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:	Callsign: UAWG9 RRR number: 160222 IMO number: 8422606 MMSI number: 273367610
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and 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