 Ocean liner Mikhail Kalinin at Stockholm in 1965
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| History | |
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| Name | 1958–1994: Mikhail Kalinin |
| Owner |
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| Operator | 1958–1992: Baltic State Shipping Company |
| Port of registry |
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| Builder | VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany |
| Yard number | 101 |
| Laid down | 1956 |
| Launched | 25 May 1957 |
| Completed | 1958 |
| In service | 1958 |
| Out of service | 1994 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mikhail Kalinin-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 122.15 m (400.75 ft) |
| Beam | 16.00 m (52.49 ft) |
| Height | 7.60 m (24.93 ft) |
| Draught | 5.18 m (16.99 ft)16.00 m (52.49 ft) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 propellers |
| Speed | 17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph) |
| Capacity | 333 passengers |
| Crew | 134 |
MS Mikhail Kalinin was an ocean liner owned by the Soviet Union's Baltic State Shipping Company. She was built in 1958 by VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. The Mikhail Kalinin, named after the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union Mikhail Kalinin, was scrapped in 1994 in Alang, India.
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See also
References
- ^ Михаил Калинин (in Russian)
- Лайнеры, не ставшие конкурентами Западу - т/х типа "Михаил Калинин" Archived 2013-02-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ 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. 472 (in Russian)
- Mikhail Kalinin Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Михаил Калинин (in Russian)