T. G. Shevchenko (1991)

T. G. Shevchenko at pier in Nesebar
History
Name:	1992–2012: T. G. Shevchenko 1991–1992: Taras Shevchenko
Owner:	1991–1993: Dnepr Shipping Company (МГО Укрречфлот) 1993–2010: Dnepr Shipping (АСК Укрречфлот) 2010–2012: ТОО Caspiy Ak Jhelken[1]
Operator:	Dnipr Shipping
Port of registry:	1991–1993: Kherson,  Soviet Union 1993–2010: Kherson,  Ukraine 2010–2012: Aktau,  Kazakhstan
Builder:	Elbewerft Boizenburg, Boizenburg  Germany
Yard number:	303[2]
Completed:	September 1991
In service:	1991
Identification:	Callsign URMK IMO number: 8925036 MMSI number: 272445000 RSU Number: 2-040043 RRR Number 225815[3]
Status:	In service, hotelship
General characteristics
Class & type:	Dmitriy Furmanov class River cruise ship
Tonnage:	5,475 GT[4][5]
Displacement:	480 tonnes deadweight (DWT)[6]
Length:	129.1 m (424 ft)[7]
Beam:	16.7 m (55 ft)
Draught:	2.94 m (9.6 ft)
Decks:	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power:	3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[8]
Propulsion:	3 propellers
Speed:	25.5 km/h (15.8 mph; 13.8 kn)
Capacity:	258 passengers[9] (140 cabins)[10]
Crew:	98

The T. G. Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Т. Г. Шевченко) (formerly Taras Shevchenko) is a Dmitriy Furmanov-class (project 302, BiFa129MK) Soviet/Ukrainian/Kazakh river cruise ship, cruising in the Neva – Volga – Don – Dnepr – Black Sea basin, from Nesebar on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and Constanța to Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Sea in Russia, and since November 2010 hotelship in the Kurmangazy oil field in the Kazakh section of the Caspian Sea. The ship was built by Elbewerft Boizenburg at their shipyard in Boizenburg, Germany, named after Ukrainian painter and poet Taras Shevchenko and entered service in 1991. Her home port is currently Aktau.

Features

The ship has two restaurants: Odessa restaurant (84 places) on the Boat deck and Kyiv restaurant (176 places) on the Upper deck, two bars: Odessa Bar (84 places, Boat deck) and Panorama Bar (50 places, Boat deck), the lounge on the Upper deck, conference hall (for up to 220 people) and souvenir shop. The Taras Shevchenko has been purchased by Viking River Cruises to become the Viking Akun starting service in 2014.^[11]

See also

• List of river cruise ships
• MS Taras Shevchenko (1967)

References

1. Тип Дмитрий Фурманов Проекты 302, 302М, 302МК (Russian)
2. Т. Г. Шевченко (Тарас Шевченко → 1992) (Russian)
3. Т. Г. Шевченко (Тарас Шевченко → 1992) (Russian)
4. T. G. Shevchenko (1991)
5. 8925036 T. G. Shevchenko
6. 8925036 T. G. Shevchenko
7. Project 302 (Russian)
8. Project 302 (Russian)
9. Project 302: Passenger and cargo capacity
10. MS " T. G. Shevchenko" , 2010
11. T. G. Shevchenko on the infoflot.com

External links

• Т. Г. Шевченко (Тарас Шевченко → 1992) (Russian)