MIKHAIL LERMONTOV

Russian


Namesake:Mikhail Lermontov
Owner:Baltic Shipping Company
Operator:Baltic Shipping Company
Port of registry: Soviet Union, Leningrad
Builder:VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft
Wismar, East Germany
Yard number:129
Launched:31 December 1970
Acquired:18 March 1972
In service:21 April 1972
Identification:IMO number: 7042318
Fate:Sank 16 February 1986 near
Marlborough Sounds
41.042087°S 174.219496°ECoordinates: 41.042087°S 174.219496°E
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General characteristics
Class & type:Ivan Franko-class passenger ship
Tonnage:19,872 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement:4,956 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
Length:175.77 m (576 ft 8 in)
Beam:23.60 m (77 ft 5 in)
Draught:7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
Depth:13.50 m (44 ft 3 in)
Installed power:2×7-cylinder Sulzer-Cegielski diesels
combined 15666 kW
Propulsion:Two propellers
Speed:20 kn (37.04 km/h; 23.02 mph) service speed
Range:8,000 mi (13,000 km)
Capacity:1334 passengers (maximum)
700 passengers (cruise service)
Crew:347


Photo Credits: The William T Barber collection Vic