Calypso is an 18-gun sailing corvette of the Russian Black Sea Fleet . Member of the Crimean War .
| "Calypso" | |
|---|---|
 Calypso Corvette at Cape Matapan . Drawing by V. A. Prokhorov. | |
| Service | |
 Russia | |
| Class and type of vessel | 18th cannon corvette |
| Type of sailing weapon | Three mast ship |
| Organization | Black Sea Fleet |
| Manufacturer | Nikolaev Admiralty [1] |
| Ship master | I.V. Mashkin [2] |
| Construction started | June 20, 1840 [2] |
| Launched | September 9, 1845 [2] |
| Commissioned | 1845 year |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | August 27, 1855 [2] |
| Main characteristics | |
| Length between perpendiculars | 36.8 [1] / 37.5 m [2] |
| Midship Width | 11.4 m [1] [2] |
| Draft | 4,5 m [2] |
| Mover | sail |
| Crew | 190 people [2] |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 18 [2] / 22 [1] |
Content
Corvette Description
One of two sailing corvettes of the Andromache type. According to various sources, the length of the vessel ranged from 36.8 to 37.5 meters , breadth - 11.4 meters , draft - 4.5 meters , crew consisted of 190 people [1] [2] [3] . Together with the Andromache corvette, the Calypso was one of two 18-gun corvettes built by shipbuilder I.V. Mashkin in Nikolaev [2] . The corvette's armament consisted of eighteen 24-pound carronades and four 3-pound copper falconets [1] .
Service History
The corvette was laid in June 1840 in Nikolaev and after launching in September 1845 it became part of the Black Sea Fleet [1] [2] .
In 1846 - 1848 , 1851 and 1852 he went to the shores of the Caucasus as part of detachments and took part in practical voyages for two to three months a year in the Black Sea with squadrons of ships of the Black Sea Fleet . In 1849 he was sent to Greece at the disposal of the Russian embassy, where he remained until 1850 . As part of Rear Admiral F.M. Novosilsky’s detachment, he went cruising to the shores of the Caucasus from March to July 1853 . From September 17 to October 2, he took part in the transport of troops of the 13th Infantry Division from Sevastopol to Sukhum-Kala , as part of the squadron of Vice Admiral P. S. Nakhimov . At the same time, 250 soldiers and officers of the Brest Regiment were transported on the corvette [2] .
He took part in the Crimean War . On October 26, 1853, he ordered the chief of the Main Naval Staff of Admiral Prince A. S. Menshikov to “take and destroy Turkish military vessels” to the squadron of Vice Admiral P. S. Nakhimov , who was cruising in the Black Sea at that time, and then returned to Sevastopol . Until December 1853, he held a fire post in Odessa . In March 1854, the corvette returned to Sevastopol , where it became part of the raid defense squadron and until August held a position at the entrance to the raid. Since September 1854 he was in the Ship's Bay, and most of the crew is distributed along the coastal positions. On August 27, 1855, the Calypso corvette was flooded in the Sevastopol raid when the city left the garrison. After the war, during the clearing of the Sevastopol Bay, it was raised on March 11, 1859 and sold [4] .
Corvette Commanders
The corvette commanders at different times served [3] :
- V.I. Butkevich ( 1846 - 1848 ).
- G.A. Wevel von Krieger ( 1849 - 1850 ).
- L.I. Dolman (from 1851 to September 1852 ).
- I. L. Stronsky (since September 1852 ).
- F.S. Kern (until October 1853 ).
- L. A. Isakov (from October 1853 to September 13, 1854 ).
- N.F. Yuriev (from September 13, 1854 to August 1855 ).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Corvettes of the Black Sea Fleet . randewy.ru. Date of treatment September 5, 2013. Archived on September 4, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Calypso Corvette . Sevastopol.info. Date of treatment September 5, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Andromache type corvettes . "Military Russia". Date of treatment September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Ships and vessels sunk in the Sevastopol Bay in 1854-1855. . krimea.info. Date of treatment September 5, 2013. Archived June 4, 2013.
Literature
- Belavenets Peter Ivanovich. Do we need a fleet and its significance in the history of Russia. - St. Petersburg: Partnership L. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1910. - 318 p.
- 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 .