Aleksandr Suvorov (ship)

	River cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov
History
Russia
Name	Aleksandr Suvorov
Owner	Volga-Don Shipping Company; Volga Shipping Company (VORP); Volga Shipping Company; V. F. Passazhirskiye Perevozky; Vodohod;
Operator	Volga-Don Shipping Company; Volga Shipping Company; Vodohod;
Port of registry	1981–1984: Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Union; 1984–1994: Gorky, Soviet Union; 1994–2020: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia;
Builder	Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number	2007
Launched	1981
Completed	1981
Identification	RRR Number: 140655; MMSI number: 273361090;
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage	6,304 GT; 602 DWT;
Displacement	3,950 t
Length	135.75 m (445.4 ft)
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft)
Draught	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Decks	4
Installed power	3 × 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)
Propulsion	3
Speed	26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity	372 passengers
Crew	88

56.330°N 44.009°E / 56.330; 44.009

Aleksandr Suvorov (Russian: Александр Суворов) is a Valerian Kuybyshev-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga–Don basin. On 5 June 1983 Aleksandr Suvorov crashed into a girder of the Ulyanovsk railway bridge. The catastrophe led to 176 deaths yet the ship stayed afloat, was restored and still navigates. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

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