The legendary liner "Ivan Franco" - at one time the flagship of the Soviet passenger fleet: the first made swimming across the Atlantic to the Small Antilles, the first of the Soviet courts came to the ports of Ajacco and Bastia on the island of Koreik, Olbia on Sardinia Island, the first passed norwegian fjordami. For the first time after civil War In Spain, the ports of this country visited the ship under our flag. Now, on September 15, Frankovtsy remembered youth.
Team members the ship "Ivan Franco" Cut into Odessa from different cities of Ukraine and even from America, Germany.
Last year, the teams of motorities CMP "Dostoevsky" and "Kazakhstan" were met, this year "Maxim Gorky" collected friends.
We decided and we, - tells the organizer Lyudmila Chernyavskaya, 20 years worked at Ivan Franco. On the ship, she met her "older" husband (so in its own, in Odessa, it sounds from her mouth), gave birth to a child. Then life divorced spouses. Immediately, fate brought the fate with the "younger" husband. So all life and passed on the ship.
The team "Ivan Franco" gathered the German "godfather" Beat
Lyudmila has created a page on the Internet "Ivan Franco" on the Internet. And when Beata went to her - the legendary tourist from Germany, essentially the "godfather" of the ship (the real godfather was the wife of the country's representative on the shipyard in the GDR), then the screws and wheels were immediately spinning and the idea of \u200b\u200bmeeting the entire team.
I got to Ivan Franco in 1984, - shall with us BEATA INNIUER on broken Russian. She worked as an assistant doctor. And when it came on vacation, I decided to go on a journey. In the Bureau, I was offered a cruise to Egypt. On the ship I met Sergey, he worked as an administrator. And it was love for life. We have been friends for 30 years. And three years ago we were on a journey with his wife and daughter.
After the first flight Beat was another 14 flights on Ivan Franco, - adds her translator Lyudmila Kryachko (In the photo on the right). - and very friendly with everyone. I remember how coming to the genome, we were looking out for whether there is beah on the shore. Despite the fact that she was with us a flight or not, always brought us a bunch of gifts. She was already allowed on board without a ticket, without any documents. She was like a "godfather". I went and distributed gifts to everyone. In the meeting of Frankivs, the German guest looked a little bored. It turned out that she was all the time waiting for her long-time friend - a passenger assistant. The next day, Igor Lucshin, a big friend and a permanent author of the "Sailor of Ukraine", called and told that I was punished, but the German tourist loyal "Ivan Franko" found him, visited at home, after which he went to Germany.
In general, on the steamer, we always had romantic stories, - remembers Lyudmila. - I remember how the Austrian tourist fell in love with our flight capacity Lena. And the next year came with his friend who loved me. But then it was very strictly, the contribution was precurable. We could only smile and talk. There was no speech about anything to go to the city with a tourist. So everything went.
The German flag was lowered and raised by Soviet
The romantic atmosphere of memories in the courtyard of a small cafe is transformed into a solemn with the advent of the captain Valentina Sidorova.
In 1964, when we took Ivan Franco, I was the third assistant. Mikhail Grigor was our captain. Already many are not with us. And we have matured, have grown, but we are young to the soul. And thank you very much for it!
Through Thunder applause the word takes Anatoly Ostapchuk. In his 92 years, the old sailor Skupor shares past events: it was then, being the first assistant, descended the German flag (GDR) on the ship acquired by the Union and raised Soviet.
We accepted "Ivan Franco" for half a year, I examined every room. It was a very responsible moment. But the Germans were all right. From Riga we went to our first flight around Europe. Three years I served at Ivan Franco, and then was translated into another ship.
From the diploma to the "car" "Ivan Franko"
More than once had to save the ship from fires and breakdowns in the "car". Ending with the honors from the Odessa Savior Vasily Stengaach (in the photo on the right) He wrote the graduate about the ship "Ivan Franco". Then he did not think that fate would decide to give him a job on this legendary liner.
10 years on "Ivan Franco"! What only was not. Several times had to extinguish the fire. We always acted quickly, without delay, "Vasily Filippovich informs us. "I remember that diesel caught fire, the nozzles knocked out. I immediately rushed to stew. We did not think about themselves, did what you need, so that everything was fine on the ship.
We worked with such self-dedication, worked on conscience, received a little, but were pleased, I fed a family, "the hero of the Socytruda Vladimir Kolpakov comes into conversation, whose name among other heroes is carved on the stele in front of the opera house. 45 years he gave a fleet, of which 15 years on the ship "Ivan Franco". On one of the courts of CMP, where Vladimir Kolpakov was a mechanic, a breakdown happened. He volunteered to repair. But the leadership did not want to take responsibility for himself. Called the repair company. Five days, experts tried to do something. Did not work out. It was necessary to put the ship to the plant. And this is 4 million rubles a loss per failure of the contract. When they came out of the "Machine", Vladimir, having agreed with Starmeech, decided to try himself as he considered it necessary. The elimination breakdown took only one and a half hours. And now the sea dynasty of the cap continues the Son, working by old.
The ship "Ivan Franco", at one time the flagship of passenger ships was a forge of personnel. All assistants became captains. Grew up "Machine" and "Deck", ship service.
Peter Gorguses Motorist came, became the second mechanic.
December 16, 1972 we go to Rio de Janeiro, "recalls Peter Andreevich. - In Genoa, we take German tourists. We smile, thank us. There was a front-line on the ship with our German side. But everyone understood: better world nothing can be.
We had a wonderful crew. For every holiday - a concert. Restaurant service - for the new year, deck - on May 1. Then a month is discussing all this. Germans we allocated a music salon. And when they saw our "cabbagers", and they themselves began to watch. Our life was a holiday. Now they are told: it is because you were young. Yes No, everything has changed. Then the movies in Odessa were big queues. And you with the send of the sailor you go, and you miss the Odessans.
The first ship "Ivan Franco" became in the biographies - the deputy of the Odessa City Council, the head of the Federation of Trade Unions of Water Transport Workers and the Plastic Supplies of Ukraine.
My years at Ivan Franco are the brightest memories as the first love. In my work there were other passenger courts, more comfortable and modern. But "Ivan Franco" is the first. This is a new impression from the Bosphorus, and the transition through the Atlantic, and the first foreign port after the Iron Curtain of the Soviet Union. We already had a current impression of abroad. And then you step on foreign land. The team was played by the team. We really lived in one family. After Ivan Franko, I went to Maxim Gorky. And I was with what to compare.
There were also very interesting and bright flights - to Svalbard, Armenia. But we had such a saying for the crew: "Black steamer - a white life, white steamer - Black life. " In the literal sense, this corresponded to reality. "Ivan Franco" had a classic color at that time - a black board, and "Maxim Gorky" is a snow-white liner. And the styles of the life of our crews were distinguished. We knew how to work, and we were allowed to relax.
In the 80s, flights to Cuba. The level of the comfort of the ship was then no longer inferior. We transported officers and soldiers of the urgent service. In these flights, also had its own flavor. We began to understand well in Cuban cigars.
"Ivan Franco", Havana, 04/14/1992
Met with Mili and Brutal Storms
Flights from Ivan Franco did not work out without incident.
I remember how to Antille Islands We went out of the port, - tells Tatyana Kirsun.worked on a bartender ship. - And suddenly there is a dry cargo ship towards us. His engines refused. And on the whole move crashes into board. And then everything comes in order: he gives reverse and quickly moves away from us. Of course, he was stopped. And we were put on the repair to close dents. There was a case when when moving across the Atlantic in heavy storm We hit the log. We felt it very much. But the worst thing was when we were asked to leave the deck in the open sea. We watched the tornado spinning near us, absorbing everything.
To withstand all the difficulties and tests helped hardening and the power of the Spirit.
- We all had to have time, "says on the go Sasha Chepelov, hugging all the same charming women, - we did not sleep for four days, it was necessary to work, and walk, and see the country.
The crew "Ivan Franco" went legends.His director of restaurant Vilen Kushnirenko almost took into Moscow.
The point was so, - Vilen Nikolayevich shares. - Profit for us on the Liner 15 WLKSM Secretaries from all republics. We covered the table to them. And so I got my turn to speak toast. Well, I said such that there was a Komsomolsky with the sea subtext. I liked everyone, screaming "our person." And the captain causes me in the morning. And he says: "What did you do there, why are these 15 secretaries in one voice ask to send you to Moscow to Komsomolskaya work?" But I am a marine man - making sailor. - Of course, refused.
Proud of his work on Ivan Franco says the chef of the Zavod production Victor Usataya, under the bosses of which 55 chefs worked, cold, hot shops, bakery and confectionery.
We had the days of Russian and Ukrainian cuisine, "Viktor Ivanovich tasty says. - Passengers were Germans. And I took the products and showed them how to chop vegetables for borscht, how to prepare cutlets in Kiev. We arranged pirated evenings, made Russian teas, "buffet" instead of dinner. And all the dishes were decorated with fantasy, competed, who have better.
And, of course, the decoration of the festive table is then served by a cake. In the meeting of "Ivanofrankovts" weighing 10 kg in three levels baked his dream cake Zoya Petrik, Starked liner, who spent it on the last path in India. All her life is associated with the sea. At Ivan Franco, I got acquainted with my husband, brought up a son who already works by the ship mechanic.
This cake is a symbol, "explains Zoya. - This is our life, our youth. White-blue colors - the sea, the rescue circle of the ship "Ivan Franco". And the globe is our life path. In it, three layers, three different cakes: "Kiev", "Black Macker" and "Broken Glass". I have long dreamed of doing it. And the largest cake that I baked on Ivan Franco, weighed 40 kg and was intended for a cold "buffet."
Zoya to this day in the sea. And it does not think without him:
The sea loves strengths, "she concludes. - And we all have managed: and work, and relax, and see a lot - the whole world!
While we consider a unique cake, Lambad dance on the summer site. It is so fun, naughty held holidays on Ivan Franco. One of the most memorable was the transition through the equator.
We organized holidays for passengers who have crossed the equator for the first time, - comments the video of the then commerce Vladimir Tsurgwho headed the cultural life of the ship. - And everyone included in this action. We had so many ideas, so much fantasy that everything was interesting to everyone: both passengers and tourist firms, and the crew.
Print "Ivan Franco" put on the body on the day of Neptune where it fell
Funny look at the old film as team members, disguised in the devils, soap passengers of the head and put round seal that made themselves, and on the most different places: on the stomach, shoulder and not only. And then in the pool and swimming.
Almost all crew members participated in the amateur. Many were engaged in school and student circles and studios and knew how to sing and dance. There was even a circusac, which juggled with burning torches, "Remember the" Frankings ".
Thanks to the participation of amateur, we were preferable to court, "Elena maid says. - It was very welcomed. I studied on folk dances. But I was always soul to fulfill Gypsy. Once, when we had Cubans with passengers, we did a concert for them. I went out in my dress and threw one shawl. Cuban as started to dance, all lit. Probably, this day he was very memorable.
In addition to memories, guests are given icons with a motor ship "Ivan Franco". In Soviet times they were not sold. In the kiosk "Berzka" store on board the liner for the dollar, you could buy a key chain with a liner.
It was the cheapest product, - the seller of the kiosker argues Nina Kozlitin. - And the most expensive - Karakul, Khokhloma, caskets. In the assortment there were matryoshki, scarves, amber and much more. Laying for a semi-annual flight was about 10 thousand daishes marks. Moreover, working in ports was not allowed, but only in the sea.
Having taping the icon with the flagship of the 70s liners, we seem to bring to that amazing, rich life, in which members of the crew of the legendary "passenger" participated, earning the glory of the sea power. Ship " ANDvan Franco "remains in our memory as a sample of high-class maintenance, the hotel on the waves with a friendly team and professional command.
Inna Ishuk, Anatoly Hungaruk
From an interview with Leah Koshelieva, Liner librarian ("MU" No. 18 (589) from 6.05.09):
"Vanechka" - so lovingly called the firstborn of the famous "writing" series of passenger boats of PMP. In 1964, Ivan Franco was launched in German Wismar, the flagship of the series, then "Alexander Pushkin" (in 65th), Taras Shevchenko in the 66th, "Shota Rustaveli" in 68th and Mikhail Lermontov in 1971.
The words "first" and "for the first time" accompanied "Ivan Franko". For the first time, the liner of this level was designed for Soviet drawings, in the development of which, by the way, mikhail Grigor took part - subsequently the first captain of the vessel . As a result, the height of the side is 13.5 m, the length is 176.14, the width is 23.6, the range of pouring is 8000 miles. In total, the ship was accompanied by about 1000 people, of which more than 350 are crew members.
The team was gaining the best of the best. Perhaps that is why there was so warm, almost family relations on board - each of the specialists was practically not equal, and therefore there were no competition, disputes, quarrels. Everyone understood that they make one important common thing - Ivan Franco was supposed to become a full participant world tourism, attract to myself on board foreign Tourists, respectively, sweating in this market of the then monopolists - shipowners of Greece, Italy, Norway and other countries. Is it worth saying that the crew of the Soviet superliner brilliantly coped with the task. Special, "Frankivsk" service, friendly atmosphere on board, excellent marine skipping crew, beautiful kitchen - business Cards "Ivan Franko", thanks to which the ship literally spoke in the whole world in the early years of his marine life. In the overseas list of charterers "Vanechki" such world "bison", as "transstur", "Rieseburo", "Mediterranean Club", "Itandord" dr. Clients of such firms as "Nerkerman", "Itatristist", "Yang Reizen "I put queues to get on the board" Ivan Franko. "
15/06/1963 laid on shipyard.
07/10/1964 Test flights.
Delivered on November 14, 1964 on the Black Sea and Pingso in ChMP, Odessa, the USSR.
Added to CMP cruise ships.
1997 Sold Polluks Shipping, Kingstown, Saint Vincent. Renamed to "Frank".
07/21/1997 arrived in Alang, India for cutting on scrap metal.
I know nothing will come back
The evil heart beats in the clock.
Only sometimes will call
Sun, something eternal in us.
I remember the 85th year. Novorosisk, at the berth there is a motor ship "Ivan Franco". To me, the five-year-old boys, then he seemed simply huge in comparison with river shipping.
No now "Ivan Franko" - like most of the Soviet Maritime Pasplot, he graduated from his life on the "Dead Beach" in Indian Alang, someone in Pakistan or Turkey.
This post is a memories. About Tom Fleet, which once had. And I really want to hope that there will be handsome liners in the Russian Tricolor. But so far - alas are dreams. Someone will say - worldwide court on metal cut. I do not argue. But instead of the departed new. And we have so far deep. Even used not. That's so sad.
The ship "Ivan Franco" comes out of Alexandria, 1993
the ship "Mikhail Lermontov" arrives in Tilbury, 1985. Sound off the coast of New Zealand on February 16, 1986 (he was freight there). 1 person died.
In total, there were five such boats in Sovotorgflote. The first jasher - Ivan Franco, Alexander Pushkin, Shota Rustolelli and Taras Shevchenko
- built a series from 1964 to 1968. Lermontov stood here a mansion - it was built in 1972, according to a partially upgraded project. The fate of the vessels series is such - Ivan Franco, Shota Rustavelli and Taras Shevchenko were separated on scrap metal, respectively in 1997, 2003 and 2004, Mikhail Lermontovzatul in 1986, alive only one ship remains - Alexander Pushkin (1965 construction) called Marco Polo. But the prospects for His foggy, since the vessel does not comply with the norms of Solas-2010, and the desired alteration under these norms, though insignificant, but very not least.
ASSEDO (former Rustolelli Shota) in the Killy Channel, 2003
turning "Maxim Gorky"
One of the last veterans. Now it has already practically disassembled metal in Indian Alang. The history of the vessel is as - initially he was built as transatlantic liner. But it is not particularly working on the transatlantic line to work - almost immediately, Hamburg (so was originally called the ship) rose under cruises. Built in 1969, the ship in 73rd acquires the Soviet Union. Almost immediately the ship starts working with tourists in different parts globe. In the 90s, the ship returns to Germany and works "under the wing" Phoenix Reisen. Already in the two thousandths begin problems with turbines and boilers. Yes, and the increase in the cost of fuel. The ship has repeatedly tried to sell, and at the end of 2009 it is sold on the layer. There were repeated attempts to German enthusiasts to buy it out (with the return of the old name) and the installation in Hamburg as a museum vessel. But alas - in December 2009, the ship arrived at the place of its last parking lot. At the moment, cutting at the final stage.
turning "Fyodor Shalyapin"
This is already from the breed of British Rysakov. Cunard realizing that even though the old woman of the Queen will still get out at the expense of prestige - the future is far from such giants. Nevertheless, the British still hoped that transatlantics would live. Boeing and their like hope was slammed. The fate of the "Small Troika" Coonard - Ivernia, Frankonia, Carmania was the fate of the "small three". Two liners - IVERNIA and CARMANIA in 1973-1974 bought the USSR. Our transport workers came to the yard - especially in the Far East - Ivernia went there, becoming "Fedor Shalyapin". Then he was transferred to ChMP. Carmania went to the Black Sea (Formeria. Saxonia) - under the name "Leonid Sobinov". Shalyapin was dismantled in 2004, Shanovov - in 1999.
turning "Leonid Sobinov"
In general, it should be noted here that the main focus of the Soviet Marine Passflot was in the mass of its transport, rather than cruise. This was especially visible by far Eastern shipping company. Another feature of the USSR passenger morphloct was a diversity - unlike the fleet of the river, which in the 50s began to be actively updated with serial vessels (at the same time, the old non-relocated steamers remained a lot before the mid-late 60s). A small amount of shipyard in the USSR, which could build sea vessels. Uploaded shipyards in their mass were orders for a cargo and military fleet. Construction abroad was not suiced, since the shipyard of Socratran again was in the mass or on rivers, where large vessels are impossible to conduct, or were loaded by the orders of the Ministry of Railway. Building on shipyards kapparan accounted for very expensive. In a large extent, the loading of the marine shipyard (especially in Vladivostok and in the Black Sea) was also due to the very difficult repair of old sea trophy ships. In the Far East, "the heat of" Liebertos "- sea transport workers like Liberty, built during the war years in the United States. A simple and unpretentious vessel, but the former is essentially "disposable". After the war, they were driven by shipyard, almost completely changed metal on the trim. Until recently, one Liberty was still alive - this is a cargo ship "Odessa", who stood in one of the harbors of Vladivostok and used as a float.
In general, up to the mid-70s, the passenger Morflot had strong enough for pre-war vessels - such was a tendency around the world. Cheap fuel, workshops and lines - all this gave the opportunity to go to the "old men."
steamer "Admiral Nakhimov"
This photo is unique (in general, thanks to the Enthusiast of Morflot, Vitaly Kostrchenko on Shipspotting now you can find a lot of enough unique photo material for the domestic ships) by the fact that it is done in the German Wisman during the reconstruction of the steamer.
The steamer was built in 1925. The initial name "Berlin". The ship was lucky as a drowned in the literal sense. Like many large steamers of that time Berlin built for the transatlantic line. But, unlike his cams, "Bremen" (which went to the British and was ruthlessly sawed on nails) His task was not in records on the blue ribbon of the Atlantic. It was a ship for transportation through the ocean of clients easier. After coming to power in Germany, the Nazis is removed from the transatlantic line and begins to work under the auspices of KDF (analogue of our trade unions). During the war, Berlin becomes transport. In 1945, he was flooded with a shallow water crew. After the separation of the fleet, the ship was transmitted to the USSR. After the rise, he was sent to Newcastle, where the cabinet repair was made, after which the ship was translated already in Wismar on the shipyard of Matias Tessen. The vessel repairs continued until 1955. Initially, the steamer had to go on Far EastBut at the very last moment his fate changed and he stood on the Crimean Caucasus line of the Black Sea Shipping Company. And at the Far East, Asia left. Once again, the Military Bushland, the steamer had to go during the Caribbean crisis - he fulfilled several flights to the banks of Cuba. "Admiral Nakhimov" died on the traverse of Cape DaB when leaving Novorossiysk August 31, 1986. Dry cargo ship "Peter Vashev" hit him aboard. You can read in detail about the catastrophe here - http://admiral-nakhimov.net.ru/stat.htm
At the time of the catastrophe on board there were 897 passengers. 359 people died.
1945 year. Here in this form "Berlin" went to the Soviet Union
"Admiral Nakhimov" in the port of Novorossiysk
steamer Der Deutsche. By the ability of the division of the fleet in the USSR, renamed Asia. Separated on scrap metal in Japan in 1967
pARROTURBARE "Soviet Union"
This ship was considered to be the flagship of the Far Eastern Marine Shipping Company. Built in Germany for the order of Hapag in 1922 and was named after the first president and founder of the company - Albert Ballina. Ballin has committed suicide life in 1918 on the day of the passage of Germany. On the account of Hapag in front of the world's first world - the blue ribbon of the Atlantic. The turbo "Deutschland" snatched her literally from the British.
Albert Ballin became the fruit of another doctrine. Understanding that the Blue Rent is unrealistic from Britain, the firm went to the principle - comfort and size above speed. In speed, a new ship is certainly inferior to the Queen, but in comfort and loading capacity even exceeded them. Four such vessels are built. After the arrival of Hitler, the ship was renamed - Hansa. After the war, Hansa goes to the Soviet Union along with the Hamburg liner of the same type. It must be said that the courts were repeatedly modernized in Germany. The most cardinal modernization was carried out in the winter of 34/35, when the nasal part of both liners was elongated by 10 meters. This in the coupe with the setting and modernization of turbines and boilers gave rise to the speed of up to 19 knots. Hansa became the "Soviet Union" and went to the Far East as a passenger liner (accepted by steamers in 1955), and Hamburg became the whaling basis "Yuri Dolgoruky"
"Soviet Union" lead to the harbor
As part of the BDP, the ship worked until 1980. Another modernization of the car it was held in Hong Kong in 1971. In the late 70s, the ship becomes a study. Separated in Japan in 1982-1983.
"Soviet Union" in Kamchatka, 70s
turning "Baltika"
The history of this vessel began in 1939. The Government of the USSR for the Baltic Shipping Company ordered two of the same type of vessel in the Netherlands - "Vyacheslav Molotov" and "Joseph Stalin". Already in the first days of the war, the courts were mobilized and turned into military transport. When evacuating from the Hanko peninsula, both vessels fell under the shelling. "Stalin" lost stroke and management. The vessel took to the shores of Estonia, where he was and ached by the fires of the German batteries. According to another version, the ship exploded on Mine. In 1945, the vessel was raised and towed to Tallinn. According to various sources, in the same year, it is divided into Tallinn, along the other - Polish Gdansk.
"Molotov" after the war initially rose to the Leningrad line - New York, then he was replaced by D / E "Russia". Someone time "Molotov" worked first in the Far East, and then on the Black Sea, after which he returned to the Baltic.
at the coast of Kamchatka, 1955
turning "Vyacheslav Molotov" on the Black Sea
In 1957, the ship was renamed - "Baltika". At the same time, N. S. Khrushchev made a visit to the UK on him.
turning "Baltika" Randsburg, Kiel Canal, 1967
Already at the Board of L. I. Brezhnev, the vessel falls into some kind of "opal" - the visit of Khrushchev. After that, the vessel in its mass works on the inner lines of the Baltic. In 1984, the Baltika turbo is derived from exploitation, and in 1987, it was separated on scrap metal in Denmark.
the ship "Abkhazia" in Yalta, 1940
"Abkhazia" goes to the flight
June 1942, Sevastopol
As a trophy, the USSR received a unfinished MARIENBURG motor ship, which began in 1939. In 1955, he became part of the Cherryazhosphere under the name "Lensovet", and in 1962 - another renaming - now "Abkhazia". Initially, the ship was built to work in the Baltic as a ferry between the ports of Germany and Eastern Prussia. Separated for Metal in 1980 in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bSpain
"Abkhazia" in Sochi, 1972
1975 year. On the right is visible by Fashtrub "Victory"
"Victory" in Sochi, the 70s. The vessel was shaped on the metal in 1977. "Victory" we see in the film "Brilliant Hand" - Hero Y. Nikulina to sit on the ship "Mikhail Svetlov" (in real life D / E "Russia"). And on the pier for "Russia" just worth "victory" - the former German Iberia (not to be confused with the Kunarov "Test" of 1954)
shippers "Tajikistan" and "Victory" (right) in Yalta, 70s
Photo of this ship no need to represent. "Mikhail Slelzov Tu-Tu", "Rousseau Tourist, to Moral," "Our people do not go to the bunny on such a tax" - of course - this is a diesel engineelectricity "Russia". As already noted, on board the vessel, the episodes of the overseas cruise of the film "Brilliant hand" were shot. In the film, the ship was called "Mikhail Svetlov".
"Russia" from all trophy liners of the USSR received almost in perfect condition.
The liner was built in Germany in 1938. This is despite the fact that Kil liner was laid in 1937th. 14 months have passed from the moment of bookmarking to the first flight! The liner was called "Patria" (Motherland). It is the homeland, and not Adolf Hitler. Bashed once "Duck" still wanders over the expanses. But then, in 1938, Patria became the largest vessel with a diesel-electric power plant - a very bold step for that time.
Patria in the Norwegian port Hammerferst. Photo 1938 (from the collection of Ya. Pichevsky)
In 1945, the ship was transferred to the USSR. For some time, working on the line Leningrad - New York (where she changed the "Vyacheslav Molotov"), in 1948, Russia got on the line of Odessa - Batumi.
1948 year. The ship is already painted in white
The diesellelectricity was written off in 1984, in 1985 the vessel was sold to the cut, by the end of 1985 he arrived in Singapore, where he went to the cut into Japan, where she was disassembled by the end of 1986.
the ship "Ilyich" - the former German Caribia. In the Far East, the Sistership - Rus (EX CORDILERA) also worked in the Far East. Rus was written off and sold on the cut in 1981, Ilyich - in 1983, was separated in Japan in the late 1984 in Japan.
"Rus" in Vladivostok
the ship "Cooperation"
"Cooperation" - one of " the last gicans"The first merchant fleet of Soviet Russia. Built in 1928 in Leningrad, she first worked on the Leningrad line - London Transferred passengers and loads. In the war, he became military transport, in the post-war years worked on different lines, repeatedly went to Beirut (these flights are told about these flights. In the story of B. A. Berena "in someone else's port, in Dali from home") and Alexandria. In 1979, the vessel was transferred to the "interlikheter" and becomes a floating hostel. It was on the site of the current port of Ust-Danubisk. In 1987, the vessel was sold On the cut and by the end of 1988, it is divided into metal in Egypt.
steamer "Emperor Peter Great"
Built in 1913. During the First World War, it was used as a hospital ship on the Black Sea. Subsequently, the steamer has repeatedly worked in different pools. For some time he worked in DVMP (it was at that time he was called "Yakutia"). After returning to the Black Sea, the ship was returned the initial name - "Peter the first". Separated for metal in 1973.
In 1938, the Blom Und Voss was built on the shipyard of Blom und Voss on the order of Romania - Basarabia and Transilvania. After Romania capitulated, its fleet was divided. Basarabia remained in Romania, and Transilvania was transferred to the Black Sea shipping and renamed "Ukraine". The vessel was written off in 1987. In general, the 87th became the last for many old vessels - influenced Nakhimov's catastrophe. Basarabia wasted for metal already in the 90s.
TRANSILVANIA in Yalta, 1972
steamer "Vologda"
Built in 1930 in Danzig. Worked on the North Sea. During the war - transport of escort. In 1956, modernization was held in Wismar. Then he worked on the line Murmansk - Gremikha. In 1975, he was written off and used as a hotel. Separated for metal in 1981.
after upgrading in Wismar
Alas, here is certainly not all ships. Everything has its time.
Today I will tell about the legendary series passenger ships Soviet buildings - Ivan Franco, "Alexander Pushkin", "Shota Rusaveli", "Taras Shevchenko" and "Mikhail Lermontov". These were the first Soviet modern ocean passenger liners created for cruises and work on regular transferean passenger lines.
The boats were built on the shipyard "Mathias Thesen Werft", Germany. The motor ship was built on the request of the USSR Ministry of Marine Fleet for the Black Sea region and was considered the fourth in the series of five-dimensional ships. Head was the "Ivan Franco" liner built in 1964, then the "Alexander Pushkin" was lowered in 1965, Taras Shevchenko in 1966, followed by "Shota Rustaveli" and completed the series "Mikhail Lermontov" in 1971 .
The most famous vessels of the series were "Alexander Pushkin" and "Mikhail Lermontov": they were transferred to the Baltic Marine Shipping Company and committed regular flights Leningrad - Gavre - Montreal and Leningrad - Gavre - New York.
Alexander Pushkin (Marko Polo)
The liners themselves turned out to be successful. ".. And the general architectural appearance gives the ships special elegance." Inside, they did everything to combat the pushing foreigners.
On board the liner is a beautiful interior: paintings, tapestries and ornaments in the Georgian style, bright spacious cabins with shower cabins, most of which are installed safes. For comfortable conditions, the vessel is equipped with pitch stabilizers. For the rest of passengers on the ship there are two swimming pools and saunas, gym, massage room, sports ground on top deck, cinema hall, disco, seven bars with a menu for every taste, and one of them night, casino, hall of slot machines, kids club, shops , hairdresser and medical center.
In the 80s, the socialist economy could not save nothing, not even the currency wonders of our kings of the oceans. Pushkin on the unrequisite and unclaimed drove into the Far East, and when in 1988, the head of Orient Lines, Mr. Herrod, went to the management of MMF with a proposal of Pushkin to buy, was met by champagne and hot spines.
Western specialists of the passenger fleet considered Mr. Hergery crazy, because without red flags and exotic, the liner could be made competitively, only after putting a lot of money in him.
That the capitalist and shipowner did. Modernization of the liner cost him about $ 20 million, and she cost him.
A tangible reconstruction was performed, after which the liner gained the second life. Four passenger elevators, swimming pool, casino, library, bars, famous restaurant "Seven Seas" for 450 seats. Salon for "Ambassador" representations for 438 visitors, and a dance salon for 220 people. On the liner there are constantly there are several musical groups with musical programs. Near the pool, except for saunas and jacuzzi, also has a bar where you can relax in an informal setting.
"Ivan Franco"
The ship "Ivan Franco" head ship of a series of cruise liners after the collapse of the Soviet Union was the first to go on the scene in 1997. He worked on his whole life on the Black Sea.
"Shota Rustaveli" (ASSEDO)
Since July 1968 passenger liner "Shota Rustaveli" began to make cruise flights between the ports of Odessa and Batumi, and two months later went to the shores of Great Britain. In the port of Southampton, the motor ship took on board tourists and went to the three-month round-the-world cruise. The flight ran through Las Palmas ports, Sydney, Auckland, Papeete and Panama. For such a long journey, the vessel left for the feed of almost 26,000 nautical miles and crossed the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as Tasmanovo and the Caribbean Sea.
The passenger vessel was chacted by various foreign firms "Grande Vagazi", "Itandor", "Orientistist", "Transstur" and others. The guests of the comfortable liner were tourists from the republics of the Soviet Union, including outstanding personals - 20 August 1973, Vladimir Vysotsky, Marina Vlad and her two sons - Pierre and Voldemar traveled.
In 2002, after completing long-term repairs in the port of Sevastopol, the ship with the new name "Assedo" (in the reverse order means Odessa - the port of the ship's registry), as the property of Kaalbye Shipping Ltd Ukraine, began to make cruise flights on black, Mediterranean and Caribbean, as well as visit the ports of Western Europe.
Shortly after long-term transitions, the technical condition of the ASSEDO liner deteriorated and no longer corresponded to the ever-increasing international requirements, and on November 28, 2003, the motor ship was sent for the cutting on scrap metal to the Indian port of Alag.
"Taras Shevchenko"
The ship "Taras Shevchenko" The third ship of the series turned out to be a long-lived among his fellow. The liner performed long flights along the seas and oceans, chanting the firms "Transstur", "STS", "Intourist", "satellite" and others.
Due to numerous debts behind fuel, water, oil and product supply in ports on January 6, 2005 was renamed to Tara and sent to one of the ports of Bangladesh for cutting on the layer.
Mikhail Lermontov
Liner "Mikhail Lermontov" The last ship of the series was one of the most comfortable ships of the Baltic Marine Shipping Company. In February 1986, the motor ship during the next flight from Australia to the shores of New Zealand sunk drove by receiving a hole at Cape Jackson. All passengers were saved.
Technical data of the liner "SHOTA RUSTAVELI" ("Assedo"):
Length - 177 m;
Width - 23 m;
Sediment - 8.2 m;
Displacement - 21275 tons;
Number of decks - 9;
Ship power plant - two diesel engines "Sulzer" type 7RD76, with a capacity of 21000 liters. from.;
Speed \u200b\u200b- 20 nodes;
The number of passengers is 650;
Crew - 100 people;
To be continued...
The Soviet Union collapsed, and on the liner "Ivan Franco" repainted the pipe - the red strip with a sickle and the hammer in the middle was replaced by a blue with a trident.
In the fall of 1992, we finished navigating the Middle Eastern passenger line. And in November, under a contract with the Russian military department, we had a flight to Cuba. Before that, I was there at the beginning of 1987 at the T / X "Leonid Sobinov".
Transferred to the Cuban military in Angola, where at that time three political groups were fiercely fought. All of them were supported by other states, pursuing their interests, they actively helped the warring.
This was also engaged in Cuba, fighting on the side of the official authorities - MPLA, which had previously achieved independence from Portugal. The Soviet Union was actively helped - daily infusion from its part amounted to 6 million dollars, a significant part of which was military supplies. Cuban officers studied in military schools of the Union, the troops were equipped with Soviet weapons, and they were quite successfully fought on the territory of Angola. The contingent was 50 thousand.
Luanda - Havana
In the port of Luanda, I watched from the deck, as the Cuban officer periodically threw the lemon grenades of Soviet production into the water. He pulled the ring, having wrapped the side handle with paper, and threw sharply. Paper in water twice, the handle opened up, cycling fused, and the pomegranate exploded at a depth. They scared the underwater sabotants who could swim to the ship and blow it up, which was there one day and happened.
Lena's waitress in amazement asked Cuban to give her a grenade. She deftly threw her into the water, and after a while there was an explosion, who caused a storm of delight, and the members of the carriage were standing on the deck. Near me there was a ship mechanic and, shaking his head, repeated after each explosion: "Seven rubles, seven rubles".
On my question, what it means, he replied: "After all, these are our grenades, our money."
On the same day, we took on board the Cuban Military and in the evening went by the reverse flight to Cuba. Young guys differed at discipline and rose on board the vessel with a sense of performed debt of warriors - internationalists; They rejoiced that they returned to their homeland. The flight with Cubans was without incident, they sang a lot, danced and engaged in physical exercises.
Before the arrival on the island, I was asked to write the characteristics in Cubans. I had to consult with the captain Zinoviev and Pompolita Kotdshen. The ship administrator transferred to Spanish. By the way, Spanish turned out to be simple.
In Havana, the ship solemnly met Cuban generals, played the orchestra, we thanked us for the promotion and prosperous transportation of warriors - internationalists.
Flight Novorossiysk - Havana
In Ballast, came from Odessa to Novorossiysk. The weather was rainy. As usual here, the wind of Nord-Ost, which quickly turned into storm gusts that can achieve and twelve points. Here he is called Bohr. Black clouds thickened. It was moored on the passenger moor, where there were several boats with the Andreev flag nearby.
Russian maritime officers rose to us on board together with our head of military transport management Vladimir Trapseznikov. On the Meeting reported that we will export a Russian motorized terrain brigade. The penultimate part located in Cuba. There were more than three thousand people there, which helped to train Cubans with general specialty. Part of the contingent was sent by airplanes when it was possible.
The new leadership of Russia, apparently, sought to please the United States (soften tension and, likely to obtain loans), removed from there the remnants of troops. Also closed the Russian radio intelligence center under the pretext that cosmic intelligence is more perfect and effective.
And we soon moved away from the pier, immersing the boxes and barrels with a cargo for the Russian military. Novorossiysk MiG departed the pellets of rain with a ribbon wind. An ordinary two-week transition, not on the arc of a large circle, passed in educational alarms, cleaning, repair and prepare for the coming flight.
Other Havana
Come to the capital Havana. Two fortresses come to the port: La Punta and El Morro, built by Spaniards to protect the harbor from pirates. When approaching the berth, we see how the authorities are suitable, there are a lot of them, some hold dogs on the leash. Yuzov ship carpenter, standing at the ladder, exclaimed in the hearts: "We used to meet here, and now - dogs."
We felt that, indeed, the attitude towards us has changed, and it was from. The Union collapsed, the only and guide - the CPSU, who was copied with which the Cuban Community was copied, was stopped by Cuba. The heads of the Soviets were summed up by the Cuban Guide: first - Khrushchev, who created a nuclear threat to the United States with a veneer of nuclear missiles into Cuba, and then, without having informed her head of Fidel Castro, took them back. And now Gorbachev / Yeltsinbez coordination with Cuba, a military contingent was output.
Havana Portovik Andreas Garcia in the hearts told me that help " great country"Ends in the helplessness of the island in front of the" sharks of imperialism ". The port of the port is that no one even warned about the withdrawal of troops, and the Cuban government even officially declared disagreement with such actions, as Cuban media reported.
The representative of Morflot Boris Trunov with data on the number of sitting on the vessel and the order of landing arrived on board. The proper order was not: sitting at night, then the crowd went, then no one was on the hour; To clarify the loading order, no one seemed possible. Along with the servicemen was a dozen passengers with tickets: our ship from Havana went to Leningrad.
Drapa Cubans checked passengers and their luggage, since it was forbidden to export valuable items, cigars, weapons and parrots...
On the berth stood the iron barrel and Cuban customs officers, finding a parrot, leaning his head and threw it into this barrel.
Nevertheless, it turned out, many managed to carry prohibited items.
"School" and other charming specials
Many have exported dogs, dalmatians were not forbidden to export.In the "Atlas of Dog breeds", Nimana and Novotny read that Dalmatian in its type resembles a high-side roting and originally used for hunting. Now cultivated as a bedroom dog. He enjoyed great success, especially at the aristocratic class, as an elegant, elegant dog, white with large black spots, accompanied by riders and carriages. We paid big money for these thoroughbred four-legged human friends.
All earned, and sailors, of course, also. The currency part of the salary was insignificant, so Soviet sailors were engaged in the purchase and resale of all that was in demand. Being in Cuba, imperceptibly for the authorities and the guard jested the cigarettes of famous brands: "Monte Cristo", "Romeo and Juliet", silver coins - a peso, no longer having a walk in Cuba, and parrots, if they managed to carry unnoticed. If there was a traditional approach to Canary Islands To replenish fuel and water, they sold or changed these items on the clock, things, shoes.
"Specraises" were not beneficial, and sailors tried not to go on them. And if they walked, the scarce life of the house forced to engage in buying and selling, which among the sailors nicknamed a "school". Such "commerce" raised sailors to the demolition standard of life compared with the main mass of the USSR.
Military, it seems, also caught the signals of the black market. Before the departure of the vessel, the commander of the brigade, General-Major General Vyacheslav Bibikov, who, without going on the ship, spoke to us right on the shore, making sure that the landing of the contingent ends.
Ray Havana - Leningrad / St. Petersburg
A total of 827 people village, including 12 ticket passengers. After issuing documents, slowly proceeded from the Havana port. On the shore was not visible to anyone from the victims. In a foggy haze, a panorama of the gradually leaving capital of Cuba was visible: Malecon Embankment, a majestic Capitol building - a copy of the US Congress building in Washington, where the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Cuba is now.
We begin to understand what we have on the ship. Meet the head of Echelon Colonel Viktor Litovchenko.
He has two assistants: according to officers - Valery Abramov and soldiers - Mikhail Songnikov, and another administrative assistant - Vladimir Korsikov.
They are constantly in work - the contingent is heavy, people do not always obey, intense life in Cuba in difficult climatic and living conditions makes itself felt.
Several cabins are engaged arrested who will judge the military tribunal at home, four cabins are busy under Gauptvaku, three cabins are provided for under medical insulator, despite the fact that the "Ivan Franco" is an excellent medical unit: reception, procedural and two isolators. But the servicemen have many diseases: scabies, burns, injuries, hepatitis, and there is also a large number of Dalmatian dogs.
Every morning I collect on the briefness of the conductors and day-defense, removing cabins, demanding careful cleaning, sanitation and manifestation of personal care in order to prevent diseases and not infected by themselves. It seems until everything goes fine. There are some disassembly between some soldiers - in the cabins of blood flow. I warn Viktor Ivanovich, I support constant contact with him. He - the eruit and patriot, tells a lot of interesting things. It believes that the new Soviet helmets that are worn by military personnel, the best in the world, there are no such in other armies. In his opinion, Kalashnikov's automaton is better than an American automatic M-16 rifle. The latter is complex in disassembling, cleaning and operation. As for the Kalashnikov machine, we knew everything and knew how to use it, but if he was better than M-16, there were different opinions.
One captain followed with us, who was detained by the Cuban authorities due to the fact that he, sitting on a plane to follow home, had a Makarov pistol with him. It was forbidden, and he was removed from the flight. Sitting to us on the ship, he feared, as if he had not been filmed a break again for the past, but everything went.
On the second day after the departure from Havana, "Zaita" - Cuban S. He admitted that he had held him on the ship two of our officer, heading towards them in the Frigate bar, and then in one of the cabins, where he was left. S. told that he graduated from the Sea Savior (now the Maritime Academy, Onma) and worked in Cuba, but due to the semi-abnormal existence and disagreement with the dictatorial regime in the country decided to leave it. Apparently, our servicemen decided to help him. Representatives of the Emigrant Public Cuban Organization were met on the Canarians, and he came down. Social and a cube, following Leningrad, with two children.
The servicemen were forbidden to go ashore. The crew members went to the city, mainly to the market and in the shops scattered in large quantities on this island. And for someone, the island served as an attractive resort center: there were tourists from different countries: Scandinavians, Germans, British, Americans.
Having gained water and fuel, t / x "Ivan Franco" followed the port of destination - Leningrad, who received its original name St. Petersburg. On the approach to the port, one of the soldiers, diving in the specialty, and asked whether the Customs was "Shmond". He said that Cubans had reached that they were caught on the territory of our troops of our servicemen and were searched for the purpose of finding dollars who were banned in Cuba. He believes that it is chaos, especially after close friendly relations, especially since they trained their people.
I reassured him, believing that we, on the contrary, are interested in the influx of foreign currency, therefore, the same amount they have will not be subject to confiscation. Although I thought that we had a lot of dickers and were impossible.
Video from the network: "Ivan Franco", Havana, 04/14/1992
Zaporizhia suffering
As for love and friendship, then on this ship I had to meet with this. Even before the departure to Cuba, in Odessa, the excited woman of fifty years ago knocked into my cabin. She called Maria Sergeyevna from Zaporozhye and asked me to take a young man in Cuba named Sergio, who would buy a ticket if I won't mind, and would come in Zaporizhia. She began to persistently ask for it and begged to help. My questions said that Sergio is in love with "madly" in her daughter, and she is in it. The daughter is terribly experiencing, crying and whining. At the same time, Maria Sergeyevna put a couple of twigs made by her on the table. "From the heart," she said, "help the young." Well, it is necessary to help in love, I decided and promised to help.
In Havana, a pretty young man called me to the fence of the port, called Sergio, who asked permission to take a ticket, saying that all documents for travel were ready. I gave him permission to the trip, and before the departure he sat down on board the ship, and I placed it in the cabin. In the flight I did not have time for conversation with him and, having come to the final port, he had safely. I was pleased that loving people will now meet and what did the good thing.
Several years have passed, and I, viewing my papers and finding the address of Mary Sergeyevna, decided to write it. Soon received the answer. With regret, I wrote that Sergio no longer lives with them and that marriage is terminated. I do not know who is to blame for this, but it reminded me of love and friendship with Cuba and a song, which was sometime in our country: "Cuba, my love, the island of Zari Bagrov ..."
Igor Lucshin, First Consul General of Ukraine in Turkey (1994-1997), Vetran ChMP
Prepared Oksana Mozotenko
The ship "Shota Rustaveli" was built in 1968 at the shipyard " Mathias Thesen Werft.", Germany. On board the liner is a beautiful interior: paintings, tapestries and ornaments in the Georgian style, bright spacious cabins with shower cabins, most of which are installed safes.
For comfortable conditions, the vessel is equipped with pitch stabilizers. For the rest of passengers on the ship there are two swimming pools and saunas, gym, massage room, sports ground on top deck, cinema hall, disco, seven bars with a menu for every taste, and one of them night, casino, hall of slot machines, kids club, shops , hairdresser and medical center. Motor ship It was built on the request of the Ministry of Marine Fleet of the USSR for the Black Sea region and was considered the fourth in a series of five-dimensional ships. Head was liner "Ivan Franco" Built in 1964, then were launched « Alexander Pushkin» In 1965, « Taras Shevchenko» In 1966, followed by him « Shota Rustaveli» And completed the series "Mikhail Lermontov" In 1971.
the photographs of the "ASSEDO" ship ("Shota Rustaveli")
the ship "ASSEDO"
the ship "ASSEDO" in the port of Sevastopol in 2002
the ship "ASSEDO" in the port of Dubrovnik
georgian-style interior
on the deck of the "ASSEDO"
cruise liner "ASSEDO"
gym on board liner
Since July 1968 passenger liner "Shota Rustaveli" Began to perform between the ports of Odessa and Batumi, and two months later came to the shores of the UK. In the port of Southampton motor ship took on board tourists and went to three months around the world cruise. The flight ran through Las Palmas ports, Sydney, Auckland, Papeete and Panama. For such a long journey, the vessel left for the feed of almost 26,000 nautical miles and crossed the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as Tasmanovo and the Caribbean Sea.
Passenger ship chained various foreign firms " Grande Vagazi», « Itandord», « Orientisturist», « Transstur" and others. The guests of the comfortable liner were tourists from the republics of the Soviet Union, including outstanding personals - 20 August 1973, Vladimir Vysotsky, Marina Vlad and her two sons - Pierre and Voldemar traveled.
In 2002, after the completion of long-term repair in the port of Sevastopol motor ship with new title " ASSEDO.» (in the reverse order, it means Odessa - the port of the register of the ship) as the property of the company " KAALBYE SHIPPING LTD UKRAINE"Began to commit cruise flights According to the Black, Mediterranean and Caribbean, as well as visit the ports of Western Europe.
Soon after long transitions, the technical condition liner " ASSEDO.» worsened and no longer corresponded to the ever-increasing international requirements, and on November 28, 2003, the ship was sent for cutting on scrap metal to the Indian port Alang..
the fate of other motor shipments of the series has developed in different ways.
Ship "Ivan Franco» Head Series cruise liners After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the first went on a lay in 1997.
the ship "Ivan Franco"
the ship "Alexander Pushkin"
the motor ship "Alexandr Pushkin"
the ship "Alexandr Pushkin" in the port
Liner " Alexander Pushkin» After the construction, in 1965, Leningrad and Montreal flew on the cruise line, and later, after re-equipment in Germany, the ship began to take round-world with passengers from Germany, Great Britain and France. In 1992, after short-term inaction in the port of Singapore, the vessel was sold to the company Shipping & Genreal"And sent to Greece for capital re-equipment, renaming to" Marco Polo." In 2000, the vessel passed to the ownership of the company " Orient Line.».
marco Polo liner
marco Polo liner bar
library on board the liner "Marco Polo"
A tangible reconstruction was performed after which linergained a second life. Four passenger elevators, swimming pool, casino, library, bars, famous restaurant " Seven Seas.»For 450 seats. Salon for representations " Ambassador»For 438 visitors, and a dance salon for 220 people. On the
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