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| The 25,000grt.Maxim Gorkiy was originally build for the former Deutsche Atlantik Line of Germany and debuted in on the 28th March 1969 as Hamburg. After difficulties resulting in Hanseatic (II) being sold in 1973, Hamburg was briefly called Hanseatic (III) until she was sold to Sovcomflot and managed by the Black Sea Shipping Company in the former USSR and based in the Ukraine the following year . Sovcomflot took control of all Black Sea Shipping Company ships after the collapse of the iron curtain to prevent them being used for paying debts and also that year she was renamed Maxim Gorkiy. She has had many managers since on behalf of Somcovflot but faces an uncertain future when Phoenix Seereisen cancelled the charter after twenty years, saying she has become too expensive to run. Her final cruise for them ends on the 30th November 2008. The photo below was taken as she sailed from Southampton during a rare call to the city on the 7th September 1998. Not very good but it was very bright that day. |
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| She made a return visit on the 31st July 2008 and passed that other legend ending her career in November, the QE2. To see pictures of the arrivals, click here. To see Maxim Gorkiy in Bergen the previous month, click here. For more information about this classic liner, go to Christina Heinrich's marvellous website here. |
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| (C) Copyright Patricia Dempsey 7th September 1998 & 1st April 2006 Not to be reproduced without permission Updated 31st July 2008 |
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