The ''Dmitri Shostakovich'' class is a class of seven

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of project B-492/B-493 originally built by Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego in

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and used by the Soviet shipping companies,

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and

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, as ferries and passenger/cruise ships. The class is named after the first ship in the class ''

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'', which in her turn was named after composer

Ship features

The ships have two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.

Ferries of the Polish project ''B492/493''

Overview

References

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Автомобиле-пассажирские паромы типа "Дмитрий Шостакович" - Dmitriy Shostakovich-class Car/Passenger ferries
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