MS Mikhail Lermontov

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Mikhail Lermontov at Tilbury in 1983
History
Soviet Union
Name	Mikhail Lermontov
Namesake	Mikhail Lermontov
Owner	Baltic Shipping Company
Operator	Baltic Shipping Company
Port of registry	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Builder	VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft Wismar, East Germany
Yard number	129
Launched	31 December 1970
Acquired	18 March 1972
In service	21 April 1972
Identification	Call sign UQTT IMO number: 7042318
Fate	Sank 16 February 1986 near Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand. One crew member killed, cause of death unconfirmed. 41°02′32″S 174°13′10″E / 41.042087°S 174.219496°E / -41.042087; 174.219496
Notes	[1][2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Ivan Franko-class passenger ship
Tonnage	19,872 gross register tons (GRT); 4,956 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Length	175.77 m (576 ft 8 in)
Beam	23.60 m (77 ft 5 in)
Draught	7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
Depth	13.50 m (44 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × 7-cylinder Sulzer-Cegielski diesels combined 15,666 kW (21,008 hp)
Propulsion	Two propellers
Speed	20 knots (37.04 km/h) service speed
Range	8,000 mi (13,000 km)
Capacity	1334 passengers (maximum) 700 passengers (cruise service)
Crew	347
Notes	[1][2][3]

MS Mikhail Lermontov was an ocean liner owned by the Soviet Union's Baltic Shipping Company, built in 1972 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. It was later converted into a cruise ship. On 16 February 1986 it collided with rocks near Port Gore in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, and sank, claiming the life of one of its crew members.