Photo taken at Port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) on June 18.2011...Built 04/1982 as "KONSTANTIN SIMONOV"(Yard#B492-1/3)- (1982-11/1996);
Builder: Stocznia Szczecińska im A.Warskiego,Szczecin,Poland. EX:FRANCESCA(1996-2001),THE IRIS(2001-2010) GT:6590/7940 t DWT:1350 t NT:9800/5500t
Length: 133 m
Beam: 21 m
Draught: 5.6 m
Decks: 9 total, 6 passenger decks Main engine: 6ZL 40/48
Power: 12,800kW
Propulsion: Two fixed propellers
Speed: 20 knots
Capacity: 450 passengers
Crew: 90–100...
Sister ship"The Dmitriy Shostakovich Class" :
DMITRIY SHOSTAKOVICH-(Yard# B491-1/1)-(1980-1996)-IMO:7625794;"Paloma" / "Paloma I";D&P Cruises sold her in 2007 for use as the gambling ship "Royale Star" in Singapore. ;
LEV TOLSTOY-(Yard# B492-1/2)-(1981-1988)-IMO: 7625809;"Natasha" / "Palmira" /" The Jasmine " /"Fafah" ; MIKHAIL SUSLOV-(Yard# B492-1/4)-(1982-1989)-IMO:7625823; "Mikhail Bulgakov" / "Peter Pervyy" / "Ocean Empress" / "Ocean Jewel of St.Petersburg " ; ........................................ GEORG OTS -(Yard#B493/01)-( 1980-...)-IMO: 7625835;
MIKHAIL SHOLOKOV -1984-"MIKHAIL" / "UGO FOSCOLO"/"FOS 1"-IMO 8325420;
KONSTANTIN CHERNENKO-1986-IMO 8325432-
"RUSS" / "SC Atlantic" ; Details HERE:(http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/SovietPCs1.html#anchor139855)...