Russian Sixth Rate corvette 'Navarin' (1828)

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Britannia (100) 1762-1825
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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Navarin
Nominal Guns	20	RWAS
Nationality	Russia
Operator	Baltic Sea Fleet
Previously	Egyptian Sixth Rate corvette 'Nessabih Sarah' (1828) (20) 1828-1828 Egyptian 20 Gun 6th Rate Corvette
Captured	21.4.1828	RWAS
Shipyard	Egypt - Africa	RWAS
Category	Sixth Rate	RWAS
Ship Type	Corvette	RWAS
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	RWAS
Sold	1854	RWAS

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentRWAS
Between Perpendiculars128' 0"Imperial Feet39.0144
Breadth (inside Planking)32' 0"Imperial Feet9.7536
Depth in Hold10' 0"Imperial Feet3.048

Armament

1828Broadside Weight = 168 Russian Artillery Pound (183.12 lbs 83.0592 kg)RWAS
Gun Deck16 Russian 18-Pound Carronade
Gun Deck4 Russian 12-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.1828160 RWAS

Service History

DateEventSource
1828Operations in the Greek Islands until 1830RWAS
1830Sailed to KronshtadtRWAS
1831In the Baltic until 1849RWAS
1850Sailed to DenmarkRWAS
1851In the BalticRWAS
1852In the BalticRWAS
1853Sailed for the Far EastRWAS
11.1853Entered Portsmouth to repair storm damageRWAS
12.1853Again entered Portsmouth to repair storm damageRWAS
1854Forced into Vlissingen to repair storm damage, condemned and sold for 36,161 GuildersRWAS

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

RWASEduard Sozaev, John Tredrea, Book

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