Kazan is a 16-gun sailing corvette of the Caspian flotilla of Russia .
| Kazan | |
|---|---|
| Service | |
 Russia | |
| Class and type of vessel | 16 gun corvette |
| Type of sailing weapon | Three mast ship |
| Organization | Caspian Flotilla [1] |
| Manufacturer | Kazan Admiralty [2] |
| Ship master | E. I. Koshkin [2] |
| Construction started | 1806 year [2] |
| Launched | June 11, 1807 |
| Commissioned | 1807 year |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | 1818 [2] |
| Main characteristics | |
| Length between perpendiculars | 33.53 [1] / 33.6 m [2] |
| Midship Width | 9.14 [1] / 9.5 m [2] |
| Draft | 3.18 [1] / 3.8 m [2] |
| Mover | sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 16 [2] |
Ship Description
Sailing corvette, one of the four corvettes of the same type. According to various sources, the length of the vessel ranged from 33.53 to 33.6 meters , the width from 9.14 to 9.5 meters, and the draft from 3.18 to 3.8 meters. The armament of the ship consisted of 16 guns. The first of the corvettes of this type, called the "Kazan", the second was built in 1816 [1] [2] .
Service History
The Kazan corvette was laid in 1806 in the Kazan Admiralty and, after launching on June 11, 1807, became part of the Caspian Flotilla of Russia . Construction was carried out by the ship foreman E. I. Koshkin [1] [2] .
In 1807, it was transferred from Kazan to Astrakhan by internal routes. He took part in the Russian-Persian war of 1804-1813 . From 1808 to 1813 went on cruising voyages to the Caspian shores of Persia [2] .
The corvette was dismantled in Astrakhan in 1818 [1] [2] .
Corvette Commanders
At different times, the commanders of the Kazan corvette were [2] :
- L.I.Barstet (1807-1808).
- P.V. Kordyukov (Kurdyukov) (from 1809 to June 1810).
- S. A. Nikolaev (from June 1810 to 1812).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Corvettes of the Caspian Flotilla . www.randewy.ru. Date of treatment July 25, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kazan type corvettes . "Military Russia". Date of treatment July 25, 2014.
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 .