Feliks Dzerzhinskiy (ship)

The Feliks Dzerzhinskiy (Russian: Феликс Дзержинский) is a Valerian Kuybyshev-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga basin. The ship was built by Slovenské Lodenice at their shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, and entered service in 1978. She was named after the Soviet statesman Felix Dzerzhinsky alias Iron Felix. At 3,935 tonnes,[5] Feliks Dzerzhinskiy is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Mikhail Frunze, Fyodor Shalyapin, Sergey Kuchkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Feliks Dzerzhinskiy is currently operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

Feliks Dzerzhinskiy on the Khimki Reservoir, in 2012
History
Name:	Feliks Dzerzhinskiy
Owner:	1978–1994: 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[1]
Operator:	Volga Shipping Company Vodohod
Port of registry:	1977–1994: Gorky,  Soviet Union 1994–2012: Nizhny Novgorod,  Russia
Route:	Moscow – Uglich, Moscow – Yaroslavl, Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod [2]
Builder:	Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number:	2003[3]
Completed:	1978[3]
In service:	1978
Identification:	RRR number: 140657[3] MMSI number: 273379080
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage:	6,305 GT[3] 547 DWT[3]
Displacement:	3,895[3] t
Length:	135.75 m (445.4 ft)[3][4]
Beam:	16.8 m (55 ft)[3][5]
Draught:	2.9 m (9.5 ft)[3]
Decks:	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power:	3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[3][4]
Propulsion:	3 propellers[3]
Speed:	26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity:	373 passengers[3]
Crew:	85[3]

Features

The ship has two restaurants, two bars, solarium and resting area.[6]

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  Feliks Dzerzhinskiy in Moscow, in winter 1999/2000
• 
  Stern view of the Feliks Dzerzhinskiy June 25, 2012

See also

• List of river cruise ships

References

1. Феликс Дзержинский (in Russian)
2. Cruises 2013 (in Russian)
3. RRR, Vessel 140657 (in Russian)
4. Project 92-016 (in Russian)
5. Project 92-016, Displacement and draught
6. Информация о теплоходе(in Russian)

External links

• Теплоход "Феликс Дзержинский" (in Russian)
• Project 92-016 (in Russian)