History
Name
Aleksandra
1991–1992: Taras Shevchenko
1992–2021: T. G. Shevchenko
Owner
1991–1993: Ukrrechflot
1993–2010: Ukrrichflot
2010–2016: Caspiy Ak Jhelken
2016–2018: SK Ark
2018 onwards: Doninturflot
Operator: Sochina
Port of registry
1991–1993: Kherson, Soviet Union
1993–2010: Kherson, Ukraine
2010–2016: Aktau, Kazakhstan
2016–2018: Novorossiysk, Russia
2018–2021: Taganrog, Russia
2021 onwards: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Builder: Elbewerft Boizenburg, Boizenburg
Yard number: 303
Launched: 6 January 1990
Completed: 4 October 1991
In service: 1991
Identification
Call sign UBDM2
IMO number: 8925036
MMSI number: 273341690
RSU Number: 2-040043
RRR Number 225815
Status: In service, hotelship
General characteristics
Class and type: Dmitriy Furmanov class River cruise ship
Tonnage
5,495 GT
470 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Length: 129.15 m (423.7 ft)
Beam: 16.7 m (55 ft)
Draught: 2.94 m (9.6 ft)
Decks: 5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power: 3 x 6ЧРН36/45 2,015 kilowatts (2,702 hp)
Propulsion: 3 propellers
Speed: 25.5 km/h (15.8 mph; 13.8 kn)
Capacity: 258 passengers (140 cabins)
Crew: 98
The Aleksandra (Russian: Александра) (formerly Taras Shevchenko, T. G. Shevchenko) is a Dmitriy Furmanov-class (project 302, BiFa129MK) Soviet/Ukrainian/Kazakh/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Neva – Volga – Don – Dnepr – Black Sea basin, from Nesebar on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and Constanța to Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Sea in Russia, and since November 2010 hotelship in the Kurmangazy oil field in the Kazakh section of the Caspian Sea. The ship was built by Elbewerft Boizenburg at their shipyard in Boizenburg, Germany, named after Ukrainian painter and poet Taras Shevchenko and entered service in 1991. Her home port is currently Rostov-on-Don.
Features
The ship has restaurant, two bars: Panorama and Sky, and souvenir shop.