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MS Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze

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Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze on Kiel-Canal in Kiel-Holtenau
History
NameGrigoriy Ordzhonikidze (1959–1992)
Owner1959–1992: Far East Shipping Company
Operator1959–1992: Far East Shipping Company
Port of registryVladivostok,  Soviet Union
BuilderVEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number103
Launched30 June 1958
Completed1959
Acquired1959
In service1959
Out of service1992
Identification
FateScrapped 1992
General characteristics
Class and typeMikhail Kalinin-class ocean liner
Tonnage
Length122.15 m (400.75 ft)
Beam16.00 m (52.49 ft)
Height7.60 m (24.93 ft)
Draught5.18 m (16.99 ft)16.00 m (52.49 ft)
Installed power
  • 2 × MAN-DMR K6Z57/80 diesels,
  • 6,192 kW (8,304 hp)
Propulsion2 propellers
Speed17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph)
Capacity333 passengers
Crew134

MS Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze was an ocean liner owned by the Soviet Union's Far East Shipping Company named after Georgian Bolshevik and later member of the CPSU Politburo Grigory Ordzhonikidze. She was built in 1959 by VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was scrapped in 1992 in Alang, India.

  • Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze at shipyard on April 9, 1959 Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze at shipyard on April 9, 1959
  • Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze at Kiel-Canal lock in Holtenau Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze at Kiel-Canal lock in Holtenau

See also

References

  1. ^ Григорий Орджоникидзе - Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze (in Russian)
  2. ^ Fleet list of FESCO, Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze (in Russian)
  3. ^ Регистровая книга морских судов СССР 1964-1965 - Register Book of Sea-going Ships of the USSR Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine PDF, p. 241 (in Russian)
  4. Technical Data, Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze

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