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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | VEB Warnowwerft Warnemünde, Warnemünde, East Germany | 
| Built | 1953-1956 | 
| Planned | 15 | 
| Completed | 15 | 
| Active | 3 | 
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,091 GT[1] | 
| Displacement | 774 t | 
| Length | 65.2 m (214 ft) | 
| Beam | 12 m (39 ft) | 
| Draught | 2.22 m (7.3 ft) | 
| Decks | 2 passenger decks | 
| Installed power | 2 × 6NVD48 588 kilowatts (789 hp) | 
| Propulsion | 2 | 
| Speed | 25.5 km/h (15.8 mph; 13.8 kn) | 
| Capacity | 197 passengers | 
| Crew | 40 | 
Baykal class is a class of Russian river passenger ships.[2] It is named after Baikal.
Two-deck cargo-passenger ships were built by VEB Warnowwerft Warnemünde, at their shipyard in Warnemünde, in East Germany in 1953–1956.[2]
River cruise ships of the project 646
| Baykal-class motorships | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Original name | English transliteration | 
| 1 | Байкал (Академик Киренский) | Baykal (Akademik Kirenskiy) | 
| 2 | Иссык-Куль (40 лет ВЛКСМ, Капитан Пономарев) | Issyk-Kul (40 let VLKSM, Kapitan Ponomarev) | 
| 3 | Балхаш (Профессор Близняк, Близняк) | Balkhash (Professor Bliznyak, Bliznyak) | 
| 4 | Онега | Onega | 
| 5 | Севан (Герой Ю. Гагарин, Господин Великий Новгород) | Sevan (Geroy Yu. Gagarin, Gospodin Velikiy Novgorod) | 
| 6 | Ладога (Ladoga) | Ladoga (Ladoga) | 
| 7 | Короленко | Korolenko | 
| 8 | Ленинский Комсомол | Leninskiy Komsomol | 
| 9 | Белинский | Belinskiy | 
| 10 | Радищев (Красногвардеец, Сергей Орлов) | Radishchev (Krasnogvardeets, Sergey Orlov) | 
| 11 | Чернышевский | Chernyshevskiy | 
| 12 | Механик Кулибин | Mekhanik Kulibin | 
| 13 | Механик Калашников | Mekhanik Kalashnikov | 
| 14 | Сергеев-Ценский (Родина) | Sergeev-Tsenskiy (Rodina) | 
| 15 | Мамин-Сибиряк | Mamin-Sibiryak | 
See also
- Rossiya-class motorship (1952)
 - Rossiya-class motorship (1973)
 - Dmitriy Furmanov-class motorship
 - Valerian Kuybyshev-class motorship
 - Rodina-class motorship
 - Anton Chekhov-class motorship
 - Maksim Gorkiy-class motorship
 - Sergey Yesenin-class motorship
 - Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya-class motorship
 - Yerofey Khabarov-class motorship
 
References
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- ↑ Project 646 (in Russian)
 - 1 2 Project 646
 
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