiy
5Вацлав ВоровскийVatslav Vorovskiy
6Мария Ульянова (Excelsior Mercury)Mariya Ulyanova (Excelsior Mercury)
7Эстония (Екатерина II)Estoniya (Ekaterina II)
8ЛатвияLatviya (Latvia)
9Литва (Boguchar, Fu Jian, Green Coast)Litva (Boguchar, Fu Jian, Green Coast)
10Петропавловск (Босфор)Petropavlovsk (Bosfor)
11Владивосток (Приамурье, Priamurye)Vladivostok (Priamurye (ru), Priamurye)
Second series of Project 101/Seefa 340
12ТуркменияTurkmeniya
13Хабаровск (Sounds of Orient)Khabarovsk (Sounds of Orient)[7]
14НиколаевскNikolayevsk
15БайкалBaykal
Third series of Project 101/Seefa 340
16Надежда Крупская (Кубань, Susana)Nadezhda Krupskaya (Kuban, Susana)
Fourth series of Project 101/Seefa 340
17Армения (Odessa Star(?), Арм)Armeniya (Odessa Star(?), Arm)
18Башкирия (Odessa Song, Royal Dream, Silver Star, Star, Nandini, Olviara, Ocean Princess, Siritara Ocean Queen)Bashkiriya (Odessa Song, Royal Dream, Silver Star, Star, Nandini, Olviara, Ocean Princess, Siritara Ocean Queen)
19АджарияAdzhariya

Overview

Since we couldn't fit information about the vessels in the class, we decided to show 8 out of the 19 vessels in the fleet.

Mikhail Kalinin-class passenger ships
Year of buildHull NoImageNameFirst operatorPort of RegistryFlagIMO-No.Status
1958101Mikhail KalininBGMPLeningrad52349171994 laid up in Murmansk, later scrapped in India[6]
1958102Excelsior NeptuneBLASCOOdessaVladivostokPanama CitySan Lorenzo5113436originally, the Feliks Dzerzhinskiy (until October 1988), sank at shipyard in 1993, later scrapped[8]
1959103Grigoriy OrdzhonikidzeFESCOVladivostok5404677scrapped in 1992[6]
1959104ImageM. UritskiyFESCOVladivostokUst-Dunaysk5215997scrapped in 1996[6]
1959105Vatslav VorovskiyMMPMurmansk5429407wrecked
1959106Excelsior MercurySMPArkhangelskLeningradVladivostokPanama CitySan Lorenzo5223384originally, the Mariya Ulyanova (until 1988); scrapped in 1993
1961111PriamuryeFESCOVladivostokSaint John's5383029originally, the Vladivostok (until 1967); burnt in Port of Osaka on May 18, 1988 and was consequently scrapped[9]

1962113Sounds of OrientFESCOVladivostokPanama City5186196 originally, the Khabarovsk, scrapped in 1989
1964118Siritara Ocean QueenBLASCOOdessaVallettaPanama CityBangkok5414971 originally, the Bashkiriya, formerly Odessa Song, Royal Dream, Silver Star, Star,
Nandini, Olviara, Ocean Princess;
capsized on the Chao Praya River in Bangkok on October 10, 2006

See also

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