The
Russian cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov, named after one of
Russia`s great poets from Caucasus, ran aground after an
navigational error 16.February 1986 at Marlborough Sound.
She was on her way from Sydney on a two week cruise around
New Zealand with 372 passengers and a crew of 348 men. She
was stuck for three hours before she finally sank. One men
from the crew perished. The wreck rest today on a depth of
30 to 40 meter at Port Gore in Marlborough Sound.
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Mikhail
Lermontov
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576,8 x 77,5 x 27,7 f
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20353 grt
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Wismar ( DDR ) 1970
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Leningrad ( RU )
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