Sergey Kuchkin (ship)

Sergey Kuchkin at pier in Saint Petersburg, in 2001
History
Name:
  • Sergey Kuchkin: 2000–present
  • Georgiy Dimitrov: 1979–2000[1]
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry:
Route: Kazan – Samara, Kazan – Yaroslavl, Kazan – Volgograd, Kazan – Astrakhan, Kazan – Saint Petersburg [2]
Builder: Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno,  Czechoslovakia
Yard number: 2004[1]
Completed: 1979
In service: 1979
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class & type: Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage:
Displacement: 3,950 t[3]
Length: 135.75 m (445.4 ft)[3][4]
Beam: 16.8 m (55 ft)[3][5]
Draught: 2.9 m (9.5 ft)[3]
Decks: 5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power: 3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[3][6]
Propulsion: 3 propellers[3]
Speed: 26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity: 299 passengers[3]
Crew: 103[3]

The Sergey Kuchkin (Russian: Серге́й Кучкин) (former Georgiy Dimitrov) is a Valerian Kuybyshev-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga basin. The ship was built by Slovenské Lodenice at their shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, and entered service in 1979. At 3,950 tonnes,[3] Sergey Kuchkin is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Mikhail Frunze, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Fyodor Shalyapin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Sergey Kuchkin is currently operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

Features

The ship has two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Сергей Кучкин (Георгий Димитров → 2000) (Russian)
  2. ↑ Cruises 2013 (Russian)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 RRR, Vessel 140658 (Russian)
  4. ↑ Project 92-016 (Russian)
  5. ↑ Project 92-016, Displacement and draught
  6. ↑ Project 92-016 (Russian)
  7. ↑ Информация о теплоходе(Russian)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sergey Kuchkin (ship, 1979).
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, October 12, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.