Viking Helgi

The Viking Helgi (Russian: Викинг Хельги) is a Dmitriy Furmanov-class (project 302, BiFa129M) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga – Neva 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 at Northern River Terminal in Moscow on 9 June 2012
History
Name	Aleksey Surkov (1984–2012) Viking Helgi (2012–2016)
Owner	2003–2016: Passazhirskiy Flot[1]
Operator	Passazhirskiy Flot
Port of registry	1984–1993: Leningrad,  Soviet Union 1993–2016: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Route	Moscow – Saint Petersburg
Builder	VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau, Boizenburg, East Germany
Yard number	381[2]
Completed	June 1984
In service	1984
Identification	Call sign: UAWG9 RRR number: 160222 IMO number: 8422606 MMSI number: 273367610
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	Dmitriy Furmanov-class river cruise ship
Tonnage	5,594 GT[2] 493 DWT[2]
Displacement	3,853 tons;[2]
Length	129.0 m (423.2 ft)[2][3]
Beam	16.7 m (55 ft)[2][4]
Draught	2.88 m (9.4 ft)[2]
Decks	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power	3 × 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5) 2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[2][3]
Propulsion	3 propellers[2]
Speed	25.5 km/h (15.8 mph; 13.8 kn)
Capacity	250 passengers[2]
Crew	120[2]

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

Aleksey Surkov in 2004

See also

• List of river cruise ships