I am looking for the name of the Russian owned cruise ship that sank off the coast of New Zealand in the 80's?

Question

I am looking for the name of the Russian owned cruise ship that sank off the coast of New Zealand in the 80's?

Answer 1

MS Mikhail Lermontov was a Soviet cruise ship that sank in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, on February 16, 1986.

Answer 2

Wrong hemisphere altogether, I know, but I do know of MAXIM GORKY, which hit an iceberg near Spitsbergen in 1989 and very nearly became a second Titanic.  Aparently she was sunk as far aft as the bridge when they managed to save her. Still in service, saw her last year.