Shelting, Roman Petrovich

Childhood

Roman Petrovich Shelting was born in St. Petersburg in the family of Colonel Pyotr Yelizarovich Shelting (1707 - February 5, 1771 ^[3] ). Having received his initial upbringing at home, on August 2, 1772, he was appointed by the cadet to the Naval Cadet Corps , from where he was released into midshipmen four years later.

1772–1804

In the rank of midshipman Shelting made the annual voyage of the Baltic Sea . In 1779, on the frigate "Natalia", he went to the shores of England; but the frigate, as indicated in the sources, crashed near the Dutch island of Schkelling (probably we are talking about the island of Terschelling ), and on a simple merchant ship Shelting reached London , from where he returned to Kronstadt in 1780.

Produced on May 1 of the following year as a midshipman , Shelting was constantly sailing, not only in the waters of the Baltic Sea: he made the transition from Kronstadt to Livorno and back in 1781–1782 and two transitions on the Vladislav 74-gun ship of the line and transport “Solovki” from Kronstadt to Arkhangelsk in 1783–1787. May 1, 1785 Shelting was promoted to lieutenant .

On July 6, 1788, he took part in the battle at the island of Gokhland , near the Calbo de grunt , in which the Swedish fleet under the command of the Duke of Südermanland was defeated by the Russian fleet under the command of Admiral Samuel Greig , and took refuge in Sveaborg .

In the same year, Mecheslav, together with Shelting, was sent to Copenhagen as a squadron of Vice Admiral Wilim von Desin . After sailing to the city of Glukstadt and then to the city of Mandal in Norway , Shelting returned to Kronstadt and on July 6, 1790, he was promoted to lieutenant commander .

In 1790, commanding the Luger "Grand Prince", he moved from Copenhagen to Revel. Commanded by the Luger until 1795

In 1795-1797 he commanded the boat " Mercury " ^[4] . From that time until 1805, he was still part of the Baltic Fleet , again sailed aboard the Maximus Confessor and Alexei frigates, Simeon and Theodosius Totemsky frigates on the Baltic Sea to the shores of England and in Arkhangelsk.

On March 12, 1801, Shelting was promoted to captain of the 2nd rank , and on January 9, 1803, he was awarded the Order of Saint George of the 4th class for “immaculate service, in officer ranks, 18 six-month naval campaigns”. In 1804 he commanded the ship “St. Peter "at the Revel port.

In 1805, Roman Petrovich was appointed commander of the 62-gun battleship Skory .

1804–1807

The Russian-Austro-French war, which began in 1805, prompted the Russian government to send a squadron to the Adriatic Sea to Boca di Cattaro , which also included the Skory ship. This provided Shelting with the opportunity to participate in various fleet hostilities aimed at clearing Montenegro and the land adjacent to the shores of the Adriatic Sea from French troops.

After the start of the Russian-Turkish war of 1806-1812, Shelting joined the squadron of Vice-Admiral Senyavin's Second Archipelago Expedition with his ship and in 1807 participated in the capture of the island of Tenedos , and then in the battle of the Dardanelles and the Athos battle with the Turkish fleet.

Meanwhile, "Hard", "Fast" , "Retvizan" and "Holy Helen" attacked the enemy vanguard. Having ordered Rear Admiral Greig to fight the vanguard of the end ships, Senyavin attacked the enemy’s lead ship on the Solid, together with the Ambulance. Senyavin managed to get in from the nose and almost point-blank to give the enemy a longitudinal volley with the guns of the left side. The enemy ship went to drift and this maneuver broke the whole line of the battle. The commander of the ambulance, Captain 1st Rank Roman Petrovich Shelting, also came very close to this ship and discharged the entire port side into it. Unable to withstand the fire from the "Solid" and "ambulance" , the leading Turkish ship left the battle line. Two other ships followed suit. The fourth in the ranks was Bekir Bey's Sedel-Bahri flagship. “Selaphail” and “Uriel” shot him point-blank.

The ambulance started a desperate battle with the failed avant-garde ships, which was also supported by a frigate. Once surrounded, Shelting literally showered the enemy with grapeshot. The Turks even left the upper deck for a while, and one of the Turkish ships was demolished to the Skory , so his bogie lay down on the gakabort of the Russian ship. The Turks wanted to go to the boarding, but from the Ambulance they gave a few volleys of grapeshot, and the enemy retreated. At the "Fast" was seriously wounded and soon died Lieutenant Kubarsky. He was replaced by Lieutenant Denisievsky, who was wounded almost immediately.

- Victory at Mount Athos in the book. V. D. Dotsenko. Sea battles of Russia XVIIII-XX centuries. SPb .: Polygon, 2002

After the completion of the company, along with other ships of the squadron moved to Lisbon . For participation in the campaign, Shelting was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir 3rd degree.

1807-1814

After the conclusion of the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 and the subsequent blockade, which the Russian fleet underwent in Lisbon from the English fleet, Roman Petrovich, made in 1808, on May 28, to the captain-commanders , was transferred from Lisbon to Portsmouth in the crews of the English squadron (England ), and then to Riga and Kronstadt , where he received command of the 7th naval crew . This duty he performed until May 15, 1814.

1814–1834

May 15, 1814, with the rank of Major General , Shelting was appointed captain of the port of Arkhangelsk . In this post on July 31, 1819, Roman Petrovich was awarded the Order of St. Anne , 1st Degree. After a 9-year service in this position, on April 25, 1823, Roman Petrovich Shelting was appointed military governor and commander-in-chief of the Sveaborg port in Finland , having received earlier production as lieutenant general (October 14, 1827) and the Order of St. Vladimir , 2nd degree (in 1830). This last post he held until his death, March 9, 1834.

His wife is Minna Andreevna von Schelting , nee Baroness von Nettelgorst ( German: Wilhelmine Henriette von Netttelhorst , 1786—1841).

Sons:

• Alexander (1806–1836) - Lieutenant of the Life Guards of the Lithuanian Regiment
• Vladimir ( nderl. Woldemar Wybrand van Scheltinga , 1821–1872) - fleet major general

Daughters:

• Emilia (in Mikhailov's marriage; 1810–1860),
• Leocadia (Leonie, in marriage Mofet; 1816-1899),
• Anna? (in marriage Shishmareva) ^[5] ,
• Elizabeth ( niderl. Elisabeth Reinholdine , in marriage, Hesse; 1812-1852)

From the marriage of Elizabeth Romanovna and Egor Fedorovich Hessen, Leonida Egorovna von Hesse was born (in Golovachev marriage) - Grandmother of Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Mukhranskaya and great-great-grandmother of the head of the Russian imperial house, Maria Romanova .

Roman Petrovich was buried at the Orthodox cemetery in Helsinki in the area ^[6] , and the ashes of his spouse Minna Andreevny von Shelting lie in the same place (Nettelhorst level) (10.08.1786-9.06.1841).

• Maikov P. M. Shelting, Roman Petrovich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918. - T. 30. - p. 80.
• Burkin V.V. Shelting Rhode // Russian sailors - heroes of Messina. - M .: “Gangut”, 2009. - 176 p. - ISBN 5-85875-082-6 .

Sources

• Harry Halén. Viaporin Komendantit ja sotilaskuvernöörit 1808-1918. - Helsinki, 2003.
• Bryzgalov V.V., Koltova E. F. The Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious St. George. Russian North. Name lists of gentlemen. - Arkhangelsk: "Lodia", 2005. - 20 p.
• Veselago F. F. The General Maritime List from the base of the fleet until 1917. - SPb. : Printing house of V. Demakova, 1890. - T. V / The reign of Catherine II. C - Ѳ. - p. 353-355. - 484 s. - (Military history library).

• Victory of the Russian fleet at Mount Athos - Tarle Evgeny Viktorovich Expedition of Admiral Senyavin to the Mediterranean (1805-1807)