MS Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze

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Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze on Kiel-Canal in Kiel-Holtenau
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NameGrigoriy Ordzhonikidze (19591992)
Owner19591992: Far East Shipping Company
Operator19591992: Far East Shipping Company
Port of registry Vladivostok, Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Builder VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number103 [1]
Launched30 June 1958
Completed1959
Acquired1959
In service1959 [2]
Out of service1992 [1]
Identification
FateScrapped 1992 [1]
General characteristics
Class and type Mikhail Kalinin-class ocean liner
Tonnage
Length122.15 m (400.75 ft) [3]
Beam16.00 m (52.49 ft) [3]
Height7.60 m (24.93 ft) [3]
Draught5.18 m (16.99 ft)16.00 m (52.49 ft) [3]
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) [3]
Capacity333 passengers
Crew134 [4]

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.

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