Valerian Kuybyshev-class motorship

Valerian Kuybyshev class is a class of Russian river passenger ships.[4] It got name after the first ship of class Valerian Kuybyshev.

River cruise ship Georgiy Zhukov
Class overview
BuildersSlovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
OperatorsVodohod
In service1976
Planned9
Completed9
Active7
Retired2
Preserved7
General characteristics
TypeRiver cruise ship
Tonnage6,308 GT[1]
Displacement3,950 t[1]
Length135.75 m (445.4 ft)[1] [2]
Beam16.8 m (55 ft)[1] [3]
Draught2.9 m (9.5 ft)[1]
Decks4 passenger decks
Installed power3 × 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[1]
Propulsion3[1]
Speed26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity400 passengers

Four-deck cruise ships manufactured in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, 1976–1983.[5]

River cruise ships of the project 92-016/OL400

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Valerian Kuybyshev-class motorships
No. Original name English transliteration
1 Валериан Куйбышев Valerian Kuybyshev
2 Климент Ворошилов (Фёдор[6] Шаляпин) Kliment Voroshilov (Fyodor Shalyapin)
3 Феликс Дзержинский Feliks Dzerzhinskiy
4 Георгий Димитров (Сергей Кучкин) Georgiy Dimitrov (Sergey Kuchkin)
5 Михаил Фрунзе Mikhail Frunze
6 Михаил Калинин (Мстислав Ростропович) Mikhail Kalinin (Mstislav Rostropovich)
7 Александр Суворов Aleksandr Suvorov
8 Семён Будённый[6] Semyon Budyonnyy
9 Георгий Жуков Georgiy Zhukov

Overview

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Valerian Kuybyshev class
Month and year of build Hull No[7] Image Name Customer Port of registry Status
December 1975 2001   Valerian Kuybyshev Volga Shipping Company GorkyNizhny Novgorod RRR number: 140655;[1] scrapped in 2018
1977 2002   Fyodor Shalyapin Volga Shipping Company Gorky → Nizhny Novgorod originally, the Kliment Voroshilov, RRR number: 140656[8] scrapped in 2023
1978 2003   Feliks Dzerzhinskiy Volga Shipping Company Gorky → Nizhny Novgorod RRR number: 140657[9]
1979 2004   Sergey Kuchkin Volga Shipping Company Gorky → Nizhny Novgorod originally, the Georgiy Dimitrov, RRR number: 140658[10]
April 1980 2005   Mikhail Frunze Volga Shipping Company Gorky → Nizhny Novgorod RRR number: 140659[11]
1981 2006   Mstislav Rostropovich Volga Shipping Company Gorky → Nizhny Novgorod originally, the Mikhail Kalinin, RRR number: 140660[12]
1981 2007   Aleksandr Suvorov Volga Shipping Company Rostov-on-Don → Gorky → Nizhny Novgorod RRR number: 140661[13]
1981 2008   Semyon Budyonnyy Volga Shipping Company Gorky → Nizhny Novgorod RRR number: 140662[14]
April 1983 2009   Georgiy Zhukov Volga Shipping Company Gorky → Nizhny Novgorod RRR number: 140663[15]

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