Anton Chekhov class

Anton Chekhov- class
project Q-056

The Anton Chekhov in the Severny river port of Moscow 2011

Ship data Ship type River cruise ship Shipyard Österreichische Schiffswerften AG Korneuburg Construction period 1978 to 1979 Units built 2 Cruising areas Inland and small coastal voyages

Ship dimensions and crew length 115.63 m ( Lüa ) width 16.46 m Draft Max. 2.8 m displacement 2,920 t   crew 75

Machine system machine Diesel drive 3 6ChRN 36/45 EG-60 (6ЧРН 36/45 ЭГ-60) Machine performance 1,987 kW (2,702 hp) Top speed 13.7 kn (25 km / h) propeller 3 5-blade propellers

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 250

The river cruise ships of the Anton Chekhov class ( Russian Антон Чехов , German transcription: Anton Chekhov), which was also known as Project Q-056 , are river and canal motorized inland motor ships of medium construction. The class is named after the first ship in the class, which bears the name of the Russian writer Anton Chekhov .

history

The river cruise line was manufactured from 1978 to 1979. The Austrian shipyards AG in Korneuburg ( Austria ) built ships of their own, confirmed by the Soviet Ministry of River Fleet (Минречфлот РСФСР) design. The naming was limited to two important writers. The ships were deployed on the Yenisei and on the Volga. In 2004 the second ship was transferred to the Saint Petersburg - Moscow route.

technology

In the 1990s, the ships were modernized and rebuilt for new conditions. The ships have a diesel drive with three reversible main engines 6ChRN 36/45 EG-60.

Furnishing

All comfortable 1-, 2- and 3-bed cabins are equipped with air conditioning, refrigerator, shower and toilet, 220 V connection and have large windows.

On board are u. a. a restaurant, two bars, a kiosk, a conference room, music and television salon, a telephone for international connections, solarium, sauna, swimming pool and fitness room.

List of ships project Q-056 in the native and English language

The original name of the river cruise ship is given in the list, the other names are in brackets in chronological order:

River cruise ships of the Q-056 project:

Anton Chekhov- class ships
serial no.	Original name of origin	Its English version
1	Антон Чехов	Anton Chekhov
2	Лев Толстой	Lev Tolstoy

Overview

Anton Chekhov- class ships
Construction month and year	Build number	image	Surname	first shipping company	home port	flag	Renaming and whereabouts
June 1978	K713		Anton Chekhov	Yenisei River Shipping Company	Krasnoyarsk → Rostov-on-Don	→	No. 034941 (RRR)
May 1979	K714		Lev Tolstoy	Volga shipping company	Gorky → Nizhny Novgorod	→	No. 034942 (RRR)

See also

• List of river cruise ships

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Проект Q-056, тип Антон Чехов ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian)  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} reference work, Project Q-056 ( Memento from February 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)
3. ↑ Антон Чехов (Russian)

Web links

• Проект Q-056, тип Антон Чехов Photo register (Russian)
• Project Q-056 ( Memento from March 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)