Engineering:MS Sounds of Orient
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 Khabarovsk’s funnel, 1985
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| Owner: | 1962–1988: Far East Shipping Company |
| Operator: | 1962–1988: Far East Shipping Company |
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1962–1988: Vladivostok,  Soviet Union 1988–1989: Panama City,  Panama |
| Builder: | VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany |
| Yard number: | 113[1] |
| Launched: | 12 July 1961 |
| Completed: | 1962 |
| Acquired: | 1962 |
| In service: | 1962 |
| Out of service: | 1989[1] |
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| Fate: | Scrapped 1989[1] |
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| Class and type: | Mikhail Kalinin-class ocean liner |
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| Length: | 122.15 m (400.75 ft)[3] |
| Beam: | 16.05 m (52.66 ft)[3] |
| Height: | 7.63 m (25.03 ft)[3] |
| Draught: | 5.22 m (17.13 ft)[3] |
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| Propulsion: | 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph)[3] |
| Capacity: | 333 passengers |
| Crew: | 134[4] |
MS Sounds of Orient was an ocean liner owned since 1988 by Crosby Corp. Ltd in Panama. She was built in 1962 by VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany as Khabarovsk for the Soviet Union's Far East Shipping Company. The ship was used for service between Nakhodka and Yokohama, Japan . It was named after the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union Khabarovsk.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sounds of Orient (Хабаровск → 1988) (in Russian)
- ↑ Sounds of Orient
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Регистровая книга морских судов СССР 1964-1965 - Register Book of Sea-going Ships of the USSR PDF, p. 1157 (in Russian)
- ↑ Technical Data, Khabarovsk
External links
- Sounds of Orient (Хабаровск → 1988) (in Russian)
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