Dmitri Shostakovich-class ferry explained

The Dmitri Shostakovich class is a class of seven ro-pax ferries of project B-492/B-493 originally built by Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego 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 Dmitri Shostakovich, which in her turn was named after composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

Ship features

The ships have two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.

Ferries of the Polish project B492/493

Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferries
No. align=Left Original name !align=Left English transliteration
1 align=Left Дмитрий Шостакович (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star) align=Left Dmitri Shostakovich (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star)
2 align=Left Георг Отс (Georg Ots, Георг Отс) align=Left Georg Ots (Georg Ots, Georg Ots)
3 align=Left Лев Толстой (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life) align=Left Lev Tolstoy (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life)
4 align=Left Константин Симонов (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour) align=Left Konstantin Simonov (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour)
5 align=Left Михаил Суслов (Петр Первый, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg) align=Left Mikhail Suslov (Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg)
6 align=Left Михаил Шолохов (Mikhail, Ούγκο Φόσκολο, Fos I, Phoenix) align=Left Mikhail Sholokhov (Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, Phoenix)
7 align=Left Константин Черненко (Русь, Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic) align=Left Konstantin Chernenko (Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic)

Overview

Year of build Yard No ImageName Built for Owner Operator Port of Registry FlagIMO Status
align=Left 1980 492/01 New Imperial Star BLASCO align=Left Everis Capital Holdings align=Left Everis Capital Holdings → → → → 7625794 originally, the Dmitri Shostakovich, formerly: Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, scrapped in 2016
align=Left May 1980 493/01[1] Georg Ots ESCO align=Left Primorskiy Region align=Left Vladivostok Branch → → 7625835 originally built as cruise ship, the Georg Ots, formerly: rebuilt to ropax ferry[2] Georg Ots (et), Georg Ots (ru), scrapped illegally 2012 in China.[3]
align=Left 1980 492/02 Ocean Life BLASCO align=Left World Cruises align=Left Blue Ocean Cruises → → → → → → 7625809 originally, the Lev Tolstoy, formerly: Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life
align=Left April 1982 492/03 Ocean Endeavour FESCO align=Left align=Left → → → → → 7625811 originally, the Konstantin Simonov, formerly: Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina
align=Left December 1982 492/04 Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg BLASCO align=Left → → 7625823 originally, the Mikhail Suslov, formerly: Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, scrapped in Venezuela in 2013
align=Left 1986 492/05 Phoenix FESCO align=Left Adalia Maritime Co. → → → → → → 8325420 originally, the Mikhail Sholokhov, formerly: Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, scrapped in 2011
align=Left December 1986 492/06 Ocean Atlantic FESCO align=Left Ocean Atlantic Partners align=Left → → 8325432 originally, the Konstantin Chernenko, Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.faergelejet.dk/faerge.php?id=1062 Færgelejet Georg Ots
  2. http://www.rs-head.spb.ru/app/fleet.php?index=790111&type=book1&language=eng Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
  3. http://news.err.ee/v/society/de81fe3f-791c-4948-a0c3-3ed53849be16 "Legendary Estonian Ferry Finds Sad End in Chinese Scrap Yard"