The Dmitri Shostakovich class is a class of seven ro-pax ferries of project B-492/B-493 originally built by Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego in Szczecin, Poland and used by the Soviet shipping companies, Black Sea Shipping Company, Estonian Shipping Company, Baltic Shipping Company and Far Eastern Shipping Company, as ferries and passenger/cruise ships. The class is named after the first ship in the class Dmitri Shostakovich, which in her turn was named after composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
Ship features The ships have two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.
Ferries of the Polish project B492/493
Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferriesNo. Original name English transliteration 1 Дмитрий Шостакович (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star) Dmitri Shostakovich (Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, New Imperial Star) 2 Георг Отс (Georg Ots, Георг Отс) Georg Ots (Georg Ots, Georg Ots) 3 Лев Толстой (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life) Lev Tolstoy (Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life, Ocean Life) 4 Константин Симонов (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour) Konstantin Simonov (Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina, Ocean Endeavour) 5 Михаил Суслов (Петр Первый, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg) Mikhail Suslov (Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg) 6 Михаил Шолохов (Mikhail, Ούγκο Φόσκολο, Fos I, Phoenix) Mikhail Sholokhov (Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, Phoenix) 7 Константин Черненко (Русь, Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic) Konstantin Chernenko (Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic, Ocean Atlantic)
Overview Year of build Yard No Image Name Built for Owner Operator Port of Registry Flag IMO Status 1980 492/01 New Imperial Star BLASCO Everis Capital Holdings Everis Capital Holdings Odessa → Kingstown → Odessa → Kingstown → → → → 7625794 originally, the Dmitri Shostakovich, formerly: Paloma I, Paloma, Paloma I, Royale Star, scrapped in 2016 May 1980 493/01Færgelejet Georg Ots Georg Ots ESCO Primorskiy Region Vladivostok Branch Tallinn → Saint Petersburg → Vladivostok → → 7625835 originally built as cruise ship, the Georg Ots, formerly: rebuilt to ropax ferryDmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry Georg Ots (et), Georg Ots (ru), scrapped illegally 2012 in China."Legendary Estonian Ferry Finds Sad End in Chinese Scrap Yard", Eesti Rahvusringhääling. Retrieved on 24 Dec 2021. 1980 492/02 Ocean Life BLASCO World Cruises Blue Ocean Cruises Odessa → Monrovia → Odessa → Kingstown → Amman → Valletta → → → → → → 7625809 originally, the Lev Tolstoy, formerly: Natasha, Palmira, The Jasmin, Farah, Easycruise Life; scrapped in Aliağa in 2014. April 1982 492/03 Ocean Endeavour FESCO Vladivostok → Odessa → Leningrad → Saint Petersburg → Limassol → Valletta → Kotka → Majuro → → → → → 7625811 originally, the Konstantin Simonov, formerly: Francesca, The Iris, Kristina Katarina December 1982 492/04 Ocean Jewel of St. Petersburg BLASCO — Odessa → Kingstown → → 7625823 originally, the Mikhail Suslov, formerly: Petr Pervyy, Ocean Empress, scrapped in Venezuela in 2013 1986 492/05 Phoenix FESCO Adalia Maritime Co. — Vladivostok → Phnom Penh → Piraeus → Phnom Penh → Panama City → Basseterre → → → → → → 8325420 originally, the Mikhail Sholokhov, formerly: Mikhail, Ugo Foscolo, Fos I, scrapped in 2011 December 1986 492/06 Ocean Atlantic FESCO Ocean Atlantic Partners Vladivostok → Majuro → → 8325432 originally, the Konstantin Chernenko, Rus (ru), Rus, SC Atlantic; arrived in Aliağa for scrapping in May 2025
References
External links Автомобиле-пассажирские паромы типа "Дмитрий Шостакович" - Dmitriy Shostakovich-class Car/Passenger ferries