Panshin Shipyard

The shipyard was founded in 1697 on the island of the Don River between two channels in the Cossack town Panshin . This place for the construction of the shipyard was proposed by Vice Admiral Cornelius Kruys , who conducted an inventory of the Don towns in 1695-1666.

In the Travel Journal, Peter I for 1695 indicated: “ Panshin. The town on the right side (Don), on the island, is fenced with a wooden tyut; and that island, they say, measure 15 miles ”.

This town during the First Azov campaign was used by Peter I as the starting point of the campaign to Azov .

In 1697, four Barbara ships “ Fortress ”, “Scorpio” (builder Ivan Yuriev), “Flag” and “Star” (Builder Ices Thomas) were laid at the Panshin shipyard for the Azov fleet. One ship was built by the kumpanstvo of boyar L. K. Naryshkin , and three - with the kumpanism of "eminent person" G. D. Stroganov . ^[1] .

In the spring of 1699, the ships were completed and launched. In May, they moved from Panshino to Azov. When checking the 52-gun ships “Flag” and “Star” were found unsuitable for sea navigation. Another ship "Scorpio" participated in the Kerch campaign of 1699. In May 1700 he returned to Azov. I did not go out to swimming anymore.

The only 46-gun ship "Fortress" of a panshin construction turned out to be durable and with good seaworthiness. It was him that Peter appointed for the delivery to Constantinople of the extraordinary Russian ambassador, the thought clerk E.I. At the same time, the tsar wanted to show the Turks that Russia already has large naval ships in the south. In May 1709, a decree of Peter I was issued on the preservation of the ship "for the glory that he was in Constantinople."

In total, 4 ships were built at the Parshinsky shipyard. In 1699, construction at the shipyard was discontinued.

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