Dmitri Shostakovich-class ferry

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,[2] Estonian Shipping Company,[2] Baltic Shipping Company[2] and Far Eastern Shipping Company,[2] 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.

Lev Tolstoy approaching the Port of Naples on 9 September 1988
Class overview
BuildersStocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego,[1] Szczecin, Poland
Built1980–1986[2]
Planned7
Completed7
Active2
Retired5
General characteristics
TypeRo-pax ferry
Tonnage
Length133.15 m (437 ft)[1]
Beam21.0 m (68.9 ft)[1]
Depth5.6 m (18.4 ft)[1]
Decks9 total, 6 passenger decks
Installed power
PropulsionTwin propellers[1]
Speed20 knots[2]
Capacity420 passengers[3]
Crew167[3]

Ship features

The ships have two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.

Ferries of the Polish project B492/493

Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferries
No.Original nameEnglish transliteration
1Дмитрий Шостакович (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star)Dmitri Shostakovich (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star)
2Георг Отс (Georg Ots, Георг Отс)Georg Ots (Georg Ots, Georg Ots)
3Лев Толстой (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life)Lev Tolstoy (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life)
4Константин Симонов (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour)Konstantin Simonov (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour)
5Михаил Суслов (Петр Первый, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg)Mikhail Suslov (Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg)
6Михаил Шолохов (Mikhail, Ούγκο Φόσκολο, Fos I, Phoenix)Mikhail Sholokhov (Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, Phoenix)
7Константин Черненко (Русь, Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic)Konstantin Chernenko (Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic)

Overview

Year of buildYard NoImageNameBuilt forOwnerOperatorPort of RegistryFlagIMOStatus
1980492/01New Imperial StarBLASCOEveris Capital HoldingsEveris Capital HoldingsOdessaKingstownOdessaKingstown7625794 originally, the Dmitri Shostakovich, formerly: Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, scrapped in 2016
May 1980493/01[4]Georg OtsESCOPrimorskiy RegionVladivostok BranchTallinnSaint PetersburgVladivostok7625835 originally built as cruise ship,[3] the Georg Ots, formerly: rebuilt to ropax ferry[3][5] Georg Ots (et), Georg Ots (ru), scrapped illegally 2012 in China.[6]
1980492/02Ocean LifeBLASCOWorld CruisesBlue Ocean CruisesOdessaMonroviaOdessaKingstownAmmanValletta7625809 originally, the Lev Tolstoy, formerly: Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life
April 1982492/03Ocean EndeavourFESCOVladivostokOdessaLeningradSaint PetersburgLimassolVallettaKotkaMajuro7625811 originally, the Konstantin Simonov, formerly: Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina
December 1982492/04Ocean Jewel of St. PetersburgBLASCOOdessaKingstown7625823 originally, the Mikhail Suslov, formerly: Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, scrapped in Venezuela in 2013
1986492/05PhoenixFESCOAdalia Maritime Co.VladivostokPhnom PenhPiraeusPhnom PenhPanama CityBasseterre7625794 originally, the Mikhail Sholokhov, formerly: Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, scrapped in 2011
December 1986492/06Ocean AtlanticFESCOOcean Atlantic PartnersVladivostokMajuro8325432 originally, the Konstantin Chernenko, Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic

References

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