"Nikolai" - a two-masted sailing schooner of the Aral Flotilla of the Russian Empire . One of the first Russian ships on the Aral Sea .
| "Nikolai" | |
|---|---|
 "Schooners of the Aral expedition" drawing by Taras Shevchenko . | |
| Service | |
 Russia | |
| Class and type of vessel | schooner |
| Organization | Aral flotilla |
| Launched | 1847 [1] |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | 1870 year [2] |
| Main characteristics | |
| Length between perpendiculars | 11.7 [3] / 11.73 m [2] |
| Midship Width | 3.56 [2] / 3.6 m [3] |
| Draft | 1.6 [3] / 1.65 m [2] |
| Mover | sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 2 [2] |
Ship Description
Two-masted sailing schooner , built specifically for exploration of the Aral Sea . According to various sources, the length of the schooner ranged from 11.7 to 11.73 meters , the width from 3.56 to 3.6 meters , and the draft from 1.6 to 1.65 meters . The armament of the vessel consisted of two guns [2] [3] .
Service History
The schooner "Nikolai" was built in 1847 in Orenburg under the supervision of P. S. Merthvago [3] , as a military vessel designed to explore the Aral Sea . Together with the schooner, “ Mikhail ” was disassembled in carts from Orenburg to Raim , where both ships were assembled and launched. In the same year, the schooner under the command of Lieutenant Mertvago went on her first voyage [1] . On the schooner during the summer of 1847, a part of the eastern coast was taken seventy versts south of the Syr Darya , with adjacent islands, and the island of Kugaral [4] .
She took part in the Aral expedition of 1848 - 1849 under the leadership of A. I. Butakov and ensign Pospelov [3] .
In the spring of 1848, the schooner again sailed to the northern shore of the sea, to study it [1] . Over the summer of this year, we managed to perform a flat-panel survey of the entire northern coast, from the mouths of the Syr Darya to Kumsuat [4] .
On June 12 ( 24 ), 1870 , the schooner was excluded from the lists of ships of the flotilla [2] .
Memory
- The ship is periodically found in the works of Taras Shevchenko .
Schooner Commanders
The commanders of the schooner "Nikolai" at different times served [3] :
- P.S. Mertvago (1847).
- Pospelov (1848-1849).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 A.I. Maksheev. Traveling along the Kyrgyz steppes and the Turkestan region // Memoirs of Taras Shevchenko / Comp. and note. V.S. Borodin and N.N. Pavlyuk. - Kiev: Dnipro, 1988. - S. 246-267, 520-522. - 608 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Aral Flotilla . randewy.ru. Date of treatment August 28, 2013. Archived on September 5, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Schooners of a special construction . "Military Russia". Date of treatment March 2, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Shevchenko and the Aral . kungrad.com. Date of treatment August 28, 2013. Archived on September 15, 2013.
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, 2002 .-- T. 2 .-- 480 p. - (Ships and ships of the Russian fleet). - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-01789-1 .
- 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 .
- Maksheev A.I. Travels along the Kyrgyz steppes and the Turkestan Territory // Memoirs of Taras Shevchenko / Comp. and note. V.S. Borodin and N.N. Pavlyuk. - Kiev: Dnipro, 1988 .-- 608 p.