MIKHAIL KALINNIN class

[Ship's Agent]

Dear Friends

Allow me to share with all of you, from my postcards collection, the full class postcards contemplating the 19 ships ( plus the Pryamurye ) that made this splendid class of good looking passenger- yacht looking ships, which are definetly in my opinion among the most beautiful ships ever build :-

1) MIKHAIL KALININ – 1958

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2) FELIKS DZERZHINSKIY- 1958 ( renamed later Excelcior Neptune)

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3) Grigoriji Ordzhonikidze 1959

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4) M. Uritskiy - 1959

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5) Vaclav Vorovskiy – 1959

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6) Mariya Ulyanova – 1959

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7) ESTONIA – 1960 ( renamed later Ekaterina II)


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8 ) LATVIA – 1960


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9) Litva – 1960 ( Renamed Boguchar/ Fu Jian / Green Coast )

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10) Petropavlosk – 1960

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[Henry Casciaro]

Dimas, thanks for a wonderful exhibition of postcards from this class of very attractive mini liners. They were indeed beautiful ships and most of them called regularly at Gibraltar.

Well done!
Henry.:)

[britanis]

she laid up a long time in bremerhaven!
this is one pictures
the other picture coming soon

at this time she looking very sad and rusty

[Ellinis]

Thanks for reminding us of those lovely ships. Some of them used to call regularly at Piraeus in the 80s.

All of them saw little service after the collapse of USSR and were scrapped in the 90s with one exception. LITVA was sold in 2000 to China, renamed GREEN COAST and became a workers accommodation ship at Luanda, Angola. I read somewhere that in 2006 she capsized at port. Our member Apostolos has seen her at Luanda at has posted a photo here (http://apostolossphotos.fotopic.net/p38520213.html).

Here is a photo of Estoniya, I took around 1988 with Calypso/Cephalonian Sky seen behind her.

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[britanis]

i saw the picture years ago
but no one cant give me the name of this ship
is she scrap or stay there now?

[Henry Casciaro]

Aris, great picture. Here is a stern shot I took of her manoeuvering at Gibraltar at around the same period.
Best regards, Henry.

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[Ellinis]

i saw the picture years ago
but no one cant give me the name of this ship
is she scrap or stay there now?

I don't know Andy, last report in the web was back in August 2006 that GREEN COAST capsized. Check at the bottom of the page here (http://www.ports.co.za/news/article_2006_11_13_2540.html)for a picture of her wreck and some information on how she was lost. It is stated that "Luanda authorities have since issued a tender for the righting and removal of the wreck".

Two of the sisters (Mariya Ulyanova and Feliks Dzerzhinskyi) were sold to China to become cruise ships (named Excelsior Mercury and Excelsior Neptune) but they were scrapped instead.

[Ship's Agent]

11) Vladivostock – 1961 ( renamed Pryamurye)

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* 11 A ) -Pryamurye


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12) Turkmenyia – 1961

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13) Khabarovsk – 1962

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14) Nikolaevsk – 1962

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15) Baikal – 1963

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16) Nadezhda Krupskaya – 1963 ( renamed Kuban as a troop ship, SUSANA)

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17) Armenia – 1963 ( renamed Odessa Star)

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18 - Bashkiriya – 1964 ( renamed Odessa Song / Royal Dream/ Silver Star / Star/ Nandini/ Olviara / Oceana Princess / Saritara Ocean Queen


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19) Adzharia - 1964


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I look forward for more of your comments regarding this magnificent ships series, and again this was my simple tribute to a series of ships that I must confess...i am totally addicted ! :) :) :)

[Ellinis]

The post-1960 ships were a little bigger in displacement than the previous ones (5230 vs. 4871/5035 grt). Out of them some still survive:
NIKOLAYEVSK was last reported in 2004 as laid up,
BAYKAL was also laid up at Vladivostok as in 2004,
while for KHABAROVSK there is controversy. Some sources state that she was also laid up at Vladivostok in 2004 while others mention that she was scrapped back in 1992.

Ι remember having seen ADZHARIA several times at Piraeus in the 80s.
She did'nt got a second life like BASHKIRIYA and was scrapped in 1996.

Here is a photo of her, moored next to the customs.
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[Ship's Agent]

;) Good friend Ellinis and All

As you know I love these ships series, and after seeing your great photo of the ADZHARIA I could not resist to imagine one of these beauties with Chandris colours...

So, applying to your sense of humor, I used your photo to imagine and create one of these ships, how she would eventually be with Chandris colours and the result was this:

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If you consider ofensive, please let me know, because I will erase it immidiatly.

Concerning the name IBERICA, well, I believe this is a good name that could be used in a ship that would connect or cruise from Portugal bound to Greece...

And I love these colours, these ships would have been perfect for Chandris cruises for sure....or Epirotiki....:rolleyes:

I look for your comments :D

Brgds

Dimas

[Ellinis]

Such a nice idea, Dimas! I really like the way that she would look like in Chandris colours.

As for the name, Chandris was using untill the 80s names denoting the female national of a country, ie Britanis for British lady, Italis for Italian, etc
So the Chandris selection for a ship operating from Portugal could be Portogallis (portuguesse lady). However it does'nt sound that good, Iberica sounds better...

[britanis]

i have search at home and i found somethink for us
this is a captain on his ship

[britanis]

a very rare modellship from the DDR

[britanis]

the promise picture from the KALININ at bremerhaven and istanbul in the 80s

[britanis]

and now finally the highlight of my russen collection:))):rolleyes:

[Ship's Agent]

Britannis

Great pictures, fantastic and congratulation for your great model of the ESTONIA.

Brgds

Dimas

[Nicholas Peppas]

Το θυμαται κανεις αυτο το Σοβιετικο πλοιο; Felix Dzerjinsky
Εδω στις 23 Νοεμβριου 1960

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Ωραιες φωτογραφιες εδω http://www.geocities.jp/yappashonan/newpage52.html

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Miramar


IDNo: 5113436 Year: 1959
Name: FELIKS DZERZHINSKIY Launch Date:
Type: Passenger ship Date of completion:
Flag: RUS Keel:
Tons: 4871 Link: 1230
DWT: 1357 Yard No: 102
Length overall: 122.2 Ship Design:
LPP: 110.0 Country of build: GDR
Beam: 16.0 Builder: Mathias-Thesen
Material of build: Location of yard: Wismar
Number of screws/Mchy/ Speed(kn): 2D.17
Subsequent History: 88 EXCELSIOR NEPTUNE
Disposal Data: missing in tow - passed Hong Kong 1.93 for China

[Appia_1978]

Εκτελούσε τακτικά δρομολόγια από την Ελλάδα;

[Nicholas Peppas]

Εκτελούσε τακτικά δρομολόγια από την Ελλάδα;

Δεν ξερω τι να πω. Εγω βρηκα μερικα δημοσιευματα γι αυτο το 1960 και 1961 σε Ελληνικες εφημεριδες. Ξερω οτι αργοτερα μεταφερθηκε στο ... Βλαδιβοστοκ!!!

[Ellinis]

Το πλοίο αυτό ήταν ένα πολλά αδελφάκια που είχαν φτιάξει οι Σοβιετικοί στην Ανατολική Γερμανία.
Κάποια από αυτά εκτελούσαν τακτικές γραμμές, το συγκεκριμένο από Οδησσό ως Αλεξάνδρεια. Αργότερα κάποια από αυτά περνάγανε από τον Πειραιά κάνοντας κρουαζιέρες.

[Nicholas Peppas]

Και εδω μια αλλη δημοσιευση απο την 1η Αυγουστου 1959

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Και εδω μια αλλη δημοσιευση απο την 7/9/1962

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[Nicholas Peppas]

9) Litva – 1960 ( Renamed Boguchar/ Fu Jian / Green Coast )
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Thank you for this Dimas!

It turns out that we have an ad of LITVA in Greek from July 19, 1963 advertising a trip from Piraeus to Napoli, Genova and Marseilles! On this occasion, the ship is promoted as "of supreme luxury"

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Is it now serving as a floating hotel at Luanda, Angola, or is it this terrible relic seen here? http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=1048046

[Ship's Agent]

Hello Nicholas,

Sad, but it's true, it's Green Coast portrayed, the former Litva wreck you can see capsized somewhere in Luanda bay front.

Her history again:

Litva (1960) / Nr. 110 / 5035 grt
Delivered 1960 to Baltic Shipping Company, Mediterranean and Black Sea cruises. Refurbished in 1973. Used for cruises on the British and German markets until the end of the 80ies. Renamed Boguchar in 1990 and serving between Odessa and Istanbul. It was planned to rebuild the ship and rename her Odessa Dream (for Odessa Sun Ltd.) but plans were withdrawn. Renamed into Fu Jian in 1993 to cruise in the Far East. aquired by Green Coast Shipping Company from China in 2000 and renamed GREEN COAST (registry: Panama). She capsized and sank abt November 2006.

Her Angola adventure was somehow funny, she was acquired by a chinese Luanda business man, named Liu, apparently the biggest Chinese shops owner there, that had plans to convert her into a floating hotel and casino...( the fate of all ships that go to asian interests...)

However this never happened, and she was sadly on the news abt 2002 because her Chinese crew was on terrible conditions, no payments, almost starving, so they abandoned ship.

A friend told me that soon after ship was abandoned, she beceme a spot for all illegal transactions, and later became a shelter of a large number of african refugees / poor people, until she sunk in November 2006...

I hope the above information can help you...

I have some photos saved in my computer ( not postcards :( ) from an unknown photographer which I received some time ago via a South African friend, portraying the Green Coast in a better shape:

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Sad end for a lovely ship.

Best regards

Ship's Agent / Dimas

[Nicholas Peppas]

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Ι remember having seen ADZHARIA several times at Piraeus in the 80s.
She did'nt got a second life like BASHKIRIYA and was scrapped in 1996.

Here is a photo of her, moored next to the customs.
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Ellinis you remember well... Here is an announcement from the March 30 1976 Rizospastis that 25 Greek political refugees were returning with Adzaria to Greece from Tashkend, Uzbekistan

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[τοξοτης]

Μιάς και αναφέρθηκαν ας τα δούμε

BELOOSTROV

http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20Ba/slides/Beloostrov-01.html

http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20Ba/slides/Beloostrov-01.jpg

LITVA

http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20L/slides/Litva-01.html
http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20L/slides/Litva-01.jpg

http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20L/slides/Litva-03.html
http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20L/slides/Litva-03.jpg

[Nicholas Peppas]

Μιάς και αναφέρθηκαν ας τα δούμε

BELOOSTROV

http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20Ba/slides/Beloostrov-01.html



LITVA

http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20L/slides/Litva-01.html


http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20L/slides/Litva-03.html



Ευχαριστουμε. Πολυ ενδιαφεροντα. Ωριαο να συνδεει κανεις ανακοινωσεις τυπου με φωτογραφιες

[Ellinis]

Το σοβιετικό κρουαζιερόπλοιο MIKHAIL KALININ στην Ταγγέρη, το 1984.

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Πηγή (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snaebyllej2/2276636675/in/set-72157603940516212/)

Ο ίδιος χρήστης του flickr, βρέθηκε να ταξιδεύει το 1981 από τη Λαττάκια της Συρίας με το αδελφάκι ADJHARIA. Οι φωτογραφίες με τα στοιβαγμένα στο ντεκ εμπορεύματα, δείχνουν ότι το πλοίο ταξίδευε σε τακτική γραμμή.
Η κατάσταση μου θυμίζει πως ταξιδεύουν ακόμη και σήμερα κάποια ποσταλάκια από την Κωνσταντινούπολη προς τη Μαύρη Θάλασσα.

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πηγή (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snaebyllej2/2047887234/in/set-72157603236645368/) με άλλες φωτο από τα καταστρώματα

[Nicholas Peppas]

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17) Armenia – 1963 ( renamed Odessa Star)

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Here is the post-war Armenia is a nice photo in the harbor of Varna. Photo from a Bulgarian friend

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Two other photos can be found on this Website http://ships.at.ua/forum/5-156-1 that has also the ship's technical characteristics.

Even Soviet ships did not avoid the Aliaga fate! The ship went to scrap in Aliaga on August 26, 1993

And here is her sister ship Moldavia again at the Varna, Bulgaria harbor

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[Henry Casciaro]

Nicholas thanks for these pics of two classic Russian beauties. The Armenia was from the Mikhail Kalinin/Estonia class of which 19 were originally built.

The Moldavia however was a different class of ship which were older and used for coastal service rather than cruising even though some of these were later chartered. Sister ship to Uzbekistan and Tadzhikistan (see thread on Olympic Flame and Odessa Sun).

Thanks for sharing
Henry.

[Nicholas Peppas]

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19) Adzharia - 1964
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I look forward for more of your comments regarding this magnificent ships series, and again this was my simple tribute to a series of ships that I must confess...i am totally addicted !




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Ι remember having seen ADZHARIA several times at Piraeus in the 80s.
She did'nt got a second life like BASHKIRIYA and was scrapped in 1996.Here is a photo of her, moored next to the customs.
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Here is a schedule of Adjaria or Adzharia from April 4, 1965. She sailed with Black Sea Steamship Line.

Let's see her western route... Piraeus, Bari, Split, Venice, Dubrovnik, Bari, Piraeus....
Aller-retour just 2,661 drachmas in tourist class (i.e. $88.7, including food!)

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http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1496195
Photographer: Gordy

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Soviet cruise ship Feliks Dzerzhinskiy at Hobart's Elizabeth South Pier in November 1979
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=181342
Photographer: William Edward Burton

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Sydney, Australia
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1808376
Photographer: Chris Howell

[Apostolos]

Ξέρω πως υπήρχαν και αδελφα, αυτό ομως που έβγαλα το 2003 στην Λουάντα είναι το πλοίο που σχολιάζουμε;
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[τοξοτης]

Ξέρω πως υπήρχαν και αδελφα, αυτό ομως που έβγαλα το 2003 στην Λουάντα είναι το πλοίο που σχολιάζουμε;
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Για μένα , αν και μη ειδικός , είναι άλλο πλοίο και αυτό το λέω γιατί με μιά ματιά φαίνονται κάποιες διαφορές στα φινιστρίνια

[Ellinis]

To "δικό σου" ήταν το LITVA. Το 1980 ύψωσε σημαία Αγ.Βικεντίου και μετονομάστηκε BOGUCHAR. το 1993 το πήραν κινέζοι ως FU JIAN και το 2000 μετονομάστηκε GREEN COAST για να χρησιμεύσει ως κοιτώνας για κινέζους που δουλεύαν σε έργα στην Αγκόλα.
Τελικά μπατάρησε στα ρηχά, εκεί που το είδες, το Νοέμβριο του 2006.

[Nicholas Peppas]

Here is the post-war Armenia is a nice photo in the harbor of Varna. Photo from a Bulgarian friend

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Μια μικρη καταχωρηση της Αρμενιας στην Καθημερινη της 17ης Ιανουαριου 1965

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[Ellinis]

To Mikhail Kalinin φωτογραφημένο γύρω στις αρχές του 1988 από το τότε προσβάσιμο μπαλκόνι της παγόδας που ήταν εξαιρετικό σημείο για φωτογραφίες.

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[τοξοτης]

Name: 1958–1994: Mikhail Kalinin
Owner: 1958–1992: Baltic State Shipping Company
1992–1994: OAO BMP
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
Laid down: 1956
Completed: 1958
In service: 1958
Out of service: 1994
Identification: Call sign: UIDO
IMO number: 5234917
Fate: scrapped 1994
General characteristics
Class & type: Mikhail Kalinin-class ocean liner

Tonnage: 4,871 GRT
1,358 DWT
Length: 122.15 m (400.75 ft)
Beam: 16.00 m (52.49 ft)
Height: 7.60 m (24.93 ft)
Draught: 5.18 m (16.99 ft)16.00 m (52.49 ft)
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)
Capacity: 333 passengers
Crew: 134
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Mikhail_Kalinin

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http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=33681
Photographer: John Jones

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Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1808367
Photographer: Clive Harvey

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http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=621792
Photographer: Vitaliy Kostrichenko

[Ellinis]

Μια πόζα του ARMENIYA παροπλισμένου στον προλιμένα το 1994, όπως το είδα επιστρέφοντας από την Αίγινα.
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Ήταν ένα από τα πρώην σοβιετικά πλοία που έφερε το 1990 ο Hλίας Τροχίδης (μαζί με τα Odessa Sun και Odessa Song) και επρόκειτο να μετονομαστεί Odessa Dream, ωστόσο δεν μετασκευάστηκε ποτέ και ως ARM κατέληξε το 1995 στην Αλιάγκα όπου το φωτογράφησε ο Selim San:
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Την ίδια κατάληξη είχε το 1996 και το αδελφάκι του ADZHARIYA που ο Τροχίδης σκόπευε να το μετονομάσει ODESSA SPRING.
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[Rasa Sayang]

BELOW THE DECK PLANS OF THE ESTONIA FROM 1965 AND 1983.

ESTONIA WAS VERY POPULAR WITH TRANSOCEAN TOURS FOR THE GERMAN SPEAKING MARKET.
IN ADDITION TO THE CLASSIC CRUISE AREAS SUCH AS NORTHERN SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY,
BALTIC SEA, WESTERN EUROPE & ATLANTIC ISLANDS, THE ESTONIA ALSO SAILED SOMETIMES
IN THE CARIBBEAN AREA OR IN THE INDIAN OCEAN IN THE WINTER SEASONS.


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