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MS Mikhail Kalinin

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Ocean liner Mikhail Kalinin at Stockholm in 1965
History
Name1958–1994: Mikhail Kalinin
Owner
Operator1958–1992: Baltic State Shipping Company
Port of registry
BuilderVEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number101[1]
Laid down1956[2]
Launched25 May 1957
Completed1958
In service1958
Out of service1994[1]
Identification
FateScrapped 1994
General characteristics
Class and typeMikhail Kalinin-class ocean liner
Tonnage
Length122.15 m (400.75 ft)[3]
Beam16.00 m (52.49 ft)[3]
Height7.60 m (24.93 ft)[3]
Draught5.18 m (16.99 ft)16.00 m (52.49 ft)[3]
Installed power
  • 2 × MAN-DMR K6Z57/80 diesels,
  • 6,192 kW (8,304 hp)
Propulsion2 propellers
Speed17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph)[3]
Capacity333 passengers
Crew134[4]

MS Mikhail Kalinin was an ocean liner owned by the Soviet Union's Baltic State Shipping Company. She was built in 1958 by VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. The Mikhail Kalinin, named after the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union Mikhail Kalinin, was scrapped in 1994 in Alang, India.

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