Poltava is a Russian 84-gun sailing battleship of the 3rd rank of the type “Empress Alexandra”. The last ship in the history of the Russian sailing fleet with the name "Poltava".
| Poltava | |
|---|---|
| Service | |
 Russian empire | |
| Class and type of vessel | 3 rank battleship |
| Type of sailing weapon | Three-masted ship type "Empress Alexandra" |
| Organization |  Baltic Fleet |
| Manufacturer | New Admiralty , St. Petersburg |
| Ship master | Alexander Andreevich Popov |
| Construction started | December 5, 1828 |
| Launched | October 12, 1829 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | March 21, 1860 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3500 t |
| Upper Deck Length | 59.8 m |
| Midship Width | 15.3 m |
| Draft | 7.2 m |
| Engines | sail |
| Crew | 850 people |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 84, actually up to 96 |
Build
Laid on December 5, 1828 on the slipway of the New Admiralty in St. Petersburg . The construction was led by shipbuilder Alexander A. Popov . Launched on October 12, 1829.
Service
In 1830-1832, 1834, 1836-1839, as a part of squadrons, he carried out practical voyages in the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland .
In 1835, as part of the squadron of Vice Admiral P.I. Rikord , he delivered the Guards Corps from Kronstadt to Danzig and vice versa.
July 3, 1836 at the Kronstadt raid took part in the ceremony of meeting the Baltic Fleet boat Peter the Great . In the years 1846-1848 he went through timber processing .
In 1848-1850 he participated in the expedition of the Baltic Fleet to the shores of Denmark . From July 28 to August 30, 1849, as part of the 2nd division of Rear Admiral Balk, he cruised around the island of Gotland . In 1850, as part of the same division, he again cruised near Gotland , and then in the area of the Isle of Man .
In 1851 and 1853, as part of the squadrons, he was in practical voyages in the Gulf of Finland.
Since 1853, he participated in the Crimean War , transporting troops across the Baltic Sea.
The battleship Poltava was excluded from the list of ships of the Imperial Navy on March 21, 1860.
Ship Commanders
- 1829 - H.A. Metax
- 1830-1834 - K. N. Baskakov
- 1834-1836 - L. M. Serebryakov
- 1837-1841 - V.P. Surkov
- 1848-1849 - L. L. Knyazev
- 1851 - D.I. Kuznetsov
- 1853-1855 - M. M. Karjakin
- 1856-1857 - P. A. Rodionov
See also
- List of sailing battleships of the Russian Imperial Fleet
Literature
- Veselago F.F. List of Russian warships from 1668 to 1860. - SPb. : Printing Ministry of the Ministry of the Sea, 1872. - 798 p.
- 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 .