Viking Helgi

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Viking Helgi at Northern River Terminal in Moscow on 9 June 2012
History
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Name
  • Aleksey Surkov (1984–2012)
  • Viking Helgi (2012–2016)
Owner2003–2016: Passazhirskiy Flot[1]
OperatorPassazhirskiy Flot
Port of registry
RouteMoscowSaint Petersburg
BuilderVEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau, Boizenburg, File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Yard number381[2]
CompletedJune 1984
In service1984
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class & typeDmitriy Furmanov-class river cruise ship
Tonnage
Displacement3,853 tons;[2]
Length129.0 m (423.2 ft)[2][3]
Beam16.7 m (55 ft)[2][4]
Draught2.88 m (9.4 ft)[2]
Decks5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power
  • 3 × 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)
  • 2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[2][3]
Propulsion3 propellers[2]
Speed25.5 km/h (15.8 mph; 13.8 kn)
Capacity250 passengers[2]
Crew120[2]

The Viking Helgi (Russian: Викинг Хельги) is a Dmitriy Furmanov-class (project 302, BiFa129M) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the VolgaNeva basin. The ship was built by VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau at their shipyard in Boizenburg, East Germany, and entered service in 1984 as Aleksey Surkov being renamed after Oleg of Novgorod in its Scandinavian version Helgi in 2012.[5]

Viking Helgi sails under Russian flag. Her home port is currently Saint Petersburg.

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Aleksey Surkov in 2004

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