Mikhail Frunze (ship)

Mikhail Frunze on the Volga River near Nizhni Novgorod
History
NameMikhail Frunze
Owner
  • 1980–1994: Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР)
  • 1994–2012: Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство)
  • 2012: OOO V. F. Passazhirskiye Perevozki (ООО В.Ф. Пассажирские перевозки)
  • 2012-Present: Vodohod
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderSlovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number2005
CompletedApril 1980
In service1980
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class & typeValerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage
Displacement4,050 t
Length135.7 m (445 ft)
Beam16.8 m (55 ft)
Draught2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Decks5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)
Propulsion3 propellers
Speed26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity382 passengers
Crew85

The Mikhail Frunze (Russian: Михаил Фрунзе) is a Valerian Kuybyshev-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the VolgaKamaNeva basin. The ship was built by Slovenské Lodenice at their shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, and entered service in 1980. At 4,050 tonnes, Mikhail Frunze is one of the biggest river cruise ships currently in service with Vodohod. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Fyodor Shalyapin, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Sergey Kuchkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.