"Orest" - 18-gun sailing corvette of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia . Member of the Crimean War .
| "Orest" | |
|---|---|
| Service | |
 Russia | |
| Ship class and type | 18 gun corvette |
| Type of sailing equipment | Three-masted ship |
| Organization | Black Sea Fleet |
| Manufacturer | Nikolaev Admiralty |
| Ship master | A. S. Akimov [1] |
| Construction started | December 29, 1835 [1] |
| Launched | October 31, 1836 [1] |
| Main characteristics | |
| Length between perpendiculars | 34.5 [2] / 34.6 m [1] |
| Mid- width width | 9.3 m [1] |
| Draft | 4.1 m [1] |
| Mover | sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 18/21 [2] |
Content
Corvette Description
Sailing corvette , according to information from various sources, ranged from 34.5 to 34.6 meters , width - 9.3 meters , and draft - 4.1 meters . The ship's armament was 18 8-pound cast-iron cannons, one 8-pound carronade , one 3-pound copper cannon, and one 3-pound copper falconet [1] [2] .
Service history
The corvette "Orest" was laid in Nikolaev on December 29, 1835 and, after launching on October 31, 1836 , became part of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia . The construction was conducted by the shipmaster A. S. Akimov [1] .
He went into practical voyages to the Black Sea in 1837, 1843, 1844 and 1847. In 1838, he was at the disposal of the Russian envoy in Greece . From 1839 to 1841 and from 1848 to 1853 as part of the detachments he took part in operations off the coast of the Caucasus . On May 3, 1839, as part of the squadron of Vice-Admiral M. P. Lazarev, he took part in the landing of troops of Lieutenant-General N. N. Raevsky at the mouth of the Subashi River [3] .
He took part in the Crimean War . In 1854 he joined the squadron of protection of the Sevastopol raid, was at the entrance to the raid. In September of the same year, the corvette "Orest" was flooded in a raid in Sevastopol [1] [2] . After the war, when clearing the Sevastopol Bay on March 14, 1859, the vessel was raised and donated to the Kherson cloister [4] .
Corvette commanders
The commanders of the corvette "Orest" at various times served [3] :
- V. A. Kornilov (1837).
- K.A. Istomin (1838).
- S.G. Alekseev (1839-1840).
- K.S. Kutrov (1843-1845).
- D. A. Mazenigo (Mozenigo) (1846-1848).
- V.M. Mikryukov (1850-1851 years).
- N. N. Volotskaya (1852-1854 years).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Corvette “Orest” . Sevastopol.info. The appeal date is December 12, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Corvettes of the Black Sea Fleet . randewy.ru. The appeal date is December 12, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Special built corvettes . "Military Russia". The appeal date is September 1, 2014.
- Ships and ships, flooded in the Sevastopol Bay in 1854-1855. krimea.info. The appeal date is December 12, 2013. Archived June 4, 2013.
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 .