SS Maxim Gorkiy
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SS Maxim Gorkiy was a cruise ship that was until 30 November 2008 owned by Sovcomflot Russia under long-term charter to Phoenix Reisen Germany. She was built in 1969 by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft Hamburg West Germany for the German Atlantic Line as SS Hamburg. In 1973 she was renamed SS Hanseatic. The following year she was sold to the Black Sea Shipping Company Soviet Union and received the name Maxim Gorkiy in honour of the poet Maxim Gorky.

was held onboard SS Maxim Gorkiy, a Soviet cruise ship that had partially sunk near Svalbard less than six months before? * North Sea ferry TS Leda (pictured) 1
* SS Maxim Gorkiy (section Concept and construction) The basic hull design of the Hamburg is a conventional, robust steel construction, 2

Builders of the SS Maxim Gorkiy are Hamburg, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft and West Germany.

SS Maxim Gorkiy was a cruise ship that was, until 30 November 2008, owned by Sovcomflot, Russia, under long-term charter to Phoenix Reisen, Germany.3
Ship Name
1969
1973
1974
Ship Decks
10
Ship In Service
28
Ship Power
2
combined 16668 kW
Status
Scrapped in Alang
India
Ship Fate
Scrapped in Alang
India
Ship Crew
340
Maiden Voyage
1969-03-28
Ship Registry
1969
1974
1991
Owner
Black Sea Shipping Company
Hamburg Atlantic Line
Orient Lines
Sovcomflot
Ship Original Cost
5600000.0
Ship Acquired
20
Ship Launched
21
Ship Yard Number
825
Active Years Start Date
1969-03-28
Ship Capacity
652
788
790
Ship Ice Class
1.0
Ship Namesake
Maxim Gorky
The Hanseatic League
The city of Hamburg
Ship Type
Cruise ship
Combined ocean liner - cruise ship
Ship Ordered
November 1966
Acquirement Date
1969-03-20
Ship Launch
1968-02-21
Ship Maiden Voyage
28
Builder
Hamburg
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
West Germany
Ship Propulsion
Twin propellers
Operator
Phoenix Reisen
Cost
5600000.0
Category
1968 ships
1989 in the Soviet Union
Cruise ships
Germany – Soviet Union relations
Maritime incidents in 1989
Ships built in Hamburg
Ships in Ice Class 1A
Ships of the Soviet Union

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