Maksim Gorkiy-class motorship

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River cruise ship Maksim Gorkiy in Moscow
Class overview
Builders Österreichische Schiffswerften AG, Korneuburg, Austria
Built1974
Planned2
Building2
Completed2
Active2
General characteristics
Tonnage GT
Displacement2,099 t [1]
Length110.1 m (361 ft) [2]
Beam14.5 m (48 ft)
Draught2.2 m (7.2 ft)
Decks4 passenger decks
Installed power2 × 6ChRN 36/45 G-60 1,352 kilowatts (1,813 hp)
Propulsion2
Speed22 km/h (14 mph; 12 kn)
Capacity216 passengers
Crew66

Maksim Gorkiy class is a class of Russian river passenger ships. [3] It is named after the first ship in the class Maksim Gorkiy .

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Four-deck cruise ships built in Austria, 1974. [4]

River cruise ships of the Austrian project Q-040

Maksim Gorkiy-class motorships
No.Original nameEnglish transliteration
1Максим ГорькийMaksim Gorkiy
2Александр ПушкинAleksandr Pushkin

Overview

Maksim Gorkiy-class motorships (project Q-040)
Month and year of buildHull NoImageNameCustomerPort of registryFlagStatus and Position
April 1974K704 Maksim Gorky at Moscow channel.jpg Maksim Gorkiy Volga Shipping Company GorkyNizhny Novgorod Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Russia.svg RRR No.: 019376,
MMSI number : 997799990
October 1974K705 Aleksandr Pushkin in North River Port 20-jun-2012 02.JPG Aleksandr Pushkin Wolga-ReedereiGorky → Nizhny Novgorod Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Russia.svg RRR No. 019377

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