Russian sloop 'Novaia Zemlia' (1819)

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British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
1812 Renamed "Saint George"
1819 Renamed "Barfleur"
(1762)
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Novaia Zemlia
Nominal Guns	6	RWAS
Nationality	Russia
Operator	Baltic Sea Fleet
Keel Laid Down	4.12.1817	RWAS
Launched	10.7.1819	RWAS
How acquired	Purpose built	RWAS
Shipyard	Solombala - Archangelsk	RWAS
Constructor	A M KurochkinRussian Ship Builder Service 1810-1825	RWAS
Category	Unrated	RWAS
Ship Type	Sloop	RWAS
Sailing Rig	Brig	RWAS
Broken Up	1841	RWAS

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentRWAS
Displacement200Ton

Armament

7.1819Broadside Weight = 9 Russian Artillery Pound (9.81 lbs 4.4496 kg)RWAS
Gun Deck6 Russian 3-Pounder

Service History

DateEventSource
1819Sailed from Archangel for Novaia Zemlia Island, but driven back by ice and scurvyRWAS
1820Fire watch ship at ArchangelRWAS
14.7.1821Sailed from ArchangelRWAS
31.7.1821Arrived at Novaia Zemlia Island and completed hydrographic surveysRWAS
11.9.1821Arrived at ArchangelRWAS
1822Sailed around the North coast of the Kola Pennisula and to Novaia ZemliaRWAS
1823Surveying the Murman coast of NorwayRWAS
1824In the north Kara SeaRWAS
1836Fire watch ship in the Dvina until 1837RWAS

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

RWASEduard Sozaev, John Tredrea, Book

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