Rodina-class motorship

The Rodina class is a class of Russian river passenger ships.[3] "Rodina" means "motherland" in Russian.

Cruise ship Dmitriy Pozharskiy
Class overview
NameRodina class
Built1954–1961
Planned49
Completed49
General characteristics
TypePassenger ship
Displacement1.460 t (I), 1.492 t (II without refrigerator) and 1.506 t (II)[1]
Length95.8 m (314 ft)[2]
Beam14.3 m (47 ft)
Draught2.4 m (7.9 ft)

They were three-deck cargo-passenger ships manufactured in Germany from 1954 to 1961.[4]

River passenger ships of the project 588 edit

Rodina-class motorships
No. Original name English transliteration
First series of Project 588
1 В. Чкалов V. Chkalov
2 А. Матросов A. Matrosov
3 Н. Гастелло (Алексей Толстой) N. Gastello (Aleksey Tolstoy)
4 Л. Доватор (Арабелла) L. Dovator (Arabella)
5 Родина (Святая Русь) Rodina (Svyataya Rus)
6 Эрнст Тельман (Цезарь) Ernst Telman (Tsezar)
7 Андрей Вышинский (Тарас Шевченко, Сергей Кучкин, Тарас Шевченко, Очарованный Странник) Andrey Vyshinskiy (Taras Shevchenko, Sergey Kuchkin, Taras Shevchenko, Ocharovannyy Strannik)
8 Фридрих Энгельс Fridrikh Engels
9 И. А. Крылов I. A. Krylov
10 Карл Либкнехт (Юрий Никулин, Солнечный Город) Karl Libknekht (Yuriy Nikulin, Solnechnyy Gorod)
11 Ильич Ilyich
Second series of Project 588
12 Александр Невский Aleksandr Nevskiy
13 Карл Маркс (Северная Сказка) Karl Marks (Severnaya Skazka)
14 Дмитрий Донской (Кабаргинъ, Кабаргин, Князь Донской) Dmitriy Donskoy (Kabargin, Knyaz Donskoy)
15 Михаил Кутузов Mikhail Kutuzov
16 Дмитрий Пожарский Dmitriy Pozharskiy
17 Рылеев Ryleev
18 Алеша Попович or Алеша Попович Alesha Popovich or Alyosha Popovich
19 Добрыня Никитич (Прикамье) Dobrynya Nikitich (Prikamye)
20 Илья Муромец Ilya Muromets
21 Багратион Bagration
22 Кавказ (Космонавт Гагарин) Kavkaz (Kosmonavt Gagarin)
23 Казбек (Михаил Лермонтов) Kazbek (Mikhail Lermontov)
24 Эльбрус (Валентина Терешкова) Elbrus (Valentina Tereshkova)
25 Алтай Altay
26 Урал (Инженер Пташников, Тарас Бульба, Урал) Ural (Inzhener Ptashnikov, Taras Bulba, Ural)
27 Н. В. Гоголь N. V. Gogol
28 А. И. Герцен A. I. Gertsen
29 Т. Г. Шевченко (Святой Петр, Anichka) T. G. Shevchenko (Svyatoy Petr, Anichka)
30 И. С. Тургенев I. S. Turgenev
31 Г. В. Плеханов G. V. Plekhanov
32 К. А. Тимирязев K. A. Timiryazev
33 Денис Давыдов Denis Davydov
34 Иван Сусанин (Петр Первый) Ivan Susanin (Pyotr Pervyy)
35 Серго Орджоникидзе (Орджоникидзе, Серго Орджоникидзе) Sergo Ordzhonikidze (Ordzhonikidze, Sergo Ordzhonikidze)
36 Козьма Минин Kozyma Minin
37 Степан Разин (Аврора) Stepan Razin (Avrora)
38 Юрий Долгорукий Yuriy Dolgorukiy
39 Генерал И. Д. Черняховский General I. D. Chernyakhovskiy
40 Генерал Н. Ф. Ватутин (Русь Великая) General N. F. Vatutin (Rus Velikaya)
41 Вильгельм Пик (Павел Бажов) Vilgelm Pik (Pavel Bazhov)
42 А. С. Попов A. S. Popov
43 Н. К. Крупская (Петрокрепость) N. K. Krupskaya (Petrokrepost)
44 К. Э. Циолковский (Анатолий Папанов, Две Столицы) K. E. Tsiolkovskiy (Anatoliy Papanov, Dve Stolitsy)
45 Ф. Жолио-Кюри F. Zholio-Kyuri
46 Ф. И. Панфёров[5] F. I. Panfyorov
47 Фёдор Гладков Fyodor Gladkov
48 Александр Фадеев Aleksandr Fadeyev
49 Хирург Разумовский Khirurg Razumovskiy

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Rodina class
Month and year of build Hull No Image Name Operator Flag RRR MMSI Status
March 1954 13001   Valeriy Chkalov YRSCO, Krasnoyarsk    142501 273327780 originally, the V. Chkalov (also called Valeriy Chkalov according to marinetraffic and the newest edit of RRR). This ship was modernised in 2007.
June 1954 13002   A. Matrosov YRSCO, Krasnoyarsk    142502 273353470 originally, the A. Matrosov (Aleksandr Matrosov is the marinetraffic name)
September 1954 13003   Aleksey Tolstoy VURSCO, Gorky    142503 273338640 originally, the N. Gastello; rebuilt, built up one deck; scrapped in 2014
April 1955 13004   Arabella VURSCO, Gorky    142504 originally, the L. Dovator (until 2002); rebuilt, picked up 76 people from sunken Bulgariya on July 10, 2011, scrapped in 2014
June 1955 13005   Svyataya Rus VURSCO, Gorky    142505 originally, the Rodina (until 2006); burnt at Bor on 13 August 2018, decommissioned in 2018
1955 13006   Tsezar VURSCO, Gorky    142506 273328160 originally, the Ernst Telman
April 1956 11000   Ocharovannyy Strannik VURSCO, Gorky    142507 273371180 originally, the Andrey Vyshinskiy, Taras Shevchenko, Sergey Kuchkin, Taras Shevchenko
June 1956 11001 Image Fridrikh Engels VURSCO, Gorky    142508 sank on November 6, 2003, out of service in November 2003
September 1956 11002   I. A. Krylov VURSCO, Gorky    142509 273364210
November 1956 11003   Solnechnyy Gorod VURSCO, Gorky    142510 273326640 originally, the Karl Libknekht, Y. Nikulin (2002–2014)
December 1956 11004 Image Ilyich VURSCO, Gorky    142577 Flotel at Kineshma since 2006
April 1957 112   Aleksandr Nevskiy VURSCO, Gorky    142578 273362080
May 1957 113   Severnaya Skazka VURSCO, Gorky    142579 273379430 originally, the Karl Marks
June 1957 114   Knyaz Donskoy VURSCO, Gorky    142580 originally, the Dmitriy Donskoy, Kabargin', Kabargin; scrapped
1957 115   Mikhail Kutuzov VURSCO, Gorky    142581 273338050
August 1957 116   Dmitriy Pozharskiy VURSCO, Gorky    142582 273341660
November 1957 117   Ryleev VURSCO, Gorky    082244 scrapped in 2018
December 1957 118   Alyosha Popovich VURSCO, Gorky    082169 scrapped in November 2014
December 1957 119   Prikamye VURSCO, Gorky    082167 originally, the Dobrynya Nikitich
March 1958 120   Ilya Muromets VURSCO, Gorky    082168 273362870
April 1958 121   Bagration VURSCO, Gorky    082169 out of service in October 1999; scrapped in 2003
May 1958 122   Kosmonavt Gagarin VURSCO, Gorky    082170 273338860 originally, the Kavkaz (1958–1961); rebuilt 2005 and 2008
June 1958 123 Image Ural VSCO, Astrakhan    004875 273321730 originally, the Ural, Inzhener Ptashnikov, Taras Bulba
October 1958 124   Valentina Tereshkova VSCO, Astrakhan   *originally, the Elbrus (until 1963); filmed in „Девичья весна“ 1960; burnt, out of service and scrapped 1978 at Astrakhan
November 1958 125 Image Altay NWRSCO, Leningrad   filmed in „Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia“ in 1973; sold to Baltic states; scrapped in the 1990s
December 1958 126   Mikhail Lermontov VURSCO, Astrakhan    originally, the Kazbek; out of service in July 1998; scrapped 2003
March 1959 127   N. V. Gogol VURSCO, Gorky    082649 273367160 RR 4018
April 1959 128 Image A. I. Gertsen VURSCO, Gorky    082650 273337560
May 1959 129   Anichka NWRSCO, Leningrad     originally, the T. G. Shevtshenko (until 1994), Svyatoy Petr (1994–1997); sunk at Sligo, Ireland; out of service in 2003
June 1959 130 Image I. S. Turgenev VURSCO, Gorky    083028 scrapped in 2017
August 1959 131   G. V. Plekhanov VURSCO, Gorky    082519 scrapped in 2020
September 1959 132 Image K. A. Timiryazev VURSCO, Astrakhan    091176
December 1959 133 Image Denis Davydov VURSCO, Astrakhan    027620
February 1960 134   Petr Pervyy MRSCO, Moscow    129230 originally, the Ivan Susanin (until 1992); 1992—2004 on the Maas River, in the Netherlands
March 1960 135 Image Sergo Ordzhonikidze MRSCO, Moskau   129231 originally, the Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Ordzhonikidze; burnt in 1992 on the Lake Onega; filmed in "Titanic" of the band "Nautilus Pompilius" in 1994; out of service in 1995 and scrapped in 1996
April 1960 136 Image Kozma Minin VURSCO, Gorky    027610 273354550
August 1960 137   Avrora VURSCO, Gorky    021959 originally, the Stepan Razin (until 2003); scrapped
October 1960 138   Y. Dolgorukiy VURSCO, Gorky    083722 out of service in 2012, scrapped [6]
November 1960 139 Image General I. D. Chernyakhovskiy VURSCO, Gorky    041021
December 1960 140   Rus Velikaya VURSCO, Gorky    229434 273356650 originally, the General N. F. Vatutin (until 2011)
January 1961 141 Image Pavel Bazhov KRSCO, Perm    145001 originally, the Vilgelm Pik (until 1992)
April 1961 142   A. S. Popov NWRSCO, Leningrad    145002 273322950
July 1961 143   Petrokrepost NWRSCO, Leningrad    145003 originally, the N. K. Krupskaya (until 1993); scrapped in 2012
August 1961 144   Dve Stolitsy BORSCO, Petrozavodsk    145004 273341750 originally, the K. E. Tsiolkovskiy, Anatoliy Papanov; accident in 1996 off Valaam, sank due to fire on board at Quay in Saint Petersburg in 2001; rebuilt
September 1961 145 Image F. Zholio-Kyuri KRSCO, Perm    145005 burnt in October 2011 in the river’s backwater [7]
October 1961 146   F. I. Panfyorov KRSCO, Perm    145006 273326520 rebuilt, built up one deck
November 1961 147 Image Fedor Gladkov KRSCO, Perm    145007
December 1961 148   Aleksandr Fadeyev KRSCO, Perm    145008 273369310
December 1961 149   Khirurg Razumovskiy KRSCO, Perm    145009 273360410 rebuilt, built up one deck

RRR — Russian River Register

YRSCO – Yenisseiskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; VURSCO – Volzhskoye Obyedinyonnoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo (today – Volzhskoye Parokhodstvo, VSCO); MRSCO – Moskovskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; KRSCO – Kamskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; BORSCO – Belomoro-Onezhskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; NWRSCO – Severo-Zapadnoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo

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