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 '' 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''

Overview

References

External links

Автомобиле-пассажирские паромы типа "Дмитрий Шостакович" - Dmitriy Shostakovich-class Car/Passenger ferries
{{in lang, ru Ferry classes Ships built in Szczecin Passenger ships of the Soviet Union Poland–Soviet Union relations Ships of Black Sea Shipping Company