20,352 grt; 4,956 dwt; 700 passengers. Operator: USSR - Baltic Shipping Co, Leningrad, USSR. Built 1971 by Mathias-Thesen-Werft, Wismar, German Democratic Republic. Yard no 129. Propulsion: twin screws with 2 x seven-cylinder, two-stroke H Cegielski-Sulzer 7RND76 of 21,000 bhp (total) at 122 rpm. Speed: 20.5 knots. 1986-wrecked on reef, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand 16/2. One person lost.
Photo: Tilbury Landing Stage circa 1980.