Ivan Franko-class passenger ship
The Ivan Franko-class passenger ship (project 301, in Germany known as Seefa 750) was a class of Soviet ocean liners and cruise ships, operated by the Baltic State Shipping Company (BGMP) and Black Sea Shipping Company (ChMMP or BLASCO). The five Soviet ships Ivan Franko, Aleksandr Pushkin, Taras Shevchenko, Shota Rustaveli and Mikhail Lermontov were constructed in 1963–1972 by the East German company VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, in Wismar. The class was named after its lead ship, which took its name from the Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko. The last remaining vessel, the Aleksandr Pushkin – last known as Marco Polo, was retired in 2020 and beached in Alang, India for scrapping on January 13, 2021.
Aleksandr Pushkin, 1966 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Kalinin class (project 101/SeeFa 340) |
| Built | 1963–1972 |
| In service | 1964–2020 |
| Planned | 5 |
| Building | 5 |
| Completed | 5 |
| Active | 0 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner → Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 19,861 GRT |
| Length | 175.79 m (577 ft) overall |
| Beam | 23.61 m (77 ft) |
| Height | 16.19 m (53 ft) |
| Draught | 8.11 m (27 ft) |
| Decks | 8 passenger decks |
| Installed power | 2 × Sulzer-Cegielski 7RND76 diesels, 15,666 kW (21,008 hp) |
| Propulsion | 2 propellers |
| Speed | 20.45 knots (37.87 km/h; 23.53 mph) |
| Capacity | 750 passengers |
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