MS Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Lermontov at Tilbury in 1983 | |
| History | |
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| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Mikhail Lermontov |
| Namesake | Mikhail Lermontov |
| Owner | Baltic Shipping Company |
| Operator | Baltic Shipping Company |
| Port of registry | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
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| Yard number | 129 |
| Launched | 31 December 1970 |
| Acquired | 18 March 1972 |
| In service | 21 April 1972 |
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| Notes | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 19,872 gross register tons (GRT); 4,956 tonnes deadweight (DWT) |
| Length | 175.77 m (576 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 23.60 m (77 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Depth | 13.50 m (44 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | Two propellers |
| Speed | 20 knots (37.04 km/h) service speed |
| Range | 8,000 mi (13,000 km) |
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| Crew | 347 |
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MS Mikhail Lermontov was an ocean liner owned by the Soviet Union's Baltic Shipping Company, built in 1972 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. It was later converted into a cruise ship. On 16 February 1986 it collided with rocks near Port Gore in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, and sank, claiming the life of one of its crew members.