MAXIM GORGIY

Name: 1969—1973: Hamburg

1973—1974: Hanseatic

1974—2009: Maxim Gorkiy[1]

Namesake: The city of Hamburg (1st name)

The Hanseatic League (2nd name)

Maxim Gorky (3rd name)

Owner: 1969—1974: German Atlantic Line

1974—1992: Black Sea Shipping Company

1992—1996: Belata Shipping

1996—2008: Maxim Gorkiy Shipping Co[1] (Sovcomflot)[2]

2008—2009: Orient Lines

Operator: 1969—1973: German Atlantic Line

1973—1974: laid up

1974—1988: Black Sea Shipping Company

1988—2008: Phoenix Reisen[1][2]

Port of registry: 1969—1974: Hamburg, West Germany

1974—1991: Odessa, Soviet Union

1991—2009: Nassau, Bahamas[1]

Ordered: November 1966[3]

Builder: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, West Germany[1]

Cost: £ 5.6 million[4]

Yard number: 825[1]

Launched: 21 February 1968[1]

Acquired: 20 March 1969[1]

Maiden voyage: 28 March 1969[1]

In service: 28 March 1969[1]

Identification: IMO number: 6810627

Fate: Scrapped in Alang, India

General characteristics (as built)[1]

Type: Combined ocean liner / cruise ship[5]

Tonnage: 25,022 gross register tons (GRT)

Displacement: 5,677 metric tons deadweight (DWT)

Length: 194.72 m (638 ft 10 in)

Beam: 26.57 m (87 ft 2 in)

Draught: 8.27 m (27 ft 2 in)

Depth: 16.40 m (53 ft 10 in)[6]

Ice class: 1 A[7]

Installed power: 2 × AEG steam turbines

combined 16668 kW

Propulsion: Twin propellers[4]

Speed: 22 kn (40.74 km/h)

Capacity: 790 in planned liner service

652 in cruise service[5]

General characteristics (2006)[4]

Type: cruise ship

Tonnage: 24981 GT (gross tonnage)

Displacement: 5800 DWT[1]

Decks: 10 (passenger accessible)

Speed: 18 kn (33.34 km/h)[7]

Capacity: 788 passengers[1]

Crew: 340

Details: Wikipedia

Photo Credits: The Capt. William T Barber Collection Vic Australia

Cheers and Gb

Gordy