Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry

Lev Tolstoy approaching the Port of Naples on 9 September 1988
Class overview
Builders: Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego,[1] Szczecin, Poland
Built: 1980–1986[2]
Planned: 7
Completed: 7
Active: 5
Retired: 2
General characteristics
Type: Ro-pax ferry
Tonnage:
Length: 133.15 m (437 ft)[1]
Beam: 21.0 m (68.9 ft)[1]
Depth: 5.6 m (18.4 ft)[1]
Decks: 9 total, 6 passenger decks
Installed power:
Propulsion: Two fixed propellers[1]
Speed: 20 knots[2]
Capacity: 420 passengers[3]
Crew: 167[3]

The Dmitriy 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 Dmitriy Shostakovich, which in her turn was named after Dmitri Shostakovich.

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 name English transliteration
1 Дмитрий Шостакович (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star) Dmitriy Shostakovich (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star)
2 Георг Отс (Georg Ots, Георг Отс) Georg Ots (Georg Ots, Georg Ots)
3 Лев Толстой (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life) Lev Tolstoy (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life)
4 Константин Симонов (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour) Konstantin Simonov (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour)
5 Михаил Суслов (Петр Первый, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg) Mikhail Suslov (Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg)
6 Михаил Шолохов (Mikhail, Ούγκο Φόσκολο, Fos I, Phoenix) Mikhail Sholokhov (Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, Phoenix)
7 Константин Черненко (Русь, Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic) Konstantin Chernenko (Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic)

Overview

Year of build Yard No Image Name Built for Owner Operator Port of Registry Flag IMO Status
1980 492/01 New Imperial Star BLASCO Everis Capital Holdings Everis Capital Holdings Odessa → Kingstown → Odessa → Kingstown → → → → 7625794 originally, the Dmitriy Shostakovich, formerly: Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, scrapped in 2016
May 1980 493/01[4] Georg Ots ESCO Primorskiy Region Vladivostok Branch Tallinn → Saint Petersburg → Vladivostok → → 7625835 originally built as cruise ship,[3] the Georg Ots, formerly: rebuilt to ropax ferry[3][5] Georg Ots (et), Georg Ots (ru)
1980 492/02 Ocean Life BLASCO World Cruises Blue Ocean Cruises Odessa → Monrovia → Odessa → Kingstown → Amman → Valletta → → → → → → 7625809 originally, the Lev Tolstoy, formerly: Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life
April 1982 492/03 Ocean Endeavour FESCO Vladivostok → Odessa → Leningrad → Saint Petersburg → Limassol → Valletta → Kotka → Majuro → → → → → 7625811 originally, the Konstantin Simonov, formerly: Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina
December 1982 492/04 Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg BLASCO — Odessa → Kingstown → → 7625823 originally, the Mikhail Suslov, formerly: Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, scrapped in Venezuela in 2013
1986 492/05 Phoenix FESCO Adalia Maritime Co. — Vladivostok → Phnom Penh → Piraeus → Phnom Penh → Panama City → Basseterre → → → → → → 7625794 originally, the Mikhail Sholokhov, formerly: Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, scrapped in 2011
December 1986 492/06 Ocean Atlantic FESCO Ocean Atlantic Partners Vladivostok → Majuro → → 8325432 originally, the Konstantin Chernenko, Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Færgelejet Royale Star (ex. Dmitriy Shostakovich) (in Danish)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M/S Dmitriy Shostakovich. Byggd 1980 (in Swedish)
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dmitriy Shostakovich class (in Russian)
  4. ↑ Færgelejet Georg Ots (in Danish)
  5. ↑ Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry (in Russian)
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