Mikhail Frunze (ship)

Mikhail Frunze on the Volga River near Nizhni Novgorod
History
Name: Mikhail Frunze
Owner:
  • 1980–1994: Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР)
  • 1994–2012: Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство)
  • 2012: OOO V. F. Passazhirskiye Perevozki (ООО В.Ф. Пассажирские перевозки)
  • 2012-Present: Vodohod[1]
Operator:
Port of registry:
Builder: Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno,  Czechoslovakia
Yard number: 2005[2]
Completed: April 1980
In service: 1980
Identification: RRR Number:140659[3]
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage:
Displacement: 4,050[3] t
Length: 135.7 m (445 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: 382 passengers[3]
Crew: 85[3]

The Mikhail Frunze (Russian: Михаил Фрунзе) is a Valerian Kuybyshev-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the VolgaKamaNeva basin. The ship was built by Slovenské Lodenice at their shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, and entered service in 1980. At 4,050 tonnes,[7] Mikhail Frunze is one of the biggest of Russian river cruise ships currently in service with Vodohod. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Fyodor Shalyapin, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Sergey Kuchkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

Features

The ship has two restaurants, two bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.[8]

See also

References

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