BASKORTOSTAN inland river passenger ship

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BASKORTOSTAN inland river passenger ship

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:02 am

The bridge depict on this stamp issued by Russia in 2009 is the bridge of Rostov-on-Don with in the foreground an inland river passenger ship. There is a name on the bow but unreadable.
Mr. Peter Crichton gives she is a passengership of Project 305/860 and I agree. Mr. Gennadiy Sitnikov from Russia gives she is the BASHKORTOSTAN one of the Dunay class, project 305

The BASKORTOSTAN was built by the yard of Obuda Hajogyar at Budapest, Hungary under yard No 1586.
It are mid-size passenger vessels used for passenger lines or tourist routes on rivers and 47 units were built.
Displacement 800 ton.
Dim, 77.91 x 15.2 x 1.36m. (draught) .
Powered by two 8NVD36 diesel engines each 394 hp., speed on deep water around 20 km/h
Passenger accommodation 311, crew 55.
June 1962 delivered under the name DAUGAVA.

1983 Renamed in ALEXEY KISELEV.
1993 Renamed in BASHKORTOSTAN.
2013 In service homeport Ufa and owned by JSC “Bashkir” River Shipping.

Russia 2009 9r sg?, scott?

Source: http://www.riverships.ru/english/specs/?grp=860_305 Mr. Gennadiy Sitnikov.
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