# Viking Helgi

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{{Short description|Russian river cruise ship currently operating in the Volga-Neva basin}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
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|section1={{Infobox ship/image
 |image=Viking Helgi in North River Port 9-jun-2012 01.JPG
 |image_caption= ''Viking Helgi'' at Northern River Terminal in  Moscow on 9 June 2012
 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career
 | hide_header=
 | country=
 | flag={{shipboxflag|Russia}}
 | name=*''Aleksey Surkov'' (1984–2012)
        *'''''Viking Helgi''''' (2012–2016) 
 |owner=2003–2016: Passazhirskiy Flot<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fleetphoto.ru/ship/4058/|title=Викинг Хельги – Class Дмитрий Фурманов, проект 302|website=fleetphoto.ru}}</ref>
 |operator= Passazhirskiy Flot
 |registry=*1984–1993: [Leningrad](/source/Saint_Petersburg), {{USSR|1983}}
           *1993–2016: [Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg), {{flag|Russia}}
 |route=[Moscow](/source/Moscow) – [Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg)
 |ordered=
 |builder= [VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau](/source/Elbewerft_Boizenburg), [Boizenburg](/source/Boizenburg), 20px [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) 
 |original_cost= 
 |yard_number=381<ref name="RRR">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rivreg.ru/services/class/poisk_result/search_suda_name.php?text=160222|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113033201/http://www.rivreg.ru/services/class/poisk_result/search_suda_name.php?text=160222|url-status=dead|title=RRR, Vessel 160222|archivedate=13 January 2014}}</ref> 
 |way_number=
 |laid_down=
 |launched=
 |completed=June 1984
 |christened=
 |acquired= 
 |maiden_voyage=
 |in_service=1984
 |out_of_service=
 |identification      =*[Call sign](/source/Maritime_call_sign): UAWG9
                       *RRR number: 160222
                       *{{IMO Number|8422606}}
                       *{{MMSI|273367610}} 
 |fate=
 |status=In service
 |notes=
 }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics
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 |header_caption=
 |class=[''Dmitriy Furmanov''-class](/source/Dmitriy_Furmanov-class_motorship) [river cruise ship](/source/cruise_ship) 
 |tonnage=*{{GT|5,594}}<ref name="RRR" />
          *{{DWT|493}}<ref name="RRR" />
 |displacement= 3,853 tons;<ref name="RRR" /> 
 |length={{convert|129.0|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="RRR" /><ref name="Project 302">{{Cite web|url=http://www.riverships.ru/reference/302.shtml|title=Справочник - Проект 302|date=28 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228094044/http://www.riverships.ru/reference/302.shtml|archive-date=28 February 2007}}</ref> 
 |beam={{convert|16.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="RRR" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riverships.ru/english/specs/?grp=302|title=Russian River Ships - Project 302|date=1 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301154109/http://www.riverships.ru/english/specs/?grp=302|archive-date=1 March 2007}}</ref>
 |height= 
 |draught={{convert|2.88|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="RRR" />
 |depth=
 |decks=5 (4 passenger accessible) 
 |deck_clearance=
 |ramps=
 |ice_class=
 |power=*3 × 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)
        *{{convert|2208|kW|hp}}<ref name="RRR" /><ref name="Project 302"/> 
 |propulsion=3 propellers<ref name="RRR" />
 |speed={{convert|25.5|km/h|mph kn|abbr=on}}
 |capacity=250 passengers<ref name="RRR" />   
 |crew=120<ref name="RRR" />
 |notes=
 }}
}}

The '''''Viking Helgi''''' ({{langx|ru|Викинг Хельги}}) is a [''Dmitriy Furmanov''-class](/source/Dmitriy_Furmanov-class_motorship) (project 302, BiFa129M) [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union)/[Russia](/source/Russia)n river [cruise ship](/source/cruise_ship), cruising in the [Volga](/source/Volga) – [Neva](/source/Neva) basin. The ship was built by [VEB](/source/Volkseigener_Betrieb) [Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau](/source/Elbewerft_Boizenburg) at their shipyard in [Boizenburg](/source/Boizenburg), [East Germany](/source/East_Germany), and entered service in 1984 as '''''Aleksey Surkov''''' being renamed after [Oleg of Novgorod](/source/Oleg_of_Novgorod) in its Scandinavian version [Helgi](/source/Helge_(name)) in 2012.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vikingrivercruises.com/ships/index.html|title=Viking River Cruises &#124; Our Fleet Overview|website=www.vikingrivercruises.com}}</ref>

''Viking Helgi'' sails under Russian flag. Her home port is currently [Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg).

thumb|left|''Aleksey Surkov'' in 2004

==See also==
* [List of river cruise ships](/source/List_of_river_cruise_ships)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.vikingrivercruises.com/cruiseships/russia_ukraine/viking-helgi/shipinfo.aspx Viking Helgi Cruise ship –Viking River Cruises]

Category:1984 ships
Category:River cruise ships
Category:Ships built in Boizenburg
Category:Passenger ships of the Soviet Union
Category:Passenger ships of Russia

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