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About the Rocket

Sentimental Nemunas routes

The rocket is a passenger ship and an engineering legend that has sailed the most picturesque bends and valleys of the Nemunas river since the 1960s. Travelers, who have once been rewarded with sentiments, are reborn with a new crew and stories.

The visionary and modern passenger ship was first built in the Soviet Union in 1957. Unforgettable futuristic shapes, powerful underwater wings and unprecedented speed of travel: a vehicle that surpassed the expectations of the time was associated with freedom and extremely rapid scientific progress.

Innovative ideas soon reached Lithuania, in the early 1960s Rocket ships arrived in Kaunas and immediately began voyages along the bends of the Nemunas. The ship, which accommodated almost sixty passengers at a time, sailed the river on several different routes, and the number of rocket launches increased over time to as many as ten ships!

These impressive, sentimental trips to Lithuania lasted until 1995 and surprised even several generations of holidaymakers.

History remembers that the most popular ticket on this ship was Kaunas – Nida. The trip to the picturesque banks of the Nemunas ended in the beloved port of the Curonian Spit. The route became a real hit: there were long queues to wait for it, and tickets were melting like the necessities of necessity.

Inspired by the ideas of the legendary ship and nostalgic images of the past, we turn a page in the history of the Rocket and prepare the crew for new routes.

Kaunas - Nida

Historical Route

Comfortable and picturesque trip

58 seats on board

Sentimental historical route

Moored in Nida

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1957

The extraordinary history of the ship dates back to 1957: on August 25, the pilot model Rocket-1 sailed its first route. The 420-kilometer-long river road from Nizhny Novgorod to Kazan was covered in 7 hours, and 30 people traveled on board without hiding their enthusiasm.

1959

The first voyage was crowned with joy: Rockets began production for the entire then Soviet Union. Mass production meant that passenger ships would become part of history, delight future generations of travelers, and the variety of routes would allow everyone to enjoy the joy of discovery. As early as 1959, ships began to sail regularly on the rivers of the USSR.

1963

At the beginning of the seventies, innovative ideas for passenger ships reached Lithuania: the ship Raketa began to navigate the bends of the Nemunas. The picturesque routes of the Great River became so popular that in the long run as many as 10 ships ran along the river roads.

1995

The first part of the unforgettable story ends in 1995: passengers, crew and impressive ships left ports to wait for better days.

2019

More than two decades later, inspired by this sentimental travel story, we invite you to revitalize the Rocket routes and resurrect ships to a new era

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