Motor ship "Lev Dovator". Motor ship "Lev Dovator" Greetings from the non-existent GDR, the heroic captain and the stuffing of the yacht

19.11.2015 18:00

Three-deck passenger river boat who completed work in the field river cruises in August 2011, will return to the Volga in 2016 (later the date was shifted to 2018 - note site), but already as a private pleasure boat, re-equipped with the latest time and technology.

The reconstruction of the ship, which began in April 2012, was supposed to be completed by the start of navigation in 2014, but the deadlines were delayed. The reasons for the delay were caused by an increase in the volume of work in a larger direction than originally planned. In fact, only the hull remained from the previous ship, everything else will be built anew, and the technical stuffing will be replaced with a new one.

Motor ship "Arabella" was built in 1955. From construction until October 2002, he worked in under the name. In 2003, it was reequipped in Moscow and received the current name. In 2004, she went on voyages, starting work from Moscow to St. Petersburg, and during the non-navigation period, the vessel was used for several years as a floating hotel at the Northern River Station of Moscow. In 2010, the ship did not go into operation, and in the fall, after bankruptcy, the Arabella was sold to Kazan, travel company"Admiral".

On July 10, 2011, the crew of the ship took part in the rescue of the tourists "Bulgaria", on. At the time of work on lifting the sunken "Bulgaria", which lasted almost until the end of July, the headquarters of the operation to raise the vessel was located on the "Arabella". In August, the Arabella made several voyages, but part of the cruises, including autumn ones, were canceled, on which the ship ended the season. "Admiral" suffered losses, since the Ministry of Emergency Situations did not compensate him for the demurrage of the ship for a while rescue operation, and sales of cruises after the crash of "Bulgaria" in Kazan completely stood up. In this regard, the owners put the ship up for sale.

In January 2012, it was announced that an agreement had been signed between Admiral LLC and the new owner, which was, in turn, part of the Ak Bars holding, which became the actual owner. In April, it was announced that the ship would be taken out of cruise service and after re-equipment it would become a private passenger cruise ship of increased comfort.

Work on the re-equipment project No. 3131, developed at the Rechflot State Central Design Bureau, began in the spring of 2012 in the village of Kirelskoye, and then continued at the Zelenodolsk shipyard in Zelenodolsk.

According to the project, "Arabella" will become a new passenger ship of increased comfort with elements of a previously operated motor ship, intended for corporate events and recreation on the water for non-commercial purposes.

After completion of the work, the vessel will be 96.50 meters long, 14.30 meters wide, 4.30 meters high, and have a draft of 2.25 meters. The passenger capacity of the ship is determined at 80 people, for whom 28 beds are provided. The crew of the ship - 32 people. The power of the main engines will be 3x450 kW. Works are carried out for class +O2.0 of the Russian River Register.

Everything else, apparently, will remain unchanged, according to the originally announced plans. A restaurant will be located on the boat deck, another restaurant will be transformed into a conference hall, two VIP rooms. On the middle deck - a VIP cabin with an area of ​​60 square meters, a children's playroom. On the main deck there is a VIP-cabin with an area of ​​60 square meters, a bar-tea room, a sauna complex (a Russian wood-fired sauna, a Turkish bath, a hammam, a swimming pool, a massage room) and a gym. At the stern of the vessel there will be a hydraulic bathing platform lowering to the water level.

In April 2012, the deputy director of tourism at the Admiral company, Evgenia Kazakova, told the Vedomosti newspaper that Arabella would be in corporate use by the management of the Ak Bars holding and, possibly, the government of the Republic of Tatarstan. A teacher at the Volga State Academy water transport Alexander Vlasenko said that the department for the affairs of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan was involved in the purchase.

The transaction amount of 140 million rubles announced at the same time in a number of media did not correspond to reality. According to a representative of one of the cruise companies considering the purchase of the ship, the real price was more than two times lower and did not exceed 55 million rubles.

Updated:20.11.2015 - General Director of JSC "Zelenodolsk Shipbuilding Plant named after. Gorky" Renat Mistakhov said that the reconstruction work would be completed no earlier than 2017-2018. According to him, the main reason for the delays is the situation in the economy. Almost 1 billion rubles are required to complete its modernization and reconstruction.

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As Realnoe Vremya has learned, due to the difficult situation in the economy, the Zelenodolsk Gorky Shipbuilding Plant has postponed the completion of the reconstruction of the motor ship Arabella for 2017-2018. It was this ship that came to the aid of the victim in 2011, the disaster "Bulgaria". Recall that it was acquired by the structures of Ak Bars Holding back in 2012 to organize a corporate vessel.

Looking for a customer for a new ship with elements of the old one

General Director of OJSC Zelenodolsk Shipbuilding Plant named after V.I. Gorky” Renat Mistakhov told the correspondent about the reconstruction of the motor ship “Arabella”, which is known primarily due to the fact that it was the first to come to the aid of the passengers of the deceased “Bulgaria”. Later, the Ak Bars holding bought it for its own needs.

– The reconstruction of Arabella will not end in 2016. We have completed work on the hull, now work is underway on the superstructure of the ship, outwardly we tried to keep the ship in the form in which it was. Inside, it will be completely different, plus the hull, shaft line, and engine are being completely replaced. All this will allow you to see the ship in a new look. There will be new toppings. I think that we will finish the reconstruction in 2017-2018,” Renat Mistakhov told Realnoe Vremya. – The main reason for delays is the situation in the economy. Almost 1 billion rubles are required to complete its modernization and reconstruction. We are still looking for a customer. It's always like that in the civilian fleet. So far it is Ak Bars Holding, but I think that another customer or investor may appear in the future. We are more in search of an investor than a buyer, within the framework of sharing.

According to Gennady Aleksashin, technical director of State Central Design Bureau Rechflota LLC, the developer of the reconstruction project, there is no such vessel like it.

“In reality, this is not a renovation, this is the construction of a new vessel using elements of previously operated ones,” the expert says. Also, according to him, the estimated cost of a billion is “a normal price for a vessel of this class. Given the fact that this vessel is practically new.

At the moment, the body is completely done. “The hull of the old ship was taken and completely updated. There was a complete replacement of the outer skin, partly the design changed to a new location. The purpose is now different - the ship was a passenger one, now it is, by and large, a yacht, it is only for 28 people.

Greetings from the non-existent GDR, the heroic captain and the stuffing of the yacht

Recall that in the spring of 2012, when the republic continued to experience the pain of loss after the crash of the ship "Bulgaria", it became known that "Arabella" was acquired by the holding company "Ak Bars". According to the cruiseinform portal, it cost around 50 million rubles. This coincides with the estimates of representatives of the Kazan Shipping Company, who, in an interview with Realnoe Vremya, said that the price at which bidding for the purchase of motor ships in Russia starts starts from 50 million rubles.

"Arabella" previously (until 2002) was called "Lev Dovator" and from the moment of construction belonged to the Volga United river shipping company. At the beginning of the 2000s, it was taken over by the Pallada shipping company. According to Cruise-inform, the ship was refitted in Moscow in 2003 and was named Arabella. In 2004, it began making flights from Moscow to St. Petersburg, and during the non-navigation period, the ship was used for several years as a floating hotel at the Northern River Station of Moscow. In 2010, after the owner began to experience difficulties and went bankrupt, the Kazan travel company Admiral bought the ship.

For several years, the ship was used as a floating hotel at the Northern River Station in Moscow. Photo kitv.livejournal.com

The ship is a river cruise ship of the "Rodina" type (project 588-RK), built at the shipyard of Wismar (GDR) VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft Wismar in 1955. Prior to the reconstruction, it had the following characteristics: length - 95.8 m, width - 14.3 m, height - 16.7 m. The ship had 75 cabins on three residential decks.

During the crash of "Bulgaria" the ship's crew, led by captain Roman Lizalin, came to the rescue, taking on board 79 passengers, and then the ship was used by the Federal Ministry of Transport as a floating base for rescuers. At first, the ship was in the Kuibyshev backwater, and then it was transferred to the Zelenodolsk plant.

After the acquisition of the motor ship by the Ak Bars holding, the Gorky Central Design Bureau river fleet from Nizhny Novgorod developed a reconstruction project. The project was called "a new passenger ship of increased comfort with elements of the previously operated motor ship" Arabella "project 588". From the characteristics of the future vessel (published on the State Central Design Bureau of the River Fleet website), it is clear that it will be used for corporate events and recreation on the water for non-commercial purposes. Its length will be 96.50 meters, along the wake line - 90.00 meters, width - 14.30 meters, depth - 4.30 meters, draft - 2.25 meters. Arabella will be able to take on board 80 passengers, while the ship has 28 beds. The crew will be 32 people. The power of the main engines is 3x450 kW.

The Gorky Central Design Bureau of the River Fleet from Nizhny Novgorod developed a reconstruction project. Scheme from the site gckb.ru

According to the tender documentation, a restaurant will be located on the boat deck, another restaurant will be transformed into a conference hall, and there will be two more VIP rooms. On the middle deck there is a VIP cabin with an area of ​​60 square meters, a children's playroom. On the main deck there is a VIP-cabin with an area of ​​60 square meters, a bar-tea room, a sauna complex (a Russian wood-fired sauna, a Turkish bath, a hammam, a swimming pool, a massage room) and a gym. At the stern of the vessel there will be a hydraulic bathing platform lowering to the water level.

Maria Gorozhaninova, Elena Dogadina

Motor ship "ARABELLA" with a passenger capacity of 150 people has 75 cabins located on three residential decks.
The cabins have one, two beds (or one double bed), wardrobes, mirrors, shelves for books, a table, lamps, depending on the size of the cabin, one, two or three windows (or portholes), a bathroom (toilet, washbasin, shower, mirror , shelves). Cold and hot water is uninterrupted. To serve tourists, the boat has two restaurants, a lounge, a conference room, a bar, a souvenir shop, a medical office, a solarium with a shower.

Motor ship "ARABELLA" underwent a complete reconstruction in the inter-navigational period of 2002-2003, and at the same time, as far as possible, the interiors of the 60s of the 20th century were preserved or repeated.

Motor ship "ARABELLA" serves cruises "White Nights" on the Moscow - St. Petersburg - Moscow line with calls to the Kizhi and Valaam islands, and also operates on various routes of the Volga River.

In winter, the ship is used in Moscow in the "Motor ship - Hotel" version.

Until 2010, the ship belonged to the tour operator "Pallada". In the winter of 2010, the interior was modernized by the new owner, the tour operator "Admiral" (Kazan).

July 10, 2011 ship "ARABELLA" rescued passengers of a ship in distress on the Volga River near Bolgar.

Technical characteristics of the ship "ARABELLA" ( "LEV DOVATOR" )

Photo warm okhoda "ARABELLA" ( "LEV DOVATOR" )

Scheme warm okhoda "ARABELLA" ( "LEV DOVATOR" )

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Arabella
Arabella
Motor ship Arabella off-season, Moscow, 2005
Flag	USSR USSR → Russia, Russia
Vessel class and type	River cruise ship Class Motor ship river passenger type "Rodina" (project 588-RK)
Ice class	O
Home port	Kazan
Organization	CJSC "Admiral" → OJSC "Zelenodolsk plant named after A.M. Gorky" (part of the holding AK Bars)
Manufacturer	VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft Wismar Wismar GDR GDR
Launched into the water	1955
Commissioned	1955
Status	operated
Main characteristics
Displacement	1548 t
Length	95.8 m
Width	14.3 m
Height	16.7 m
Draft	2.4 m
Engines	diesel, 6NVD48
Power	3 x 295 kW (3 x 400 hp)
mover	3 screws
travel speed	23.7 km/h
Passenger capacity	150

"Arabella"(until 2002 - " L. Dovator") - a three-deck modernized cruise river ship of project 588 "Rodina", operated in the Volga River basin.

The ship was named Arabella after the name of a 1680s sailing frigate of the fictional character Captain Blood (Arabella being a female name). The previous name was given in honor of the Soviet commander of the cavalry corps Lev Dovator.

In 2012 the ship Arabella OJSC "Zelenodolsk plant named after A.M. Gorky" was acquired and it is to be reconstructed and modernized. It is supposed to make 20 cabins on board, including the VIP class.

General characteristics

The ship has 75 cabins located on three residential decks. The ship underwent a complete reconstruction in the inter-navigational period of 2002-2003, and at the same time, the interiors of the 60s of the twentieth century were preserved or repeated inside.

To serve tourists, the boat has two restaurants, a lounge, a conference room, a bar, a souvenir shop, a medical office, a solarium with a shower.

On the boat deck are located: the upper restaurant for 70 people; conference hall for 200 people and a bar; disco; solarium with sun loungers; deluxe cabins.

On the middle deck there are: a transforming salon used as a children's club and a karaoke club; lounge with panoramic view; 1st class cabins.

On the main deck: lower restaurant for 80 people; cabins 2-3 class.

On the lower deck: 4th class cabins.

Awards

In 2011, the crew of the ship was awarded for participating in the rescue of victims of the crash of the ship "Bulgaria":

"For Commonwealth in the Name of Salvation"

On July 17, the crew of the ship "Arabella" headed by captain Roman Lizalin, as well as employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations who took part in the rescue operation, were awarded medals "For the Commonwealth in the Name of Salvation" for rescuing people from the sunken ship "Bulgaria".

Order of Courage

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev No. 1586 dated 12/06/2011, the captain of the ship "Arabella" Lizalin Roman Evgenievich was awarded the Order of Courage for courage and dedication shown in saving people in extreme conditions.

"For the salvation of the dead"

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev No. 1586 dated 06.12.2011 For courage and dedication shown in rescuing people in extreme conditions, the crew members of the ship "Arabella" of the limited liability company "Admiral" Republic of Tatarstan were awarded the medal "For saving the perishing":

Other facts

• Motor ship "Arabella" has its own page in the social network "VKontakte", as well as its own website.
• During the lifting of the motor ship "Bulgaria", the motor ship "Arabella" was reserved by the Ministry of Transport and Road Facilities of the Republic of Tatarstan to create a floating base for rescuers of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

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