Dmitri Shostakovich-class ferry

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Soviet roll on-roll off cruise ship LEV TOLSTOY, 1988.jpeg
Lev Tolstoy approaching the Port of Naples on 9 September 1988
Class overview
Builders Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego, [1] Szczecin, Poland
Built1980–1986 [2]
Planned7
Completed7
Active1
Retired6
General characteristics
Type Ro-pax ferry
Tonnage
Length133.15 m (437 ft) [1]
Beam21.0 m (68.9 ft) [1]
Depth5.6 m (18.4 ft) [1]
Decks9 total, 6 passenger decks
Installed power
PropulsionTwin propellers [1]
Speed20 knots [2]
Capacity420 passengers [3]
Crew167 [3]

The Dmitri Shostakovich class is a class of seven ro-pax ferries of project B-492/B-493 originally built by Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego in Szczecin, Poland and used by the Soviet shipping companies, Black Sea Shipping Company, [2] Estonian Shipping Company, [2] Baltic Shipping Company [2] and Far Eastern Shipping Company, [2] as ferries and passenger/cruise ships. The class is named after the first ship in the class Dmitri Shostakovich , which in her turn was named after composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

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Ship features

The ships have two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.

Ferries of the Polish project B492/493

Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferries
No.Original nameEnglish transliteration
1Дмитрий Шостакович (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star)Dmitri Shostakovich (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star)
2Георг Отс (Georg Ots, Георг Отс)Georg Ots (Georg Ots, Georg Ots)
3Лев Толстой (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life)Lev Tolstoy (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life)
4Константин Симонов (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour)Konstantin Simonov (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour)
5Михаил Суслов (Петр Первый, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg)Mikhail Suslov (Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg)
6Михаил Шолохов (Mikhail, Ούγκο Φόσκολο, Fos I, Phoenix)Mikhail Sholokhov (Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, Phoenix)
7Константин Черненко (Русь, Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic)Konstantin Chernenko (Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic)

Overview

Year of buildYard NoImageNameBuilt forOwnerOperatorPort of RegistryFlagIMOStatus
1980492/01 Paloma I.jpg New Imperial Star BLASCOEveris Capital HoldingsEveris Capital Holdings OdessaKingstownOdessaKingstown Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg 7625794 originally, the Dmitri Shostakovich, formerly: Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, scrapped in 2016
May 1980493/01 [4] Georg Ots (laev).jpg Georg Ots ESCOPrimorskiy RegionVladivostok Branch TallinnSaint PetersburgVladivostok Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Estonia.svg Flag of Russia.svg 7625835 originally built as cruise ship, [3] the Georg Ots, formerly: rebuilt to ropax ferry [3] [5] Georg Ots (et), Georg Ots (ru), scrapped illegally 2012 in China. [6]
1980492/02 Soviet roll on-roll off cruise ship LEV TOLSTOY, 1988.jpeg Ocean Life BLASCOWorld CruisesBlue Ocean Cruises OdessaMonroviaOdessaKingstownAmmanValletta Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of Liberia.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Flag of Jordan.svg Civil Ensign of Malta.svg 7625809 originally, the Lev Tolstoy, formerly: Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life; scrapped in Aliağa in 2014.
April 1982492/03 Kristina Katarina Etelasatama 4.JPG Ocean Endeavour FESCO VladivostokOdessaLeningradSaint PetersburgLimassolVallettaKotkaMajuro Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Cyprus.svg Civil Ensign of Malta.svg Flag of Finland.svg Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg 7625811 originally, the Konstantin Simonov, formerly: Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina
December 1982492/04 Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg BLASCO OdessaKingstown Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg 7625823 originally, the Mikhail Suslov, formerly: Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, scrapped in Venezuela in 2013
1986492/05 Ugo Foscolo Ship.JPG Phoenix FESCOAdalia Maritime Co. VladivostokPhnom PenhPiraeusPhnom PenhPanama CityBasseterre Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Cambodia.svg Flag of Greece.svg Flag of Cambodia.svg Flag of Panama.svg Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg 8325420 originally, the Mikhail Sholokhov, formerly: Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, scrapped in 2011
December 1986492/06 Far East Shipping Company RUS.JPG Ocean Atlantic FESCOOcean Atlantic Partners VladivostokMajuro Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg 8325432 originally, the Konstantin Chernenko, Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic; arrived in Aliağa for scrapping in May 2025 [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Færgelejet Royale Star (ex. Dmitriy Shostakovich) (in Danish)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M/S Dmitriy Shostakovich. Byggd 1980 (in Swedish)
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dmitriy Shostakovich class (in Russian)
  4. Færgelejet Georg Ots (in Danish)
  5. Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry (in Russian)
  6. "Legendary Estonian Ferry Finds Sad End in Chinese Scrap Yard", Eesti Rahvusringhääling . Retrieved on 24 Dec 2021.
  7. "Ocean Atlantic Arrives in Aliaga". 2025-05-29. Retrieved 2025-05-09.