SHIPSPOTTING.COM

WELCOME TO SHIPSPOTTING.COMX

Upgrade Now Upload Login Sign Up

SHIPSPOTTING.COM

Exact Name

Advanced Search

Search

Photo Index•Most Popular•New Photos•Lighthouses•Comments•Categories•Photo Search•

MARCO POLO - IMO 6417097

© Phil English

2,507180

LikeFavoriteComment

Share

More

Photographer:

Phil English [ View profile ]

Captured:

May 25, 2013

Title:

Location:

Tilbury, United Kingdom

Photo Category:

Cruise Ships And Liners Built 1961-1970

Added:

May 25, 2013

Views:

2,507

Image Resolution:

2,400 x 1,600

Description:

Departing Tilbury Landing Stage for Leith
22,080 gt, built 1965

Current name:

Former name(s):

- Aleksandr Pushkin (Until 1991 Jul)

- Aleksandr (Until 1991 Jan)

- Aleksandr Pushkin (Until 1991)

Current flag:

Home port:

IMO:

Status:

Build year:

Builder:

Nordic Yards Wismar - Wismar, Germany

Vessel Type:

Passenger (cruise) Ship

Gross tonnage:

22,080 tons

Summer DWT:

5,180 tons

Length:

176.3 m

Beam:

23.65 m

Draught:

8.2 m

Photos:

912 photos by 253 photographers

There is no AIS Position Data available for this ship!

Would you like to add AIS Coverage?

Add AIS Coverage

This ship exists in the following categories:

Shipping - 4 photos

Cruise Ships and Liners - 7 photos

Ship Interior - 5 photos

Casualties - 1 photos

Passenger Vessels - 3 photos

Ships under Repair or Conversion - 2 photos

Ship's engine rooms - 3 photos

Ship's Deck - 11 photos

Cruise Ships and Liners built 1961-1970 - 876 photos

3 photos

1 photos

3 photos

Federico Bolognini

1 photos

Capt. Hilmar Snorrason

2 photos

8 photos

15 photos

1 photos

Folke Österman

22 photos

Edson de Lima Lucas

8 photos

Sinisa Aljinovic

1 photos

2 photos

2 photos

3 photos

Simon Kruyswijk

2 photos

1 photos

22 photos

3 photos

4 photos

9 photos

5 photos

4 photos

1 photos

1 photos

Javier Bueno Iturbe

1 photos

2 photos

1 photos

11 photos

5 photos

Knut Helge Schistad

3 photos

1 photos

Manuel Moreno Mart

3 photos

Elisa Ahtiainen

1 photos

Juan Carlos Cilveti

1 photos

Michel Tremblay

4 photos

1 photos

2 photos

2 photos

2 photos

1 photos

9 photos

1 photos

Aleksi Lindström

8 photos

3 photos

3 photos

2 photos

toni tuppurainen

2 photos

2 photos

1 photos

2 photos

3 photos

2 photos

3 photos

Cpt. Lawrence Dalli

2 photos

3 photos

1 photos

Birkir Agnarsson

1 photos

8 photos

24 photos

1 photos

1 photos

William Edward Burton

2 photos

Aad Hoogesteger

2 photos

20 photos

Tomasello Letterio

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

Arne Luetkenhorst

18 photos

2 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

JORGE MONTORO FORT

1 photos

Andreas Schlatterer

2 photos

2 photos

10 photos

2 photos

Madeira Ship Spotter

1 photos

2 photos

Sydney Sinclair

9 photos

2 photos

3 photos

1 photos

René Beauchamp

2 photos

2 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

Henk Kouwenhoven

1 photos

1 photos

Marcel & Ruud Coster

28 photos

1 photos

7 photos

Jose Ricardo Rodriguez Montero

7 photos

Manuel Hernandez Lafuente

8 photos

2 photos

eckhard uhrbrock

2 photos

5 photos

1 photos

Christian Krajewski

10 photos

6 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

3 photos

11 photos

Michael Brakhage

1 photos

6 photos

7 photos

3 photos

Jukka Koskimies

15 photos

1 photos

4 photos

2 photos

1 photos

Malcolm Cranfield

2 photos

Angel Luis Godar Moreira

7 photos

2 photos

11 photos

2 photos

3 photos

1 photos

scott william goudie

2 photos

5 photos

4 photos

2 photos

6 photos

charlie umphray

1 photos

4 photos

Willem Oldenburg

15 photos

1 photos

Benny Elbæk Dahl

3 photos

1 photos

1 photos

Dieter Luetkenhorst

3 photos

6 photos

Patrick Kenealy

3 photos

3 photos

Serge Beauchemin

1 photos

3 photos

11 photos

4 photos

4 photos

1 photos

6 photos

1 photos

10 photos

Edgar Rausandhaug

1 photos

3 photos

Kenneth Karsten

2 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

2 photos

1 photos

2 photos

1 photos

Trevor Thornton

1 photos

Patrick Tschiedel

6 photos

2 photos

2 photos

1 photos

Wolfram Tribull

2 photos

Dennis J. Dubinsky

3 photos

Poul Erik Olsen

1 photos

15 photos

Wolfgang Barnitzke

3 photos

Jorge Fernandes

1 photos

2 photos

23 photos

10 photos

Christophe Dedieu

1 photos

3 photos

3 photos

2 photos

18 photos

2 photos

1 photos

1 photos

3 photos

1 photos

3 photos

8 photos

1 photos

2 photos

1 photos

1 photos

2 photos

1 photos

6 photos

Damien McCarthy

9 photos

1 photos

3 photos

pieter melissen

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

8 photos

4 photos

1 photos

1 photos

RobbieMathieson

2 photos

3 photos

1 photos

1 photos

ft011291@PLANET

3 photos

1 photos

2 photos

1 photos

O-in-Valparadise

1 photos

3 photos

6 photos

2 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

1 photos

7 photos

1 photos

1 photos

4 photos

1 photos

1 photos

Holger Rahmacher

1 photos

1 photos

Ron van de Velde

3 photos

2 photos

1 photos

1 photos

Rian van Dongen

1 photos

1 photos

2 photos

19 photos

5 photos

11 photos

3 photos

3 photos

2 photos

Joseph Collinson

1 photos

1 photos

5 photos

6 photos

1 photos

4 photos

3 photos

Cruises and Ferries

1 photos

Edson De Lima Lucas

1 photos

Lemonos_Vladimir

1 photos

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

MARCO POLO

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

COMMENT THIS PHOTO(18)

Comments sorting method:

Newest First

person

I've visited Alexsandr Pushkin many years ago but I have never even seen her as Marco Polo. However, I did sail on Mikhail Lermontov, the last one of the class, in 1979 and she was then just 7 years old. It was hard indeed to think of her as an almost 'new' ship. She was tired shabby and hugely outdated and there were aspects to her design and layout that just left you thinking "Why?" Was it then any wonder that after the rebuilding of the Alexsandr Pushkin into Marco Polo Gerry Herrod (owner of Orient Lines) said "It would have been cheaper to have built a new ship!" So Phil, I really do not think that you have anything to fear with regard to the Soviet/East German build quality. I think the basic structure was and is, sound. And from Mr Herrod's statement I fully expect that all the junk and rubbish was got rid of long ago. Hence the ship continues to sail and enjoy enormous popularity. Oh, and yes, that's a super photo of her.

person

Thanks Derek. She's very popular and I know others who are fans, as you are :-)

She's clearly in good nick and SOLAS 2010 compliant but, in general, Soviet merchant ships were never renowned for build quality. It's just an irrational fear that puts me off I suppose.

Brgds
Phil

person

It's amazing that a ship can survive in almost the same general layout over the decades! No additional ugly decks, no sponsons, no duck tails, no balconies...GREAT!

person

She almost looks like shes smiling!

person

Great shot Phil,

I can inform she is in good condition on board too. I enjoyed a great cruise on her last October and could not fault the ship or the crew in any way. She will not be for everybody of course but I would not hesitate to book another cruise on her.

best regards
Derek

person

She almost looks like shes smiling!

person

Outstanding photograph Phil, well done.

Regards

Bob

person

I remember her maiden voyage as ALEKSANDR PUSHKIN at Montréal in April 1965. She was a regular caller to the port until 1980. She still looks pretty good at age 48!!!

person

Great shot. Beautiful lines and splendid to look at. She is simply stunning.

person

Thanks for the comments guys. She's a nice traditional-looking ship but, having travelled on larger, modern cruise ships I have to say that the thought of cruising on a 48 year old vessel doesn't appeal to me a great deal. Marco Polo has her many fans though!
Brgds
Phil

person

Beautiful phil

person

What a lovely lady. She is by far -my opinion- lot more stylish then those big ladies we use to see now; that is defenitively my kind of cruise ship..if ever i had the luck to go for a cruise.
Greetings, thanks a lot to share, robert08

person

Absolutely John. I'm sure I've got a photo somewhere of the Lermentov swinging off the Landing Stage at a very similar angle. Back then I think it was two tugs but today only one.
Brgds
Phil

person

Takes you back then Phil. We used to watch this very one, and the Lermontov do the very same thing back in the early 1980's. It's nice to see that some things haven't changed :-)
Best Regards
John J.

person

Thanks Ken. It's been a long time since I've seen a cruise ship swing off the Landing Stage.

Brgds
Phil

person

I agree with Jens, great angle Phil so well done and good luck Jens with her on the Canal.
Regards
Ken

person

Thanks very much Jens. She is indeed a lovely looking ship and one of the last of her era still in service. Good luck with getting her in the Kiel Canal later this year
Brgds
Phil

person

What a superb photo, Phil! She's such a beauty. Hope to get my first photo of her in Kiel Canal this year...
Kind regards, Jens

If you want to report errors - CLICK HERE instead of posting a comment!