The Scorpion is a 60-gun sailing battleship of the Azov fleet of Russia.
| "Scorpio" | |
|---|---|
| Service | |
 Russian kingdom | |
| Class and type of vessel | 3 rank battleship |
| Type of sailing weapon | Three mast ship |
| Organization | Azov fleet |
| Manufacturer | Voronezh Admiralty |
| Ship master | Osip Nye [1] |
| Construction started | January 1704 |
| Launched | 1709 year |
| Commissioned | not introduced |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | 1727 year |
| Main characteristics | |
| Crew | 550 people [2] |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 60 |
Content
Ship Description
One of two ships of the same type built in Voronezh . The armament of the ship was 60 guns, and the crew consisted of 550 people [2] .
The motto of the ship is “Healed by His Death” [3] .
Service History
The ship "Scorpion" was laid in Voronezh in January 1704 and, after launching in 1709, became part of the Azov fleet . The construction was carried out by the ship master Osip Nai [4] .
In 1710, the ship was rebuilt in Tavrov to participate in the 1711 campaign, but was not launched in the spring of 1711 due to low water in the Voronezh River. The hull of the ship was dismantled on a slipway in Tavrov in 1727 [4] .
Ship Commanders
- V. Shelting (1711) [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Ships built at the expense of the treasury . randewy.ru. Date of treatment December 20, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 58-66-gun ships of the Scorpio type . russiaflot.ru. Date of treatment December 17, 2013.
- ↑ S. Elagin. History of the Russian Navy. The period of Azov. - Voronezh: Center.-Chernozem. book, 1997 .-- S. 316-317.
- ↑ 1 2 Shirokorad A. B. 200 years of the Sailing Fleet of Russia. - M .: Veche, 2007 .-- S. 285.
Literature
- 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. - M .: Veche, 2007 .-- 448 p. - ISBN 978-5-9533-1517-3 .
Links
- N.A. Kalanov. The names of the ships of Peter . Date of treatment January 14, 2011. Archived on August 20, 2013.