Rodina-class motorship explained

The Rodina class is a class of Russian river passenger ships.[1] "Rodina" means "motherland" in Russian.

They were three-deck cargo-passenger ships manufactured in Germany from 1954 to 1961.[2]

River passenger ships of the project 588

Rodina-class motorships
No. align=Left Original name !align=Left English transliteration
First series of Project 588
1 align=Left В. Чкалов align=Left V. Chkalov
2 align=Left А. Матросов align=Left A. Matrosov
3 align=Left Н. Гастелло (Алексей Толстой) align=Left N. Gastello (Aleksey Tolstoy)
4 align=Left Л. Доватор (Арабелла)align=Left L. Dovator (Arabella)
5 align=Left Родина (Святая Русь) align=Left Rodina (Svyataya Rus)
6 align=Left Эрнст Тельман (Цезарь)align=Left Ernst Telman (Tsezar)
7 align=Left Андрей Вышинский (Тарас Шевченко, Сергей Кучкин, Тарас Шевченко, Очарованный Странник)align=Left Andrey Vyshinskiy (Taras Shevchenko, Sergey Kuchkin, Taras Shevchenko, Ocharovannyy Strannik)
8 align=Left Фридрих Энгельс align=Left Fridrikh Engels
9align=Left И. А. Крылов align=Left I. A. Krylov
10align=Left Карл Либкнехт (Юрий Никулин, Солнечный Город) align=Left Karl Libknekht (Yuriy Nikulin, Solnechnyy Gorod)
11align=Left Ильич align=Left Ilyich
Second series of Project 588
12align=Left Александр Невский align=Left Aleksandr Nevskiy
13align=Left Карл Маркс (Северная Сказка) align=Left Karl Marks (Severnaya Skazka)
14align=Left Дмитрий Донской (Кабаргинъ, Кабаргин, Князь Донской) align=Left Dmitriy Donskoy (Kabargin, Knyaz Donskoy)
15align=Left Михаил Кутузовalign=Left Mikhail Kutuzov
16align=Left Дмитрий Пожарский align=Left Dmitriy Pozharskiy
17align=Left Рылеев align=Left Ryleev
18align=Left Алеша Попович or Алеша Попович align=Left Alesha Popovich or Alyosha Popovich
19align=Left Добрыня Никитич (Прикамье) align=Left Dobrynya Nikitich (Prikamye)
20align=Left Илья Муромец align=Left Ilya Muromets
21align=Left Багратион align=Left Bagration
22align=Left Кавказ (Космонавт Гагарин) align=Left Kavkaz (Kosmonavt Gagarin)
23align=Left Казбек (Михаил Лермонтов) align=Left Kazbek (Mikhail Lermontov)
24align=Left Эльбрус (Валентина Терешкова) align=Left Elbrus (Valentina Tereshkova)
25align=Left Алтай align=Left Altay
26align=Left Урал (Инженер Пташников, Тарас Бульба, Урал)align=Left Ural (Inzhener Ptashnikov, Taras Bulba, Ural)
27align=Left Н. В. Гоголь align=Left N. V. Gogol
28align=Left А. И. Герценalign=Left A. I. Gertsen
29align=Left Т. Г. Шевченко (Святой Петр, Anichka) align=Left T. G. Shevchenko (Svyatoy Petr, Anichka)
30align=Left И. С. Тургенев align=Left I. S. Turgenev
31align=Left Г. В. Плеханов align=Left G. V. Plekhanov
32align=Left К. А. Тимирязев align=Left K. A. Timiryazev
33align=Left Денис Давыдов align=Left Denis Davydov
34align=Left Иван Сусанин (Петр Первый) align=Left Ivan Susanin (Pyotr Pervyy)
35align=Left Серго Орджоникидзе (Орджоникидзе, Серго Орджоникидзе) align=Left Sergo Ordzhonikidze (Ordzhonikidze, Sergo Ordzhonikidze)
36align=Left Козьма Минин align=Left Kozyma Minin
37align=Left Степан Разин (Аврора) align=Left Stepan Razin (Avrora)
38align=Left Юрий Долгорукий align=Left Yuriy Dolgorukiy
39align=Left Генерал И. Д. Черняховский align=Left General I. D. Chernyakhovskiy
40align=Left Генерал Н. Ф. Ватутин (Русь Великая) align=Left General N. F. Vatutin (Rus Velikaya)
41align=Left Вильгельм Пик (Павел Бажов) align=Left Vilgelm Pik (Pavel Bazhov)
42align=Left А. С. Попов align=Left A. S. Popov
43align=Left Н. К. Крупская (Петрокрепость) align=Left N. K. Krupskaya (Petrokrepost)
44align=Left К. Э. Циолковский (Анатолий Папанов, Две Столицы) align=Left K. E. Tsiolkovskiy (Anatoliy Papanov, Dve Stolitsy)
45align=Left Ф. Жолио-Кюри align=Left F. Zholio-Kyuri
46align=Left Ф. И. Панфёров[3] align=Left F. I. Panfyorov
47align=Left Фёдор Гладков align=Left Fyodor Gladkov
48align=Left Александр Фадеев align=Left Aleksandr Fadeyev
49align=Left Хирург Разумовский align=Left Khirurg Razumovskiy

Overview

Rodina class
align=Left Month and year of build !Hull No Image Name Operator align=Left Flag !RRR MMSI Status
align=Left March 1954 13001 Valeriy Chkalov 142501 273327780originally, the V. Chkalov (also called Valeriy Chkalov according to marinetraffic and the newest edit of RRR). This ship was modernised in 2007.
align=Left June 1954 13002 A. Matrosov YRSCO, Krasnoyarsk 142502 273353470 originally, the A. Matrosov (Aleksandr Matrosov is the marinetraffic name)
align=Left September 1954 13003 Aleksey Tolstoy 142503 273338640 originally, the N. Gastello; rebuilt, built up one deck; scrapped in 2014
align=Left April 1955 13004Arabella VURSCO, Gorky 142504 originally, the L. Dovator (until 2002); rebuilt, picked up 76 people from sunken Bulgariya on July 10, 2011, scrapped in 2014
align=Left June 1955 13005Svyataya Rus VURSCO, Gorky 142505 originally, the Rodina (until 2006); burnt at Bor on 13 August 2018, decommissioned in 2018
align=Left 1955 13006Tsezar VURSCO, Gorky 142506 273328160 originally, the Ernst Telman
align=Left April 1956 11000Ocharovannyy Strannik VURSCO, Gorky 142507 273371180 originally, the Andrey Vyshinskiy, Taras Shevchenko, Sergey Kuchkin, Taras Shevchenko
align=Left June 1956 11001Image Fridrikh Engels VURSCO, Gorky 142508 sank on November 6, 2003, out of service in November 2003
align=Left September 1956 11002I. A. Krylov VURSCO, Gorky 142509 273364210
align=Left November 1956 11003Solnechnyy Gorod VURSCO, Gorky 142510 273326640 originally, the Karl Libknekht, Y. Nikulin (2002–2014)
align=Left December 1956 11004ImageIlyich VURSCO, Gorky 142577 Flotel at Kineshma since 2006
align=Left April 1957 112Aleksandr Nevskiy VURSCO, Gorky 142578 273362080
align=Left May 1957 113Severnaya Skazka VURSCO, Gorky 142579 273379430 originally, the Karl Marks
align=Left June 1957 114Knyaz Donskoy VURSCO, Gorky 142580 originally, the Dmitriy Donskoy, Kabargin, Kabargin; scrapped
align=Left 1957 115Mikhail Kutuzov VURSCO, Gorky 142581 273338050
align=Left August 1957 116 Dmitriy Pozharskiy VURSCO, Gorky 142582 273341660
align=Left November 1957 117 Ryleev VURSCO, Gorky 082244 scrapped in 2018
align=Left December 1957 118 Alyosha Popovich VURSCO, Gorky 082169 scrapped in November 2014
align=Left December 1957 119 Prikamye VURSCO, Gorky 082167 originally, the Dobrynya Nikitich
align=Left March 1958 120 Ilya Muromets VURSCO, Gorky 082168 273362870
align=Left April 1958121 Bagration VURSCO, Gorky 082169 out of service in October 1999; scrapped in 2003
align=Left May 1958 122 Kosmonavt Gagarin VURSCO, Gorky 082170 273338860 originally, the Kavkaz (1958–1961); rebuilt 2005 and 2008
align=Left June 1958123 Image Ural 004875 273321730 originally, the Ural, Inzhener Ptashnikov, Taras Bulba
align=Left October 1958124 Valentina Tereshkova VSCO, Astrakhan *originally, the Elbrus (until 1963); filmed in „Девичья весна“ 1960; burnt, out of service and scrapped 1978 at Astrakhan
align=Left November 1958 125ImageAltay filmed in „Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia“ in 1973; sold to Baltic states; scrapped in the 1990s
align=Left December 1958126Mikhail Lermontov VURSCO, Astrakhan originally, the Kazbek; out of service in July 1998; scrapped 2003
align=Left March 1959127N. V. Gogol VURSCO, Gorky 082649 273367160 RR 4018
align=Left April 1959128Image A. I. Gertsen VURSCO, Gorky 082650 273337560
align=Left May 1959129Anichka NWRSCO, Leningrad originally, the T. G. Shevtshenko (until 1994), Svyatoy Petr (1994–1997); sunk at Sligo, Ireland; out of service in 2003
align=Left June 1959130Image I. S. Turgenev VURSCO, Gorky 083028 scrapped in 2017
align=Left August 1959131G. V. Plekhanov VURSCO, Gorky 082519 scrapped in 2020
align=Left September 1959132ImageK. A. Timiryazev VURSCO, Astrakhan 091176
align=Left December 1959 133ImageDenis Davydov VURSCO, Astrakhan 027620
align=Left February 1960134Petr Pervyy MRSCO, Moscow 129230 originally, the Ivan Susanin (until 1992); 1992—2004 on the Maas River, in the Netherlands
align=Left March 1960135ImageSergo Ordzhonikidze MRSCO, Moskau 129231 originally, the Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Ordzhonikidze; burnt in 1992 on the Lake Onega; filmed in "Titanic" of the band "Nautilus Pompilius" in 1994; out of service in 1995 and scrapped in 1996
align=Left April 1960136ImageKozma Minin VURSCO, Gorky 027610 273354550
align=Left August 1960 137Avrora VURSCO, Gorky 021959 originally, the Stepan Razin (until 2003); scrapped
align=Left October 1960138Y. Dolgorukiy VURSCO, Gorky 083722 out of service in 2012, scrapped [4]
align=Left November 1960 139Image General I. D. Chernyakhovskiy VURSCO, Gorky 041021
align=Left December 1960 140Rus Velikaya VURSCO, Gorky 229434 273356650 originally, the General N. F. Vatutin (until 2011)
align=Left January 1961141ImagePavel Bazhov 145001 originally, the Vilgelm Pik (until 1992)
align=Left April 1961142A. S. Popov NWRSCO, Leningrad 145002 273322950
align=Left July 1961143Petrokrepost NWRSCO, Leningrad 145003 originally, the N. K. Krupskaya (until 1993); scrapped in 2012
align=Left August 1961 144Dve Stolitsy 145004 273341750 originally, the K. E. Tsiolkovskiy, Anatoliy Papanov; accident in 1996 off Valaam, sank due to fire on board at Quay in Saint Petersburg in 2001; rebuilt
align=Left September 1961145ImageF. Zholio-Kyuri KRSCO, Perm 145005 burnt in October 2011 in the river’s backwater [5]
align=Left October 1961146 F. I. Panfyorov KRSCO, Perm 145006 273326520rebuilt, built up one deck
align=Left November 1961 147Image Fedor Gladkov KRSCO, Perm 145007
align=Left December 1961148Aleksandr Fadeyev KRSCO, Perm 145008 273369310
align=Left December 1961 149Khirurg Razumovskiy KRSCO, Perm 145009 273360410 rebuilt, built up one deck
RRR — Russian River Register

YRSCO – Yenisseiskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; VURSCO – Volzhskoye Obyedinyonnoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo (today – Volzhskoye Parokhodstvo, VSCO); MRSCO – Moskovskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; KRSCO – Kamskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; BORSCO – Belomoro-Onezhskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; NWRSCO – Severo-Zapadnoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20070301020421/http://www.riverships.ru/english/specs/?grp=588 Project 588
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20070303213448/http://www.riverships.ru/english/lists/?grp=588 Ship List of the Project 588
  3. http://www.rivreg.ru/g_search/ Russian River Register, keyword: 145006
  4. http://englishrussia.com/2012/05/21/the-last-moorage/ Y. Dolgorukiy at englishrussia.com
  5. http://www.evening-kazan.ru/zholio-kyuri-sgorel-v-zatone.html „Жолио-Кюри“ сгорел в затоне