Aleksandr Suvorov (ship)
Aleksandr Suvorov back in action
The Aleksandr Suvorov (Russian: Александр Суворов, GV Alexander Suvorov ) is a river cruise ship in Czechoslovakia in the shipyard Narodny Podnik Škoda in Komárno (now Slovenské Lodenice Komárno, then the part of the Škoda group) was built in 1981 and Valerian Kuybyshev - class (Project 92-016/OL400 ) belongs ( for 400 passengers). It is of Vodohod - Saint-Petersburg on Neva, Lake Ladoga and the Volga - Baltic Canal on the route Saint Petersburg - Valaam operated. For 2011 cruises from St. Petersburg to Petrozavodsk on are - Mandrogi and Kizhi planned. The ship is named after the famous Russian Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov.
Description
The river cruise ship with four passenger decks was in 1981 at Slovak shipyard Narodny Podnik Škoda in Komárno (now Slovenské Lodenice Komárno, then the part of the Škoda group) as Aleksandr Suvorov for the shipping company Volgo - Donskoje Parochodstwo ( Volga-Don shipping company ) in Rostov-on- Don built. She was one of a series produced from 1976 to 1983 of 9 ships of type " Valerian Kuybyshev " which is also known as "Project 92-016 " or " OL400 " (Slovak: osobna iodine 400 - German: for 400 passengers ) was known. The Aleksandr Suvorov has a diesel-electric drive with three main engines each 736 kW. It was 1982 - 1983 on the Volga on the Rostov -on-Don cruise route - operated Moscow. On June 5, 1983 at 22.35 clock that Aleksandr Suvorov gave up today for unknown reasons fully loaded with the binder and the truss structure of the unnavigable field of the then single and 2200 m long railway bridge (now Emperor Bridge ) across the Volga at Ulyanovsk and not against a bridge pier, as it is sometimes reported. The collision happened in the evening when most of the travelers were on the upper deck on the dance floor with loud music and a speed of 25 km / hr. Both the wheelhouse, the upper deck and the chimney were demolished by the collision. From the railway bridge, which just drove on a freight train, fell laden with coal and timber wagons on the ship. 176 people were killed, the passengers in the cabins noticed the incident, however, hardly. The heavily damaged Aleksandr Suvorov drove another 300 meters until it came to a stop. The truss structure of the bridge was moved by the collision by 30 centimeters. The captain was held in the rescue of passengers on the bridge piers in a swimming pants and sentenced after the accident to a ten-year prison sentence and released after 6 years. However, he died in 1990 at one caused by remorse heart attack.
Back in action
The Aleksandr Suvorov in 2011 by Vodohod - Saint-Petersburg on Neva, Lake Ladoga and the Volga - Baltic Canal on the routes Saint-Petersburg - Valaam operated - Mandrogi - Kizhi - Petrozavodsk and Saint-Petersburg. Captain of Aleksandr Suvorov ( as of 2011) is Burenkow Igor (Russian: Игорь Буренков, English transcription: Igor Burenkov ).
Equipment
All comfortable 1 -, 2 -, 3 -, 4 bed - DeLux cabins are equipped with air conditioning, shower and WC, 220 V connection and have large windows. DeLux and HalbDeLux cabins still have a fridge. Are, inter alia, two restaurants, two bars, a kiosk, a conference room, music room, solarium on board.