Volga-class motorship

The Volga class is a class of Russian river passenger ships.[7] It is named after the first ship in the class Volga, which in her turn was named after Volga River.

River cruise ship Dnipro at pier in Bratislava in 2011
Class overview
Builders: Österreichische Schiffswerften AG, Korneuburg, Austria
Built: 1970
In service: 1970
Planned: 2
Building: 2
Completed: 2
Active: 2
General characteristics
Tonnage: 2,125[1] GT
Length: 105.9 m (347 ft)[2]
Beam: 16.1 m (53 ft)[3]
Draught: 1.65 m (5.4 ft)[4]
Decks: 3 passenger decks
Installed power: 2 × MWM TbD 440-8 1,324 kilowatts (1,776 hp)[5]
Propulsion: 2[6]
Speed: 26.2 km/h (16.3 mph; 14.1 kn)
Capacity: 212 passengers
Crew: 77

Three deck cruise ships built by Österreichische Schiffswerften AG at their shipyard in Korneuburg, Austria in 1970.[8]

River cruise ships of the Austrian project Q-031
Volga-class motorships
No.Original nameEnglish transliteration
1Волга[9]Volga
2Днепр (Дніпро)[10]Dnepr (Dnipro)

Overview
Volga class
Month and year of buildHull NoImageNameOwnerPort of RegistryFlagStatus
1970K687VolgaUkrainian Danube Shipping Company[11]Izmail → RSU 2-601784[12][13]
ENI 42000003
1970K688DniproUkrainian Danube Shipping CompanyIzmail → RSU 2-601783[14][15]
ENI 42000004

See also

References
  1. Projekt Q-031: Ship drawings, technical data, list and photos (PDF, Naval architect Yevgeniy Leonidovich Smirnov' Library) (in Russian)
  2. Project Q-031, Technical data
  3. Project Q-031, Technical data
  4. Project Q-031, Technical data
  5. Project Q-031, Technical data
  6. Projekt Q-031: Ship drawings, technical data, list and photos (PDF, Naval architect Yevgeniy Leonidovich Smirnov' Library) (in Russian)
  7. Long voyage passenger ships (in Russian)
  8. Specifications
  9. Shipping Register of Ukraine, Vessel 2-601784 Archived 2013-11-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian and English)
  10. Shipping Register of Ukraine, Vessel 2-601783 Archived 2013-11-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian and English)
  11. Passenger Fleet
  12. Shipping Register of Ukraine, Vessel 2-601784 Archived 2013-11-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian and English)
  13. Volga (in Russian)
  14. Shipping Register of Ukraine, Vessel 2-601783 Archived 2013-11-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian and English)
  15. Дніпро (ранее Днепр) (in Russian)


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