MS Mikhail Kalinin

Ocean liner Mikhail Kalinin at Stockholm in 1965
History
Name	1958–1994: Mikhail Kalinin
Owner	1958–1992: Baltic State Shipping Company 1992–1994: OAO BMP[1]
Operator	1958–1992: Baltic State Shipping Company
Port of registry	1958–1992: Leningrad,  Soviet Union 1992–1994: Saint Petersburg,  Russia
Builder	VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany
Yard number	101[1]
Laid down	1956[2]
Launched	25 May 1957
Completed	1958
In service	1958
Out of service	1994[1]
Identification	Call sign: UIDO IMO number: 5234917[1]
Fate	scrapped 1994
General characteristics
Class and type	Mikhail Kalinin-class ocean liner
Tonnage	4,871 GRT[3] 1,358 DWT[3]
Length	122.15 m (400.75 ft)[3]
Beam	16.00 m (52.49 ft)[3]
Height	7.60 m (24.93 ft)[3]
Draught	5.18 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)
Propulsion	2 propellers
Speed	17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph)[3]
Capacity	333 passengers
Crew	134[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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See also[]

• List of cruise ships

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