Mikhail Kalinin-class passenger ship
Mikhail Kalinin in Stockholm - 1965
The passenger ships of Mikhail Kalinin - class (Russian: Михаил Калинин, German transcription: Mikhail Kalinin ), which was also known as Project 101 or 340 Seefa ( Seefahrgastschiff for 340 passengers), were Seepassagiermotorschiffe small design. The class was named after the first ship of the class, which bore the name of Soviet politician Mikhail Kalinin.
History
The seafaring ship Seefa 340 series was produced from 1958 to 1964. The VEB Mathias theses Wismar shipyard in the GDR built ships own design that did not meet the ambitions of the Ministry of the naval fleet of the USSR and the USSR as a whole in Khrushchev's race on earth, at sea and in space. The comparison with Western ships as the British RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth they could not accommodate them. Therefore, it was the largest series of Seefahrgastschiffen the USSR in 1964 by the Ivan Franko class German designation Seefa 750, replaced. The ships went to the Soviet shipping companies: Schwarzmeerseereederei - ЧМП ( five ships for lines Venice, Marseille, Middle East ), Baltic Sea Reederei БМП ( two ships ), remote Baltic shipping company ДВМП ( eight ships for lines Vladivostok Petropavlovsk -Kamchatsky, Nakhodka - Yokohama - Hong Kong ), Murmansk Seereederei - ММП, Kamchatka DSR - КМП. In 1969 the ships were modernized for use as cruise ships, with more space for passengers was created by reducing the space for goods. The ships Litva, Latviya and Armeniya 1969-1971 were modernized at the shipyards in France and Yugoslavia.
Technology
The vessels possessed a diesel drive with 2 MAN DMR main engines from VEB diesel engine Rostock with MAN license and support.
Equipment
All 1 -, 2 -, 3 -, 4 -, and 6- bed cabins on four decks were fitted as part of the modernization with shower and toilet. Above and beyond were the music room and dance floor, bar, kiosk, Swimming pool located, library, hospital, service room and cabin for both mother and child are available.
List of ships project 101/SeeFa 340 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.
Seagoing vessels of 340 101/SeeFa project: