 Lev Tolstoy approaching the Port of Naples on 9 September 1988 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego,[1]Szczecin,Poland |
| Built | 1980–1986[2] |
| Planned | 7 |
| Completed | 7 |
| Active | 1 |
| Retired | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ro-paxferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 133.15 m (437 ft)[1] |
| Beam | 21.0 m (68.9 ft)[1] |
| Depth | 5.6 m (18.4 ft)[1] |
| Decks | 9 total, 6 passenger decks |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | Twin propellers[1] |
| Speed | 20 knots[2] |
| Capacity | 420 passengers[3] |
| Crew | 167[3] |
TheDmitri Shostakovich class is a class of sevenro-paxferries of project B-492/B-493 originally built byStocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego inSzczecin,Poland and used by the Soviet shipping companies,Black Sea Shipping Company,[2]Estonian Shipping Company,[2]Baltic Shipping Company[2] andFar Eastern Shipping Company,[2] as ferries and passenger/cruise ships. The class is named after the first ship in the classDmitri Shostakovich, which in her turn was named after composerDmitri Shostakovich.
The ships have two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.
| Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferries | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Original name | English transliteration |
| 1 | Дмитрий Шостакович (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star) | Dmitri Shostakovich (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star) |
| 2 | Георг Отс (Georg Ots, Георг Отс) | Georg Ots (Georg Ots, Georg Ots) |
| 3 | Лев Толстой (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life) | Lev Tolstoy (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life) |
| 4 | Константин Симонов (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour) | Konstantin Simonov (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour) |
| 5 | Михаил Суслов (Петр Первый, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg) | Mikhail Suslov (Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg) |
| 6 | Михаил Шолохов (Mikhail, Ούγκο Φόσκολο, Fos I, Phoenix) | Mikhail Sholokhov (Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, Phoenix) |
| 7 | Константин Черненко (Русь, Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic) | Konstantin Chernenko (Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic) |
| Year of build | Yard No | Image | Name | Built for | Owner | Operator | Port of Registry | Flag | IMO | Status |
| 1980 | 492/01 |  | New Imperial Star | BLASCO | Everis Capital Holdings | Everis Capital Holdings | Odessa →Kingstown →Odessa →Kingstown |  → → → → | 7625794 | originally, theDmitri Shostakovich, formerly:Paloma I,Paloma,Paloma I,Royale Star, scrapped in 2016 |
| May 1980 | 493/01[4] | .jpg) | Georg Ots | ESCO | Primorskiy Region | Vladivostok Branch | Tallinn →Saint Petersburg →Vladivostok | → → | 7625835 | originally built as cruise ship,[3] theGeorg Ots, formerly: rebuilt toropax ferry[3][5]Georg Ots (et),Georg Ots (ru), scrapped illegally 2012 in China.[6] |
| 1980 | 492/02 | | Ocean Life | BLASCO | World Cruises | Blue Ocean Cruises | Odessa →Monrovia →Odessa →Kingstown →Amman →Valletta | → → → → → → | 7625809 | originally, theLev Tolstoy, formerly:Natasha,Palmira,The Jasmin,Farah,Easycruise Life; scrapped in Aliağa in 2014. |
| April 1982 | 492/03 |  | Ocean Endeavour | FESCO | Vladivostok →Odessa →Leningrad →Saint Petersburg →Limassol →Valletta →Kotka →Majuro | → → → → → | 7625811 | originally, theKonstantin Simonov, formerly:Francesca,The Iris,Kristina Katarina | ||
| December 1982 | 492/04 | Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg | BLASCO | — | Odessa →Kingstown | → → | 7625823 | originally, theMikhail Suslov, formerly:Petr Pervyy,Ocean Empress, scrapped in Venezuela in 2013 | ||
| 1986 | 492/05 |  | Phoenix | FESCO | Adalia Maritime Co. | — | Vladivostok →Phnom Penh →Piraeus →Phnom Penh →Panama City →Basseterre | → → → → → → | 8325420 | originally, theMikhail Sholokhov, formerly:Mikhail,Ugo Foscolo,Fos I, scrapped in 2011 |
| December 1986 | 492/06 |  | Ocean Atlantic | FESCO | Ocean Atlantic Partners | Vladivostok →Majuro | → → | 8325432 | originally, theKonstantin Chernenko,Rus (ru),Rus,SC Atlantic; arrived inAliağa for scrapping in May 2025[7] |