“Principium” (from lat. Principium - beginning) - the galley of the Azov fleet of Russia, the first galley of the same type, one of the first galleys built in Russia. The participant is a participant in the second Azov campaign of Peter I, including the siege of Azov in 1969.
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 Galley "Principium" on the Russian stamp of 1996 | |
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| Russian kingdom | |
| Class and type of vessel | galley |
| Type of sailing weapon | double mast latin |
| Organization | Azov Flotilla |
| Manufacturer | Transfiguration shipyard , Voronezh Admiralty |
| Construction started | December 1695 |
| Launched | April 2 ( 12 ), 1696 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Mover | 17 pairs of oars , auxiliary sails |
| Crew | up to 170 people |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 3 |
Content
Gallery Description
One of 22 wooden galleysof the same type , built for the Azov campaign. The prototype for the construction was the galley of Admiral Lefort, built by order of Peter I in the Dutch Republic . All galleys were built at the Preobrazhensky shipyard and disassembled were transported to Voronezh , where they were collected and launched. The builders of the galleys were both Russian masters O. Schek and Y. Ivanov, as well as Dutch shipbuilders in the Russian service I. Vilimsen, P. Clar and J. Jansen [1] .
Information about the size of the galleys was not preserved, however, due to the mention in the documents of a different number of cans and various weapons, galleys of this type could have different sizes. All galleys carried two masts with Latin sailing weapons. The rowers in the galleys were served by soldiers of the Semenovsky and Preobrazhensky regiments. With the exception of the principal gallery of the Principium type, all other vessels did not have their own names and were listed in the documents by the names of their commanders. All ships were built from damp forest and by 1699 had already become completely unusable [1] [2] .
Galley "Principium" in addition to sailing weapons was equipped with 17 pairs of oars [comm. 1] , her artillery weapons consisted of three 5-pound cannons [1]
Service History
The Principium Gallery was laid in December 1695 in the Preobrazhenskoye village near Moscow at the Preobrazhenskoye shipyard. In February of the following 1696, it was delivered in parts to the Voronezh shipyard , where it was already assembled [comm. 2] and April 2 ( April 12 ), together with the galleries "St. Mark" and "St. Matthew" was launched. It became part of the Azov fleet of Russia [1] [4] [3] [5] .
In 1696, she took part in the second Azov campaign of Peter I. On May 3 (13) she left Voronezh to Azov at the head of the head detachment under the flag of Peter I. During the siege, Peter I kept his flag on the galley [1] .
At the end of the service in 1701, the Principium galley was dismantled in Azov [1] .
Notes
Comments
- ↑ Or 17 cans [1] .
- ↑ According to other sources, collected and sent to Voronezh [3] .
References to sources
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Chernyshev, 2002 , p. 183.
- ↑ Veselago, 1872 , p. 602.
- ↑ 1 2 Shirokorad, 2007 , p. 367.
- ↑ Veselago, 1872 , p. 602-603.
- ↑ Elagin, 1997 , p. 28-29, 39.
Literature
- Veselago F.F. List of Russian warships from 1668 to 1860. - SPb. : Printing Ministry of the Ministry of the Sea, 1872. - 798 p.
- Elagin S.I. History of the Russian fleet. Azov period = printed on a photocopy of the 1864 edition. - Voronezh: Center.-Chernozem. book, 1997 .-- 533 p. - ISBN 5-7458-0633-8 .
- Chernyshev A. A. Russian sailing fleet. Directory. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1997 .-- T. 1. - 312 p. - (Ships and ships of the Russian fleet). - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-01788-3 .
- Shirokorad A. B. 200 years of the sailing fleet of Russia / Ed. A. B. Vasiliev. - 2nd ed. - M .: Veche, 2007. - 448 p. - ISBN 978-5-9533-1517-3 .