MS Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze

	Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze on Kiel-Canal in Kiel-Holtenau
History
Name	Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze (1959–1992)
Owner	1959–1992: Far East Shipping Company
Operator	1959–1992: Far East Shipping Company
Port of registry	Vladivostok, Soviet Union
Builder	VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number	103
Launched	30 June 1958
Completed	1959
Acquired	1959
In service	1959
Out of service	1992
Identification	Call sign: UIDQ; IMO number: 5404677 ;
Fate	Scrapped 1992
General characteristics
Class and type	Mikhail Kalinin-class ocean liner
Tonnage	4,871 GRT; 1,372 DWT;
Length	122.15 m (400.75 ft)
Beam	16.00 m (52.49 ft)
Height	7.60 m (24.93 ft)
Draught	5.18 m (16.99 ft)16.00 m (52.49 ft)
Installed power	2 × MAN-DMR K6Z57/80 diesels,; 6,192 kW (8,304 hp);
Propulsion	2 propellers
Speed	17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph)
Capacity	333 passengers
Crew	134

MS Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze was an ocean liner owned by the Soviet Union's Far East Shipping Company named after Georgian Bolshevik and later member of the CPSU Politburo Grigory Ordzhonikidze. She was built in 1959 by VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was scrapped in 1992 in Alang, India.

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