Arabella (ship, 1955)

Arabella

The Arabella in Moscow (2005)

Ship data flag  Russia Soviet Union   other ship names L. Dovator Ship type River cruise ship class Rodina / Project 588 / Project 588-RK home port Kazan Owner OAO Selenodolski sawod imeni AM Gorkogo (belongs to the Ak Bars holding) Shipyard VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft , Wismar , GDR Build number 13004 Launch 1955 Whereabouts in service

Ship dimensions and crew length 95.8 m ( Lüa ) width 14.3 m Draft Max. 2.45 m displacement 1,492 t measurement 2,367 GT   crew 60

Machine system machine diesel-electric, 3 × diesel engine 6NVD48 Machine performance 882 kW (1,199 hp) Top speed 12.8 kn (24 km / h) propeller 3

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 150

Others Classifications Russian River Register Registration numbers RRR: 142504

The Arabella ( Russian Арабелла ) is a river cruise ship that was built in 1955 in the GDR at the VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft in Wismar and belongs to the Rodina class , Project 588, (in Wismar, however, Project-Tschkalow , after the first ship of the series, called), German name BiFa Type A (inland passenger ship type A). The ship is operated by OOO "Turistitscheskaja Kompanija" Admiral "" on the Volga .

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The L. Dovator in Moscow (2000)

The river cruise ship with three passenger decks was built in 1955 as L. Dovator ( Russian Л. Доватор ), ( German transcription: L. Dowator) for the shipping company Wolschskoje Objedinjonnoje Rechnoje Parochodstvo ( Volga-United River Shipping Company ) in Kazan. It belongs to a series of 49 ships of the "Rodina" type produced between 1954 and 1961. The ship has a diesel-electric drive with three main engines. The ship was named after the hero of the Soviet Union Lev Mikhailovich Dovator .

Since 2002 the ship has been operating under the name Arabella (the name refers to the ship of the pirate Captain Peter Blood) and is used by the tour operator Admiral in passenger service on the Volga and the Kuibyshev reservoir . From 2002 to 2003 it was completely overhauled and renewed.

The Arabella came on 10 July 2011, the Bulgaria , which had fallen on the Volga in need and declined to help and rescued 77 people who later in Kazan were brought ashore. In addition, Arabella , which usually serves as a floating hotel in Moscow in winter , was used as a floating base for the salvage work during the Bulgaria disaster.

In 2012 the ship was bought by the OAO Selenodolski sawod imeni AM Gorkogo , which belongs to the Ak Bars holding company , and 20 cabins, including the VIP class, will be installed on the Arabella .

See also

• List of river cruise ships

Web links

• Technical data of the Arabella (Russian)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Холдинг "Ак Барс" приобрел теплоход "Арабелла" (Russian)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} RRR, water vehicle 142504 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 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)  
3. ↑ L. as an abbreviation
4. ↑ Over 100 people missing, 80 saved after cruise ship sinks in Russia , RIA Novosti , July 11, 2011
5. ↑ Ship accident on the Volga: Almost every third victim was a child  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , Tyrolean daily newspaper , July 11, 2011
6. ↑ Application of the Deputy Minister of Transport of Tatarstan for Arabella mission No. 02-23 / 3915 of July 11, 2011