Maksim Gorkiy (1974)

The Maksim Gorkiy (Russian: Максим Горький) is a Maksim Gorkiy-class (Q-040) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga – Neva basin. The ship was built by Österreichische Schiffswerften AG at their shipyard in Korneuburg, Austria, and entered service in 1974. Maksim Gorkiy is the most comfortable river cruise ship currently in service with Vodohod. Her sister ship is Aleksandr Pushkin. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

Maksim Gorkiy on the Moscow Canal on 6 July 2010
History
Name: Maksim Gorkiy
Owner:
  • 1974–1994: Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР)
  • 1994–2012: Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство)
  • 2012: OOO V. F. Passazhirskiye Perevozki (ООО В.Ф. Пассажирские перевозки)
  • 2012-Present: Vodohod[1]
Operator:
  • Volga Shipping Company
  • Vodohod
Port of registry:
Builder: Österreichische Schiffswerften AG, Korneuburg,  Austria
Yard number: K704[2]
Completed: April 1974
In service: 1974
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: Maksim Gorkiy-class river cruise ship
Tonnage:  DWT
Displacement: 2,099 t[4]
Length: 110.1 m (361 ft)[5]
Beam: 14.5 m (48 ft)
Draught: 2.2 m (7.2 ft)
Decks: 5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power: 2 x 6ЧРН36/45 (Г60)1,352 kilowatts (1,813 hp)[6]
Propulsion: 2 propellers
Speed: 22 km/h (14 mph; 12 kn)
Capacity: 182 passengers (all berths)
Crew: 66

See also

References
  1. Максим Горький (in Russian)
  2. Михаил Фрунзе (in Russian)
  3. Максим Горький (in Russian)
  4. Projekt Q-040, Displacement and draught
  5. Project Q-040, Technical data (in Russian)
  6. Project Q-040, Technical data (in Russian)
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