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Lev Tolstoy approaching the Port of Naples on 9 September 1988
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Class overview | |
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Builders: | Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego,Szczecin, Poland |
Built: | 1980–1986 |
Planned: | 7 |
Completed: | 7 |
Active: | 5 |
Retired: | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Ro-pax ferry |
Tonnage: | |
Length: | 133.15 m (437 ft) |
Beam: | 21.0 m (68.9 ft) |
Depth: | 5.6 m (18.4 ft) |
Decks: | 9 total, 6 passenger decks |
Installed power: |
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Propulsion: | Two fixed propellers |
Speed: | 20 knots |
Capacity: | 420 passengers |
Crew: | 167 |
The Dmitriy Shostakovich class is a class of seven ro-pax ferries of project B-492/B-493 originally built by in Szczecin, Poland and used by the Soviet shipping companies, Black Sea Shipping Company,Estonian Shipping Company,Baltic Shipping Company and Far Eastern Shipping Company, as ferries and passenger/cruise ships. The class is named after the first ship in the class Dmitriy Shostakovich, which in her turn was named after Dmitri Shostakovich.
The ships have two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.