Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
Lev Tolstoy runs into the harbor of Naples
The ferries of Dmitriy Shostakovich - class (Russian: Дмитрий Шостакович, German transcription: Dmitri Shostakovich ), which was also known as Project B -492, were Seepassagiermotorschiffe small design. The class was named after the first ship of the class, which bore the name of the Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
History
Seafaring Ship Series B- 492 and B -493 its modification were produced from 1980 to 1986. The Szczecin shipyard ( Shipyard in Szczecińska. Adolfa Warskiego ) in the People's Republic of Poland built ships own design to order the USSR. The ships went to the Soviet shipping companies Schwarzmeerseereederei - ЧМП ( three ships), Estonian DSR - ЭМП - ( a vessel for the Tallinn -Helsinki route), Baltic shipping company БМП ( a ship the Schwarzmeerseereederei for the line Leningrad -Riga ), remote Baltic shipping company ДВМП ( three ships). As the ships were deployed on the Baltic and the Black Sea, especially for cruises, they have all been modernized in the course of the first five years for use as cruise ships, with more space for passengers by reducing the car decks was created.
Technology
The vessels possessed a diesel drive with 4 Sulzer Skoda main engines that appeared on two controllable pitch propellers.
On board
The vessels were planned from the beginning for 496 passengers in cabins each with 2 and 4 people, and the car deck could accommodate up to 118 cars. In the first five years, all ships were rebuilt according to the requirements that applied to cruise ships in the 1980s. The car deck of Mikhail Suslov was rebuilt from March 19 to June 2, 1989 at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven GmbH in Bremerhaven to the modern eye clinic, for which Black Sea Seereederei had an invoice in the amount of 27 million DMerhalten what the financial situation of soon "independent Ukraine " company deteriorated significantly and the sale of ships led.
List of ships B-492/493 project in the country of origin and English language
In the list of the original name of the port is specified, the other names are in parentheses in chronological order:
Ships of B-492/493 project: