Nishtadt is a sailing battleship of the Baltic Fleet of Russia .
| Nishtadt | |
|---|---|
| Service | |
 Russia | |
| Class and type of vessel | Rank 4 sailing ship of the line |
| Type of sailing weapon | Three mast ship |
| Organization | Baltic Fleet [1] |
| Ship master | Davenport Robert |
| Construction started | 1720 year [2] |
| Launched | 1721 year [2] |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | 1722 year [2] |
| Main characteristics | |
| Upper Deck Length | 40.54 [1] / 40.6 m [2] |
| Midship Width | 11 m [1] [2] |
| Draft | 4.66 [1] / 4.7 m [2] |
| Mover | sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 56 [2] |
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Ship Description
A sailing battleship of rank 4 , the length of the vessel, according to various sources, ranged from 40.54 to 40.6 meters, width - 11 meters, and draft from 4.66 to 4.7 meters. The armament of the ship was 56 guns. The name was given in honor of the Finnish city in which on August 30 ( September 10 ), 1721 , the Nishtadt Peace Treaty was concluded , summing up the results of the Northern War [1] [2] .
Service History
The ship Nishtadt was laid down in Rotterdam by order of Prince B. I. Kurakin in 1720 and, after launching in 1721, became part of the Baltic Fleet of Russia [1] [2] .
On November 12 ( 23 ), 1721 , when moving from Holland to Russia, near the island of Ezel , aground, none of the crew was injured. The following year, an expedition was organized to the crash site, but not one of the attempts to remove the ship from the shallows was successful. The guns and rigging were removed from the ship and delivered to Kronstadt [1] [2] .
Ship Commanders
The commander of the ship Nishtadt in 1721 was Z. D. Mishukov [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Battleships of the Baltic Fleet . randewy.ru. Date of treatment September 4, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ships bought abroad . "Military Russia". Date of treatment September 4, 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, 1997 .-- T. 1. - 312 p. - (Ships and ships of the Russian fleet). - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-01788-3 .
- 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 .
See also
- List of sailing battleships of the Russian Imperial Fleet
- List of ships of the Baltic Fleet (1702-1725)