"Diomede" - 24-gun sail corvette of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia. Member of the wars with France, 1804-1807 [1] [2] .
| "Diomede" | |
|---|---|
| Service | |
 Russia | |
| Ship class and type | 24 gun corvette |
| Type of sailing equipment | Three-masted ship |
| Organization | Black Sea Fleet [1] |
| Commissioned | 1805 [2] |
| Removed from the fleet | September 27, 1809 [2] |
| Main characteristics | |
| Length between perpendiculars | 42.7 m [2] |
| Mid- width width | 12.2 m [2] |
| Draft | 4.9 m [2] |
| Mover | sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 24 [2] |
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Corvette Description
Sailing wooden corvette . The length of the corvette was 42.7 meters , width - 12.2 meters , draft - 4.9 meters . The armament of the ship consisted of 24 guns [2] .
Service history
In 1805, the transport "Diomid" was converted into a corvette and became part of the Black Sea Fleet [1] .
He took part in the wars with France in 1804-1807. Turning from Sevastopol to Corfu, in 1806 he joined the squadron of Vice-Admiral D. N. Senyavin . In April of the same year he left for Castelnovo and stayed there until the end of the year, on January 29–31, 1807 he returned to Corfu as a member of the detachment. In connection with the outbreak of the Anglo-Russian war, from 12 to 28 December 1807, he moved from Corfu to Trieste as part of the squadron of captain-commander I. O. Saltanov [3] .
The corvette Diomede remained in Trieste until it was sold to the French government on September 27, 1809 , and the crew was returned to Russia [2] .
Corvette commanders
From 1806 to 1809, the commander of the corvette Diomed served as A.E. Paleolog [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Corvettes of the Black Sea Fleet . randewy.ru. The date of circulation is October 14, 2013. Archived September 4, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Corvette "Diomede" . Sevastopol.info. The appeal date is October 14, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Corvettes converted from vessels of other classes . "Military Russia". The appeal date is July 23, 2014.
Literature
- Veselago F. F. List of Russian military courts from 1668 to 1860. - SPb. : Maritime Ministry Printing House, 1872. - 798 p.
- Chernyshev A. А. Russian sailing fleet. Directory. - M .: Military Publishing, 2002. - T. 2. - 480 p. - (Ships and vessels of the Russian fleet). - 5000 copies - ISBN 5-203-01789-1 .
- A. B. Shirokorad. 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 .