"Messenger" - sailing schooner of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia , a participant in the Crimean War .
| "Messenger" | |
|---|---|
| Service | |
 Russia | |
| Class and type of vessel | schooner type "messenger" |
| Type of sailing weapon | schooner |
| Organization | Black Sea Fleet [1] |
| Manufacturer | Nikolaev admiralty |
| Ship master | V. Karachurin [2] |
| Construction started | September 12, 1833 [1] |
| Launched | May 12, 1835 [1] |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | 1855 [1] |
| Main characteristics | |
| Length between perpendiculars | 30.2 [1] / 30.3 m [2] |
| Midship Width | 7.8 m [1] [2] |
| Draft | 4 m [2] |
| Mover | sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 16 [1] |
Content
Ship Description
Sailing schooner , one of the five schooners of the same type. According to various sources, the length of the schooner ranged from 30.2 to 30.3 meters , a width of 7.8 meters , and a draft of 4 meters . The armament of the vessel consisted of two 3-pound cast-iron cannons and fourteen 18-pound carronades [1] [2] .
Service History
The schooner "Messenger" was laid in Nikolaev on September 12, 1833, and after launching on May 12, 1835, it became part of the Black Sea Fleet . The construction was carried out by shipbuilder V. Karachurin.
In 1835 and 1836, the schooner was at the disposal of the Russian mission in Greece . During the years 1837-1847 annually took part in operations off the coast of the Caucasus as part of detachments.
On June 7, 1837, as part of Rear Admiral S.A. Esmont’s squadron, took part in the landing on Cape Adler, and on July 10, 1838, as part of Rear Admiral S.P. Khrushchov’s squadron, at the mouth of the Shapsuho River .
On April 11, 1846, in the Sochi region, she detained a smuggling department . From 1851 to 1853 she carried a fire station in Kerch .
In 1854 and 1855 she was in Sevastopol. Flooded in 1855 at the Sevastopol raid when the city left the garrison [1] [2] .
Schooner Commanders
The commanders of the schooner at different times were:
- K.I. Istomin (from 1835 to August 1837).
- I.A. Endogurov (from August 1837 to June 1846).
- A.N. Skorobogatov (from June 1846 to 1847).
- I. S. Kutrov (1851).
- P. A. Trofimovsky (from 1852 to May 1853).
- K. D. Kolomotiano (since May 1853).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Schooners of the Black Sea Fleet . randewy.ru. Date of treatment January 16, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Schooners of the Messenger type (inaccessible link) . allfleet.info. Date of treatment January 16, 2014. Archived October 24, 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 .