The ''Mikhail Kalinin''-class passenger ship (project 101, in Germany known as Seefa 340) is a class of

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Soviet ships of this class were constructed in 1958–1964 by the East German company ''VEB Mathias-Thesen Werft'', in

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Ocean liners/cruise ships of the project 101/Seefa 340

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Since we couldn't fit information about the vessels in the class, we decided to show 8 out of the 19 vessels in the fleet.

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Тип Михаил Калинин, проект (ГДР)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mikhail Kalinin Ocean liner classes Ships built in East Germany Passenger ships of the Soviet Union East Germany–Soviet Union relations Ships built in Wismar

Ocean liners/cruise ships of the project 101/Seefa 340

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