Cruise ship “Baltika” arriving at Oslo, August 1982
Owner: Baltic Shipping Co., Leningrad
Flag: USSR
Builder: Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NSM), Amsterdam (Hull-276)
Gross tons: 7,494
Deadweight: 2,643
Length overall: 135.70 m
Max. draft: 6.30 m
Engines: turbo-electric, 12,800 s.h.p.
Speed: 18.5 knots
Completed April 1940 as “Vyacheslav Molotov”; named after Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, the then most senior politition of the USSR under Stalin
Requisitioned May 1940 by Soviet Navy, given pennant no. VT-509
Returned to original owner & name 1944
Renamed “Baltika” following Molotov's fall from favour in 1957
Sold 1987 for scrapping at Gadani Beach, Pakistan