Baykal-class motorship

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Class overview
Builders VEB Warnowwerft Warnemünde, Warnemünde, East Germany
Built1953-1956
Planned15
Completed15
Active3
General characteristics
Tonnage1,091 GT [1]
Displacement774 t
Length65.2 m (214 ft)
Beam12 m (39 ft)
Draught2.22 m (7.3 ft)
Decks2 passenger decks
Installed power2 × 6NVD48 588 kilowatts (789 hp)
Propulsion2
Speed25.5 km/h (15.8 mph; 13.8 kn)
Capacity197 passengers
Crew40

Baykal class is a class of Russian river passenger ships. [2] It is named after Baikal.

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Two-deck cargo-passenger ships were built by VEB Warnowwerft Warnemünde, at their shipyard in Warnemünde, in East Germany in 1953–1956. [2]

River cruise ships of the project 646

Baykal-class motorships
No.Original nameEnglish transliteration
1Байкал (Академик Киренский)Baykal (Akademik Kirenskiy)
2Иссык-Куль (40 лет ВЛКСМ, Капитан Пономарев)Issyk-Kul (40 let VLKSM, Kapitan Ponomarev)
3Балхаш (Профессор Близняк, Близняк)Balkhash (Professor Bliznyak, Bliznyak)
4ОнегаOnega
5Севан (Герой Ю. Гагарин, Господин Великий Новгород)Sevan (Geroy Yu. Gagarin, Gospodin Velikiy Novgorod)
6Ладога (Ladoga)Ladoga (Ladoga)
7КороленкоKorolenko
8Ленинский КомсомолLeninskiy Komsomol
9БелинскийBelinskiy
10Радищев (Красногвардеец, Сергей Орлов)Radishchev (Krasnogvardeets, Sergey Orlov)
11ЧернышевскийChernyshevskiy
12Механик КулибинMekhanik Kulibin
13Механик КалашниковMekhanik Kalashnikov
14Сергеев-Ценский (Родина)Sergeev-Tsenskiy (Rodina)
15Мамин-СибирякMamin-Sibiryak

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