Amur-class motorship

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Dunaj (ship) in Krems.jpg
River cruise ship Dunay in Krems in 2002
Class overview
Builders Österreichische Schiffswerften AG , Korneuburg, Austria
Built1960
Planned2
Building2
Completed2
Active1
General characteristics
Tonnage850 GT
Displacement850 t [1]
Length85.8 m (281 ft) [2]
Beam14.06 m (46.1 ft)
Draught1.55 m (5.1 ft)
Decks2 passenger decks
Installed power2 × Deutz RBV8M 545 1,766 kilowatts (2,368 hp)
Propulsion2 [3]
Speed29 km/h (18 mph; 16 kn)
Capacity212 passengers
Crew56

Amur class is a class of Russian river passenger ships. [4] It is named after the first ship in the class, which in her turn was named after the Amur River.

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Two-deck cruise ships manufactured by Österreichische Schiffswerften AG at their shipyard in Korneuburg, Austria in 1960. These vessels cruised the Danube regularly, as far west as Vienna, Austria. [5] [ better source needed ] "Amur" was laid up at Budapest, Hungary and signed "for sale" in late 2011.[ citation needed ]

River cruise ships of the Austrian project Q-003

Amur class motorships
No.Original nameEnglish transliteration
1АмурAmur
2ДунайDunay

Overview

Amur class
Month and year of buildHull NoImageNameOperatorPort of RegistryFlagStatus
June 1960596 Amur at Quay in Kiliyskoye Girlo Danube River Izmail circa July 2002.jpg Amur Ukr-Dunayskoye-Parohodstvo Izmail → Budapest Flag of the Soviet Union.svg → Flag of Ukraine.svg → Flag of Hungary.svg out of service June 2012, scrapped in Komárno [6]
April 1960595 Dunay (ship, 1960) 001.jpg Dunay Ukr-Dunayskoye-Parohodstvo Izmail Flag of the Soviet Union.svg → Flag of Ukraine.svg No. 2-600852 (RSU)

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References

  1. ↑ Projekt 386, Displacement and draught
  2. ↑ Projekt 386, Technical data
  3. ↑ Projekt Q-003 (386): Ship drawings, technical data, list and photos (PDF, Naval architect Yevgeniy Leonidovich Smirnov' Library) (in Russian)
  4. ↑ Projekt 386 (Q-003) (in English)
  5. ↑ letter from purser of Motor Ship AMUR to Otto Schoenberger, 1 June 1966
  6. ↑ Амур Archived October 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)


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