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''Nadezhda'' (or ''Nadeshda'', or ''Nadeshada'' ) was a three-masted
sloop, the ex-British merchantman and
slave ship
Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves. Such ships were also known as "Guineamen" because the trade involved human trafficking to and from the Guinea coast ...
''Leander'', launched in 1799. A French privateer captured her in 1801, but she quickly came back into British hands. Private Russian parties purchased her in 1802 for the
first Russian circumnavigation
The first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth took place from August 1803 to August 1806 and was carried out on two ships, the '' Nadezhda'' and the ''Neva'', under the commands of Adam Johann von Krusenstern and Yuri Lisyansky, respectively. Th ...
of the world (1803-1806), and renamed her. Although it is common to see references to the "
frigate ''Nadezhda''", she was a sloop, not a frigate, and she was never a warship. After her voyage of exploration she served as a merchant vessel for her owner, the
Russian-American Company
The Russian-American Company Under the High Patronage of His Imperial Majesty (russian: Под высочайшим Его Императорского Величества покровительством Российская-Американс ...
, and was lost in 1808.
Career
British merchant vessel
''Leander'' was launched in
London
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in late 1799 as a c.430-ton (bm) merchant sloop. On 3 December 1799 her master, C. Anderson, received a
letter of marque.
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- accessed 14 May 2011. The 1800 and 1801 editions of ''Lloyd's Register'' showed her launch year as 1799, Anderson as her master, T. Huggins as her owner, and her trade as London-Africa.
Slave voyage (1800): Captain Christopher Anderson sailed from London on 21 January 1800. ''Leander'' gathered her slaves at
Bonny Island, Bonny. She arrived at Kingston, Jamaica on 10 October and there delivered 361 slaves. She sailed for London on 29 November. She never arrived at London because on 17 January 1801, a French privateer of 22 guns and 160 men captured ''Leander'' as she approached England.
The 1801 ''Lloyd's Register'' carried the annotation "Captured", but crossed out. It also showed O. Brown as master, replacing Anderson, P. Campbell as owner, replacing Huggins, and her trade as Grenada, replacing London–Africa.
[ How ''Leander'' came back into British hands is currently obscure.
]
Russian exploration ship
In 1802 Yuri Fydorovich Lisyansky purchased ''Leander'' and another merchantman, ''Thames'', for his planned voyage of exploration. The two vessels together cost £17,000, with an additional expense of £5,000 for repairs.
The two vessels left England for the Baltic in May 1803, docking at Kronstadt
Kronstadt (russian: Кроншта́дт, Kronshtadt ), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt or Kronštádt (from german: link=no, Krone for " crown" and ''Stadt'' for "city") is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city ...
on 5 June. There the Russians renamed ''Leander'' to ''Nadezhda'' and ''Thames'' to ''Neva''. Czar Alexander 1 chose their names, but the two vessels were never part of the Russian navy.
The two ships took part in the first Russian circumnavigation of the world, with ''Nadezhda'' serving as Admiral Krusenstern's flagship. The expedition failed, however, to achieve two of its main goals, to establish diplomatic relations with Japan, and to secure trading rights to Canton.
Krusenstern and Captain Yury Nevelskoy of ''Neva'' prepared for the voyage by first serving with the British Royal Navy
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from 1793 to 1799 to build their naval skills. ''Nadezhda'' had a 58-member crew and carried 16 guns.[ She apparently sailed under the auspices of the ]Russian-American Company
The Russian-American Company Under the High Patronage of His Imperial Majesty (russian: Под высочайшим Его Императорского Величества покровительством Российская-Американс ...
(RAC). As part of her circumnavigation she delivered RAC cargo to Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and west ...
, and the first Russian embassy under Nikolai Rezanov
Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov (russian: Николай Петрович Резанов) ( – ), a Russian nobleman and statesman, promoted the project of Russian colonization of Alaska and California to three successive Emperors of All Russia ...
to Japan.[ Another passenger was the nobleman and adventurer Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy. He managed so to annoy captain and crew that Krusenstern finally left him at Kamchatka.
''Nadezhda'' and ''Neva'' left ]Kronstadt
Kronstadt (russian: Кроншта́дт, Kronshtadt ), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt or Kronštádt (from german: link=no, Krone for " crown" and ''Stadt'' for "city") is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city ...
on 7 August 1803. They sailed down the Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
, across the Atlantic Ocean, and past the Canary Islands and Brazil
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. After this they rounded Cape Horn
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and set across the Pacific Ocean, making stops at the Marquesas
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, the Aleutian Islands
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, and the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands, and also at Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and west ...
.
They then separated at the Sandwich Islands
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. ''Nadezhda'' sailed to Japan to deliver the Russian ambassador, while ''Neva'' went on to visit the Russian settlements on the north-west coast of America. One passenger aboard ''Nadezhda'' was Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen (russian: Фадде́й Фадде́евич Беллинсга́узен, translit=Faddéy Faddéevich Bellinsgáuzen; – ) was a Russian naval officer, cartographer and explorer, who ultimatel ...
, who between 1819 and 1821 would lead a second Russian circumnavigation of the world. Another passenger was Otto von Kotzebue
Otto von Kotzebue (russian: О́тто Евста́фьевич Коцебу́, tr. ; – ) was a Russian officer and navigator in the Imperial Russian Navy. He was born in Reval. He was known for his explorations of Oceania.
Early life ...
, the stepson of Kruzenstern's sister.
In 1805 the Swiss Johann Caspar Horner
Johann Caspar Horner (Zürich, 12 March 1774 – Zürich, 3 November 1834) was a Swiss physicist, mathematician and astronomer.
Life
At the beginning he wanted to be a priest, but later he went to Göttingen, where he learnt astronomy. Then he ...
and the Prussia
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n Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff, two scientists traveling on ''Nadezhda'', made a hot air balloon out of Japanese paper (washi
is traditional Japanese paper. The term is used to describe paper that uses local fiber, processed by hand and made in the traditional manner. ''Washi'' is made using fibers from the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (''E ...
) to demonstrate the new technology to some 30 Japanese delegates.
After visiting Japan, ''Nadezhda'' sailed to China and Macao
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. ''Nadezhda'' and ''Neva'' briefly reunited, then ''Nadezhda'' rounded Africa and came back across the Baltic Sea to Kronstadt, arriving 19 August 1806.
Fate
In 1808 an American merchant, D. Martin, chartered ''Nadezhda'' to transport RACo cargoes from Kronstadt to New York City
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. During the trip, in December she became ice-locked near Denmark
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Name
Her name was the namesake of a gulf and Nadezhda Strait in the Okhotsk Sea
The Sea of Okhotsk ( rus, Охо́тское мо́ре, Ohótskoye móre ; ja, オホーツク海, Ohōtsuku-kai) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands ...
, four capes in the Japan Sea
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and the Tatar Strait, and the Nadezhda Island ( Sitka County, Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...
) in the Pacific Ocean
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.[
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Commemorative coins
In 1993 Russia issued three coins to commemorate the first Russian voyage around the world. One was a 150-roubles platinum coin showing both ''Nadezhda'' and ''Neva'' on the reverse. The other two were both 25-roubles palladium coins, one for ''Nadezhda'' and one for ''Neva''.
See also
* European and American voyages of scientific exploration
The era of European and American voyages of scientific exploration followed the Age of Discovery and were inspired by a new confidence in science and reason that arose in the Age of Enlightenment. Maritime expeditions in the Age of Discovery were ...
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
References
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* Barratt, Glynn (1987). ''The Russian Discovery of Hawai'i: The Ethnographic and Historic Record''. Editions Limited. .
* Barratt, Glynn (1988). ''The Russians and Australia (Russia and the South Pacific 1696-1840) (Vol I)''. University of British Columbia
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.
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