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Project Q-040
Ship Types / Passenger Ships of Distant Sail

Description. Motor ships of the projects Q-040 and Q-040A (types MAKSIM GORKIY and VASILIY SURIKOV) are the big passenger ships, intended for work on river cruise routes. Ships have single, double and 3-bed cabins, equipped with air condition, WCs and showers (project Q-040) or only wash-bowls (project Q-040A, except luxury cabins), restaurant, bar, three saloons, cinema hall, souvenir shop.

Modifications. The modified project Q-040A differs from the initial one by the absence of WCs and showers in the cabins and the increased passenger capacity.

Serial building. Since 1974 till 1975 4 units of the project Q-040 were built, among them 2 of the project Q-040A.

Distribution. Motor ships of the project Q-040 are operated on Volga, rivers and lakes of the Volga-Balt waterway. Mainly they work on the tourist route Moscow - Saint Petersburg, and also shorter routes: Moscow - Uglich and others. Ships of this type were delivered to Volga and Moscow shipping companies. All of them are in service at present time.

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Characteristics
Year of built and the name of the leading ship Q-040 - 1974, MAKSIM GORKIY
Q-040A - 1975, VASILIY SURIKOV
Mission tourist passenger motor ship of distant sail
Place of built Austria
Shipyard Osterreichische Schiffswerften AG Linz Korneuburg (OSWAG)
River Register class O
Length / width / draught, m 110.1 / 14.5 / 2.2
Number of decks 4 (5)
Passenger capacity, pers. Q-040 - 216
Q-040A - 220
Displacement, tons 2099
Machine power, h.p. 1800
Speed, km/h 22
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