Mikhail Frunze (ship)

The Mikhail Frunze (Russian: Михаил Фрунзе) is a Valerian Kuybyshev-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga – Kama – Neva basin. The ship was built by Slovenské Lodenice at their shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, and entered service in 1980. At 4,050 tonnes,[4] Mikhail Frunze is one of the biggest river cruise ships currently in service with Vodohod. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Fyodor Shalyapin, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Sergey Kuchkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

Mikhail Frunze on the Volga River near Nizhni Novgorod
History
Name	Mikhail Frunze
Owner	1980–1994: Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР) 1994–2012: Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство) 2012: OOO V. F. Passazhirskiye Perevozki (ООО В.Ф. Пассажирские перевозки) 2012-Present: Vodohod[1]
Operator	Volga Shipping Company Volga–Flot–Tur Vodohod
Port of registry	1980–1994: Gorky,  Soviet Union 1994–2014: Nizhny Novgorod,  Russia
Builder	Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number	2005[1]
Completed	April 1980
In service	1980
Identification	RRR Number:140659[2] MMSI number: 273355150
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage	6,301 GT[2] 550 DWT[2]
Displacement	4,050[2] t
Length	135.7 m (445 ft)[2][3]
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft)[2][4]
Draught	2.9 m (9.5 ft)[2]
Decks	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power	3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[2][3]
Propulsion	3 propellers[2]
Speed	26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity	382 passengers[2]
Crew	85[2]