MS Mikhail Lermontov
Soviet cruise liner wrecked in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MS Mikhail Lermontov was an ocean liner owned by the Soviet Union's Baltic Shipping Company, built in 1972 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. It was later converted into a cruise ship. On 16 February 1986 it collided with rocks near Port Gore in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, and sank, claiming the life of one of its crew members.
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Soviet Union | |
Name | Mikhail Lermontov |
Namesake | Mikhail Lermontov |
Owner | Baltic Shipping Company |
Operator | Baltic Shipping Company |
Port of registry | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
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Yard number | 129 |
Launched | 31 December 1970 |
Acquired | 18 March 1972 |
In service | 21 April 1972 |
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Notes | [1][2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship |
Tonnage | 19,872 gross register tons (GRT); 4,956 tonnes deadweight (DWT) |
Length | 175.77 m (576 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 23.60 m (77 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in) |
Depth | 13.50 m (44 ft 3 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | Two propellers |
Speed | 20 knots (37.04 km/h) service speed |
Range | 8,000 mi (13,000 km) |
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Crew | 347 |
Notes | [1][2][3] |
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