Zirka Dnipra

Zirka Dnipra at Sevastopol, 14 September 2012
Name: 2005–2012: Zirka Dnipra
1988–2005: Marshal Rybalko
Owner: 1988–1993: Dnepr Shipping Company (ПО Главречфлот МГО Укрречфлот)
1993–2000: Dnepr Shipping (Укрречфлот)
2000–2005: KSK Kiev (КСК Киев)
2005–2014: Cruise Company "Chervona Ruta" (ukr. ТОВ Червона Рута)[1]
Operator: Dnipr Shipping
Chervona Ruta (ООО СК Червона Рута)
Port of registry: 1988–1993: Kiev,  Soviet Union
1993–2014: Kherson,  Ukraine
Builder: VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau, Boizenburg, , East Germany
Yard number: 392[2]
Completed: March 1988
In service: 1988
Identification: Callsign: UVFK
SRU Number: 2-000191[1]
IMO number: 8707692
MMSI number: 272020700
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type:Dmitriy Furmanov-class river cruise ship
Tonnage:5,475 GT[1]
262 DWT
Displacement:3,852 tons;[3] 3 830 m³ [4]
Length:129.15 m (423.7 ft)[1]
Beam:16.7 m (55 ft)
Draught:2.94 m (9.6 ft)
Decks:5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power:3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[1][5]
Propulsion:3 propellers
Speed:25.5 km/h (15.8 mph; 13.8 kn)
Capacity:280 passengers (154 cabins) [6]
Crew:98

The Zirka Dnipra (Ukrainian: Зірка Дніпра) (formerly Marshal Rybalko) is a Dmitriy Furmanov-class (project 302, BiFa129M) Soviet/Ukrainian river cruise ship, cruising in the Dnepr – Black Sea basin. The ship was built by VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau at their shipyard in Boizenburg, East Germany, and entered service in 1988. Her home port is currently Kherson. Zirka Dnipra captain (2012) is Vladimir Bilenko.[7]

Features

The ship has two restaurants: Odessa restaurant (84 places) on the Boat deck and Kyiv restaurant (176 places) on the Upper deck, two bars: Odessa Bar (84 places, Boat deck) and Panorama Bar (50 places, Boat deck), the lounge on the Upper deck, conference hall (for up to 220 people) and souvenir shop.[8]

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