Where does a real paddle steamer live? River paddle steamer "Stanyukovich"
The Volga is empty now. No, there is fish in it, they say there are even more of them. But shipping traffic has decreased. 1990 was the last year of the steam era - the Spartak steamship, built before the revolution, was taken out of service. At first he stood in a backwater, then he, along with the same type "Volodarsky", was taken to Rostov-on-Don. There they perished. Then “Memory of Azin” also disappeared, “surfaced” in a greatly altered form in Budapest, and in the mid-90s in Parkomune (the backwater and ship repair plant “Memory of the Parisian Commune”, the village of Memory of the Parisian Commune, Borsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region) was dismantled for the metal of the former Volga record holder - the Lomonosov steamship.
Now steamships do not sail on the Volga. True, a few years ago the steamship "Stanyukovich" was brought from the Northern Dvina, but it is being restored. And when he will start walking along the Volga, and whether he will walk, is not yet known.
Even earlier - in the early 80s - the last steamships of Project 737 built for the Soviet river fleet went into oblivion. After them, only motor ships and diesel-electric ships were built. 737s became camp sites, holiday homes, and many simply disappeared and were dismantled for metal.
But today we will see them again - albeit in old black and white photographs. Alive, the wheels splashing across the water and with a unique smell of oil, metal and steam. Albeit virtually, but for a while we will return to the steam era.
The history of this photo archive is traditional - the shipping company wanted to send it to a landfill. We picked up what we had time. Subsequently, the archive was divided into three parts - one was scanned by me. The photographs were returned to the current owner. Why he doesn’t post what he has, I don’t know. I decided to post my part - because while it’s on my computer, it’s of little use. Some ships are presented in several copies - I decided not to choose angles - I posted what happened.
"Melnikov-Pechersky" on the Khimki reservoir
presumably - in the photo the steamer "Sergei Yesenin"
"40 years of the Komsomol"
built - 1958, until 1965 - MRP, in 1966 transferred to Kyiv, renamed "Taras Shevchenko"
"40 years of the Komsomol" - most likely it goes from under the bridge on the Moscow Ring Road to Vietnam
"Alexander Pirogov"
Alexander Pirogov
built - 1955, later renamed "Sevastopol"
shipping company - MRP
"Sevastopol"
"Alexander Malyshkin" leaves Vietnam
Alexander Georgievich Malyshkin (1892-1938) - Russian Soviet writer, classic of socialist realism
built - 1955, shipping companies - MRP, River Fleet Administration under the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR, renamed - A. S. Pushkin
"Alexey Tolstoy", presumably on the Oka
built - 1952
until 1965 - Volga-Don Shipping Company, Rostov-on-Don
since 1965 - Dnieper Shipping Company
"Anton Makarenko" - quite possibly filmed in the Dmitrov area on the channel named after. Moscow
Anton Makarenko
built - 1955, MCI
"Anton Makarenko" at the Gorky pier - there is no river station in its current form. And the water is higher now.
"A.P. Chekhov"
A. P. Chekhov
built - 1957, MCI, transferred to the Dnieper
"Vladimir Arsenyev"
Vladimir Arsenyev
built - 1955, BRP, Ufa
"Vladimir Arsenyev" departs on a voyage from Vietnam, Moscow
"Vladimir Arsenyev" on the Volga - apparently at the Gorky river station, in the background is a Project 301 motor ship - judging by the name - presumably "Vladimir Ilyich" (currently "St. Petersburg")
"A. Afinogenov"
A. Afinogenov
"A. Afinogenov" approaches the pier
"Pavel Bazhov", Kama River Shipping Company
built - 1954
1954-1956 - Kuibyshev Passenger River Port, Kuibyshev (now Samara)
1957-1959 - Kazan Passenger River Port, Kazan
since 1960 - port of Gorky, VORP
"Boris Gorbatov"
Boris Leontievich Gorbatov (1908-1954) - Russian Soviet writer, screenwriter. Winner of two Stalin Prizes of the second degree (1946, 1952). Member of the CPSU(b) since 1930.
built - 1954, port of Stalingrad/Volgograd
"Sailor Vakulenchuk"
Built in 1956, sank in 1995 in the Vadu lui Vode area; dismantled for metal. Before being written off, he worked at the Moscow River Shipping Company.
The ship is named in honor of Grigory Nikitich Vakulenchuk, a sailor of the squadron battleship "Prince Potemkin Tauride", one of the leaders of the 1905 uprising
"Sailor Vakulenchuk" on the Oka River, parking near an unequipped shore
"Sailor Vakulenchuk" on the move
"Victor Gusev"
Built - 1955, MRP, Moscow
Used as a building for the Kristall holiday home (Saratov);
burned down in 1979; gradually dismantled.
"Viktor Gusev" is in full swing
"Vladimir Stavsky"
Built - 1956, Volga-Don Shipping Company, Rostov-on-Don
Flooded at the Tsimlyansk Reservoir in 1976.
"Vsevolod Vishnevsky"
Log fenders located on the sides are an urgent need when working on Moscow and Oka - and for a paddle steamer they were even more important than for the Project 305 motor ships that replaced them (we read about a trip on the Moscow Round the World Line on the m/v Grigory Pirogov ). The problem was in the locks - the walls are low, so when entering the lock, especially with a filled chamber, you could easily tear off the wheels and push through the side.
Built - 1953
1953 - ???? - KRP, Molotov/Perm
since 1964 - Dnieper Shipping Company, Kyiv
Participated in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
"Vyacheslav Shishkov"
Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Shishkov (1873-1945), Russian Soviet writer. Winner of the Stalin Prize, first degree (1946 - posthumously).
built - 1953, since 1953 - KRP, Molotov/Perm
since 1964 - Dnieper Shipping Company, Kyiv
"Arkady Gaidar" against the backdrop of new buildings
"Yaroslav Galan"
Built - 1956, BRP, Ufa
After decommissioning, it was used as a camp site in the Ufa area
"General Kirsanov"
Built - 1954, KRP, Molotov/Perm
"Demyan Bedny"
Built - 1954
1954 - Moscow-Oka Shipping Company, Moscow
1955-1959 - MRP, Moscow
since 1960 - BRP, Ufa
After decommissioning it stood as a sanatorium building in Ust-Kachka
"Demyan Bedny"
"Dzhambul"
initially - BRP, Ufa, then transferred to Kuban Shipping Company
After being written off, sold on the river. Kuban, where he worked for at least another 7-8 years
"N.A. Dobrolyubov." The steamship ended its life as a rack-mounted vessel - it was stationed in Moscow as a restaurant
Built - 1957, MRP, Moscow
It stood as the Burgas restaurant in Moscow on the Moscow River bypass canal; burned down
we can confidently say that the ship was still intact in 1978-1979 - during the filming of the film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” (Odessa Film Studio, 1979, directed by Stanislav Govorukhin)
photo of the steamship "N. A. Dobrolyubov" as a floating restaurant, photo dated 1988
"Dostoevsky"
Built - 1956, VORP, Gorky. We can see this steamer on the move in the film “Cruel Romance” - it “plays the role” of the steamer “St. Olga”. After being decommissioned from the Moscow River Shipping Company, it served as a floating tourist base in Bely Gorodok; already in the 2000s there was a fire on the ship - the middle deck burned out. I can’t say what condition the ship is in now.
It must be said that the competition in the film was not the fairest - the power of the 737 car was 450 hp, the Spartak (he starred as the Swallow) was 1320 hp. Stills from the film:
"Evgeniy Petrov"
Built - 1954, KRP, Molotov/Perm
"Zhukovsky"
Built - 1957, BRP, Ufa
decommissioned in 1985
"Zhukovsky" at the pier of the SRV, Moscow
"I. S. Nikitin"
Built - 1957, KRP, Molotov/Perm
Mamin-Sibiryak, Built - 1957, BRP, Ufa
later - Petrozavodsk, Ivan Kadomtsev
"Ivan Kadomtsev" departs from the pier; the bow of the steamer "Ufa" is visible at the pier.
"Petrozavodsk"
"Petrozavodsk"
"Kazan"
Kazan, 1958, BRP, Ufa
burned down in 1995
"Kazan" at the pier of the SRV, Moscow
"Kyiv"
Alexander Korneychuk, 1956, MRP, Moscow
renamed to "Kyiv"
"Kyiv" on the Canal. Moscow, came out from under the old bridge on Leningradskoye Shosse. It seems to me that he is going to the Volga
"K. M. Stanyukovich" approaches the Perm pier.
After service on the Volga, the ship was transferred to Arkhangelsk, where it worked on the Northern Dvina, making voyages along the Arkhangels - Kotlas transport line. Then the ship was written off. At the beginning of the 2000s, the ship was purchased by a new owner and transferred back to the Volga. He is currently undergoing recovery in Gorodets.
Built - 1956
until 1983 - MRP, Moscow
"K. M. Stanyukovich" departs from Vietnam, Moscow
Report by M. Pashkovsky from the ship, February 2011
"Lebedev-Kumach"
Vasily Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach (real name - Lebedev) (1898-1949), Russian Soviet poet. Member of the CPSU(b) since 1939. Winner of the Stalin Prize of the second degree (1941) Author of the words of many popular Soviet songs: “Wide is my native country”, “Holy War”, “Merry Wind” (from the film “Children of Captain Grant”) and others.
built - 1953
1953 - 1956 - passenger port of Kuibyshev
1957 - 1959 - passenger port of Kazan
since 1960 - VORP, Gorky
Sidor Kovpak, 1956, MRP, Moscow
renaming - Leningrad, Minsk
"Leningrad"
"Minsk"
"Minsk"
"Leskov"
Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (February 4 (16), 1831, village of Gorokhovo, Oryol province, now Oryol region - February 21 (March 5), 1895, St. Petersburg) - Russian writer.
He was called the most national of Russian writers: “Russian people recognize Leskov as the most Russian of Russian writers and who knew the Russian people more deeply and widely as they are” (D. P. Svyatopolk-Mirsky, 1926). In his spiritual formation, a significant role was played by Ukrainian culture, which became close to him during eight years of life in Kiev in his youth, and English, which he mastered thanks to many years of close communication with his older relative on his wife’s side, A. Scott.
Built - 1957, VORP, Gorky
"Mayakovsky"
Built - 1952, Volga-Don Shipping Company, Rostov-on-Don
"Melnikov-Pechersky"
"Melnikov-Pechersky"
"Peter Pavlenko"
1953-1962 - KRP, Molotov/Perm
since 1963 - Dnieper Shipping Company
"Permian"
Built - 1958, KRP, Perm
"Peter Komarov"
Built - 1956, BRP, Ufa
"A.F. Pisemsky"
Built - 1957, BRP, Ufa
the steamship "A.F. Pisemsky" and the diesel-electric ship pr. 785 are playing "catch-up" - its bow peeks out from behind the steamer. Steam technology is ahead here.
"A.F. Pisemsky"
"Alexander Polezhaev"
After decommissioning, it was used as a camp site for the Kuibyshev Railway; it was placed near the Nizhny Plyazh pier, opposite Kuibyshev/Samara. After the corporatization of JSC Russian Railways, the old steamer was written off the balance sheet; it stood in the backwater of “Staraya Bukhta” in Samara, being actually the property of the river port. Then the ship was bought and placed on the slip of the Nefteflot plant. The ship is currently located there.
built - 1955, 1955 - 1961 - port of Stalingrad/Volgograd
since 1962 - passenger port of Kuibyshev
after decommissioning, it was transferred to the Kuibyshev Railway Ministry of Railways of the USSR, after the road came under the jurisdiction of JSC Russian Railways, it was removed from inventory, in 2008 it was raised to the slip of the ship repair plant of JSC Nefteflot, at present I have no information about the fate of the ship. It is known for sure that in 2009 he was on the slip of the plant.
"M. M. Prishvin"
Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin (January 23 (February 4) 1873, Khrushchevo-Levshino village, Yeletsky district, Oryol province - January 16, 1954, Moscow) - Russian, Soviet writer, author of works about nature, who revealed in them a special artistic natural philosophy, hunting stories , works for children. Of particular value are his diaries, which he kept throughout his life.
Built - 1957, BRP, Ufa
"M. M. Prishvin" leaves for voyage, SRV, Moscow "Sergeev-Tsensky"
"Surgeon Vishnevsky"
built - 1955, Volga-Don Shipping Company, Rostov-on-Don
"Yanka Kupala"
built - 1954, passenger port of Kuibyshev
after decommissioning, it was used as a camp site for the Volzhsky Automobile Plant, the location of the vessel is unknown
Boris Vasilievich Kurylev, who passed away in October last year, left a photo archive of passenger ships. Today this photo archive has temporarily moved to our office.
And here the river passenger ships of the past look at us from the photographs. Project 737 paddle steamers are a milestone in the history of many Soviet river shipping companies. Now they are no longer in service, and the life of most of them was short-lived - few of these ships served for more than thirty years. But at one time such vessels were widespread on many Russian rivers. And they were built in large series in the 1950s, filling the need of shipping companies for a passenger fleet after the war. These ships were first built in the USSR, but the bulk of them were built in Hungary.
Boris Vasilyevich photographed many of them during his travels along the river. I publish some photos here. I could talk a lot about each ship, but I will limit myself to only short comments. The photograph at the beginning of this material, taken in 1963, shows the steamship “Perm” of the Kama River Shipping Company.
Steamship "Pavel Bazhov", 1960.
Steamship "Vyacheslav Shishkov". The photograph was apparently taken no later than the mid-sixties, because then the ship was transferred from the Kama Shipping Company to the Dnieper. There, in the early 1970s, he was commanded by Captain Vadim Mikhailovich Lapidus, who later moved to Leningrad and worked as a captain on the four-deck ships Alexander Ulyanov and Sergei Kirov. He was an extraordinary, interesting person, remembered by everyone who had the opportunity to communicate with him. He is always remembered very fondly.
Steamer "Yaroslav Galan" below Gorky, 1959.
Steamship "V.A. Zhukovsky", Kostroma, June 9, 1965. Who lived at that time, can you remember what you did that day? Oddly enough, sometimes this works. For example, you were on vacation in Yalta. And at that time the steamer “Zhukovsky” was approaching Kostroma with passengers. By the way, the Zhukovsky is a long-lived ship (of course, by the standards of this series): it was one of the last to be decommissioned in the European part of the USSR, after navigation in 1985. Almost all its life the ship sailed on the Moscow-Ufa passenger line. Tickets for the line's ships could be bought at river ticket offices, including in Moscow. And it’s very simple. I came from the street and bought it very inexpensively. Well, not always, of course, but if by chance there was an unassigned place in a six-berth cabin.
I couldn’t help but scan Mayakovsky, since photographs of him are very rare. This steamer operated for only a short time, and then disappeared.
The same thing happens with “Eduard Bagritsky”. Like the Mayakovsky, this ship worked for the Volga-Don Shipping Company in the 1950s.
The steamship "Vladimir Stavsky" in the Aksai electronic warfare department, 1976. Here, a quarter of a century later, the legendary Volga steamships Volodarsky and Spartak ended their lives.
Steamship "Kyiv", 1960.
Steamship "Ivan Kadomtsev", July 1966, Gorky.
Steamship "Anton Makarenko". This ship, unlike its counterparts, which were usually used on transport lines, lived a “tourist” life. For many years, “Anton Makarenko” worked on the “Moscow Around the World” and on other routes with tourists.
Steamship "Volgograd" on the Moscow Canal.
The steamship "Demyan Bedny" on the Moscow River.
The steamship "40 years of the Komsomol" (formerly "Rybinsk"). Most likely, between 1962 (renaming the ship) and 1964 (transfer of the ship to the Dnieper). That is, a rather rare shot in which the already renamed steamship was captured back in the Volga basin.
Steamboat "A. Serafimovich", 1963.
Steamship "Ufa". Together with “V.A. Zhukovsky" this ship operated on the Moscow - Ufa line until 1985. And the photograph shows him in his youth, in 1961.
Steamship "Sergeev-Tsensky" in Kasimov.
Steamship "A.P. Chekhov", 1963. During the next navigation he will go to the Dnieper.
Steamship "A.F. Pisemsky" on the Moscow Channel, August 2, 1972. What did you do on this day? I wasn't born yet, but planned to do so within the next few months. Actually, if I’m not mistaken, I was in Kyiv that day. That is, my mother was there, and it turns out that I was too. However, since I have no idea how long before birth the soul enters the body, it is quite possible that on that day I was not in Kyiv, but was enjoying the last days in the subtle worlds before the next incarnation. And, wow, at the same time, just like now, there was a canal named after Moscow, along with passenger steamships and joyful river travelers on the decks. There is a suspicion that all this will happily exist after us.
Steamship "N.G. Pomyalovsky."
Steamship "Sergey Alymov".
Steamship "I.S. Nikitin."
Well, this is just a photo from the deck of the Project 737 steamship approaching the pier.
Steamship "K.M. Stanyukovich" from the deck of some similar ship. Today, this is the only vessel of this type preserved in a tolerable condition in the European part of Russia, but without any special prospects for work.
Steamship "Vladimir Arsenyev".
Steamship "Sverdlovsk"
The steamer "Ryazan" stood idle in front of Bely Gorodok for many years until it burned down. And in the photo he is alive and on a flight with passengers.
Here it is, in a perspective familiar to most river tourists. Approaches Uglich.
The steamship "Evgeniy Petrov" departs from the Volga pier. And behind him, some diesel-electric ship of Project 785 approaches her.
Steamship "Stalingrad" in Gorky. Later it was renamed “Volgograd”, and at that time he worked on the Moscow-Gorky passenger line. The line ran along the Moscow River and Oka River.
These are the photographs of Project 737 steamships that have already become historical. Next time I will scan photographs of ships from a different series. Good evening!
How pleasantly surprised I was when, on the territory of the Gorodets Shipyard, I suddenly saw a real paddle steamer “K.M. Stanyukovich”. So, very close to me, there stood real living and carefully restored history.
In Gorodets I photographed new patterns on board the motor ship "Dmitry Furmanov". I've already talked about these patterns.
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Here they are. Noticeable on the starboard side of the Furmanov.
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And today I’ll show you a very interesting neighbor - the paddle steamer “K.M. Stanyukovich”.
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The paddle steamer "K.M. Stanyukovich" was built in Hungary in 1956 according to project 737A. Until the mid-80s of the last century, the ship was assigned to the Moscow Shipping Company and worked regularly on various passenger lines.
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But in the 80s of the last century, almost all ships were gradually replaced by more modern ships and decommissioned.
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In the late 2000s, a group of enthusiasts tried to restore Stanyukovich.
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We took care of the hull, restored the steam engine, installed a new steam boiler and diesel generator.
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The ship, in this restored form, even passed sea trials. But then the money ran out, and the fate of “K.M. Stanyukovich” is now unclear.
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It is not suitable for cruises - river travelers no longer have the same requirements for comfort, and there are few cabins there.
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It is possible to use it as a banquet, but it is expensive. And also try to find a specialist in working with a steam engine.
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So now the wheeled river steamer “K.M. Stanyukovich” stands idle on the territory of the Gorodets Shipyard.
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Maybe it will be useful for some retro film.
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But it was very interesting to look at it up close.
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While I was looking at “Stanyukovich”, I didn’t notice and climbed into the evil thorns on the shore :)
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What else did you manage to see at the Gorodets Shipyard? Pay attention to Volgoneft-39 located on the right side of the frame. We will return to it later, but for now remember its dimensions: 132.6 meters in length!
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And this is a pontoon bridge that is being built in the city of Pavlovo across the Oka.
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They say that the master rides along it to his lands.
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"UK-5". Boat (Yaroslavets type) of the Moscow City Children's Maritime Center named after Peter the Great. Just like that, I got stuck here in Gorodets.
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But these points on the boat’s hull remained in the field of measuring the thickness of the metal with a special device. At three points of the sheet, the areas are cleaned with a grinder and the residual thickness of the metal is measured. If it is less than the norm, then the sheet is changed.
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Tanker "Volgoneft-39" built in 1969.
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Let's get to it too :)
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The windlass at the stern of the Volgoneft is a contraption with which you can control the anchor and mooring lines.
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There are colored markings on the anchor chain in certain places. They are used to determine the length to which the chain is selected when the armature is released. Well, it helps with the reverse process.
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The photo was taken just under the wheelhouse, and the bow of the tanker is far, far ahead. And how do the navigators control this colossus! Fantastic:)
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Another interesting feature of the tanker is booms. They are a ribbon of blue hollow bags with a load inside. It is mandatory to place these booms around the tanker when loading/unloading fuel. If something happens, the fuel slick will not spread further across the reservoir, but will remain within the boom ring.
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This short excursion happened to me at the Gorodetsky Shipyard in March 2016.
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At the beginning of February, my wife and I and a group of comrades from the ARP forum had the opportunity to visit the steamship of the 737th Ave. "K.M. Stanyukovich", which was being restored by a group of enthusiasts led by Dmitry Petrov. This is my second visit to this vessel, the first took place at the end of August 2007, as part of the 5th annual Conference of river fleet enthusiasts held by the InfoFlot Forum. A lot happened in the time between these events. A lot has been written about the work carried out on the ship itself, so I will not repeat myself, I will only say that the steamer is more and more clearly taking on the appearance of a seaworthy vessel... Here are a few photographs taken during my stay on it this winter.
Here he is, standing behind the old Cheboksary landing stage
The outside of the superstructure is almost ready, all that remains is to paint it
Let's go inside. And what do we see? The central span is very similar to the span of motor ships pr. 305 (in common parlance, “bubble”) - most likely this is due to the unity of the place of construction - the Budapest Obuda plant. The significant difference is that the ladders to the middle deck are much wider and are not installed as steeply as on the “bubbles”.
The main purpose of the ship is banquets, which is why most of its decks are occupied by spacious salons. This one is in the bow of the main deck, in place of the 3rd class multi-berth cabins
We go up to the middle deck. Bow saloon in place of first class cabins and saloon
The middle deck corridor has not yet been finished. Electrical routes and pipelines of the air conditioning system are visible
Middle deck aft salon. Where the metal profiles for installing the bulkheads are piled up, there will be an open spiral staircase to the main deck, to a large restaurant.
Electrical panel for lighting and household consumers.
Let's go upstairs. Wheelhouse and original steering gear control drive.
One of the 4-bed crew cabins.
Now we go to the engine room. The first thing we see is the steam lines and cylinders of the main machine
Crankshaft and camshaft
Let's go lower. Directly in front of us is the low pressure cylinder, the high pressure cylinder is located behind it.
Main exhaust steam condenser
Steam engine frame. At the top is the camshaft.
Central lubrication station
Drive pumps of the main machine - condensate and reserve-feed.
Cylinders and steam lines
Feeding electric pumps
160 kW starboard diesel generator. The second one is installed on the left side.
Fire pump NCV 63/80
Fuel separator
The main boiler on the ship is new, built in Czechoslovakia
Its technical characteristics
His burner
On the top platform of the boiler room
Let's look up...
The paddle wheel was firmly frozen into the ice. But soon spring will come, the ice will melt, steam will be given to the car and then...
Plate (blade) and eccentric rod
Propeller shaft and eccentric
Engine room area. Steam steering engine.
The boats from the ship are currently stacked in the landing stage, but soon they will take their regular place...
Thank you, comrade “Stanyukovich” for your hospitality, and you, Dmitry Petrov, for an interesting excursion. I hope this was not our last meeting!