S/S "Admiral" is a living example of the steamship era. She was built in 1955 in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). She had sailed for 40 years as a steam tug on the Baltic Sea, participated in parades of historical vessels in Helsinki, Kotka (FIN) and Hamburg (GER).

In 1996 the ship was rebuilt into a salon-steamer. The ship is under the supervision of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. "Admiral" can take up to 60 passangers on a sea voyage.