Mikhail Kalinin

**Mikhail Kalinin**
	Mikhail Kalinin in Stockholm 1965
Ship data
flag	Russia Soviet Union;
Ship type	Liner , cruise ship
class	Mikhail Kalinin class , Project 101 / Seefa 340
Callsign	UIDO
home port	Leningrad
Owner	Baltijskoje Morskoje Parochodstvo (Russian → БМП) ; ГП Балтийское морское пароходство ММФ СССР
Shipping company	Baltic shipping company
Shipyard	VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft , Wismar
Build number	101
Keel laying	1956
Launch	1958
takeover	1958
Commissioning	1958
Whereabouts	Scrapped in 1994/95
Ship dimensions and crew
length	122.15 m ( Lüa )
width	16.00 m
Draft	Max. 5.18 m
measurement	4,871 GT; 2,061 NRZ
crew	134
Machine system
machine	2 × 6-cyl. MAN-DMR Diesel
Machine ; performance	6,192 kW (8,419 hp)
Top ; speed	17.0 kn (31 km / h)
Transport capacities
Load capacity	1,358 dw
Volume	1 loading space 585 m³
Permitted number of passengers	333
Others
Classifications	RSSSR
Registration ; numbers	IMO : 5234917

The Mikhail Kalinin ( Russian Михаил Калинин , German spelling: Michail Kalinin) was a cruise ship of the Soviet state Baltic Sea shipping company and was built in 1958 as a ship of the line at the VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft in Wismar in the GDR for the state Baltijskoje Morskoje Parochий морское пароходство ММФ СССР) built in Leningrad (Soviet Union). It belongs to the Mikhail Kalinin class , project 101, German name Seefa 340 - sea passenger ship for 340 passengers. The ship bears the name of the Soviet politician Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin and, as a type ship , gave the whole class its name.

description

The ship with hull number 101 was built in 1958 in the GDR for the Soviet Union and put into service with the shipping company in Leningrad on the Leningrad-Stockholm route in the same year. It belongs to a series of 19 ships manufactured from 1958 to 1964. In 1994 it was sold to abandoners in Alang , where it was scrapped on November 6th.

Furnishing

All 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 6-bed cabins on four decks were equipped with a shower and toilet as part of the modernization. In addition, there was a music salon and dance floor, bar, kiosk, swimming pool, library, hospital, service room and cabin for mother and child.