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.
 Khabarovsk’s funnel, 1985
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| Name |
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| Owner | 1962–1988: Far East Shipping Company |
| Operator | 1962–1988: Far East Shipping Company |
| Port of registry | 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] |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1989[1] |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Class and type | Mikhail Kalinin-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage | |
| 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] |
| Installed power |
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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] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Sounds of Orient (Хабаровск → 1988) (in Russian)
- ^ Sounds of Orient
- ^ a b c d e f g Регистровая книга морских судов СССР 1964-1965 - Register Book of Sea-going Ships of the USSR Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine PDF, p. 1157 (in Russian)
- ^ Technical Data, Khabarovsk
External links
edit- Sounds of Orient (Хабаровск → 1988) (in Russian)