This is a list of Russian sail frigates of the period 1694–1852:
The format is: Name, number of guns (rank/real amount), launch year (A = built in

Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near ...

), fate (service = combat service, BU = broken up)

Sail frigates of war

Early Russian frigates

*2 small frigates (1689, training vessels on Lake Pleshcheyevo) – Discarded 1723, burnt 1783 *''Sviatoi Apostol Pavel'' 24 ("Святой Апостол Павел", 1694, A) – In October 1694 sent from

White Sea The White Sea (russian: Белое море, ''Béloye móre''; Karelian and fi, Vienanmeri, lit. Dvina Sea; yrk, Сэрако ямʼ, ''Serako yam'') is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is s ...

to France as a merchant ship with the state goods, captured by France just in harbour because sailed under the Dutch ensign during the

War of the Grand Alliance The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between Kingdom of France, France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by t ...

*''Sviatoye Prorochestvo'' 44 (''Santa Prophetia'') ("Святое Пророчество" or "Санта Профетиа") (1694, Dutch-built for Russia) – Converted to merchant vessel after 1695 and sent from

to Europe with goods, last mentioned 1694

''Sviatogo Dukha''-class (2 units)

*''Sviatogo Dukha'' 12 ("Святого Духа", 1702, A) – Dragged over the land to

Lake Onega Lake Onega (; also known as Onego, rus, Оне́жское о́зеро, r=Onezhskoe ozero, p=ɐˈnʲɛʂskəɪ ˈozʲɪrə; fi, Ääninen, Äänisjärvi; vep, Änine, Änižjärv) is a lake in northwestern Russia, on the territory of the Repu ...

1702, sailed to

Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga (; rus, Ла́дожское о́зеро, r=Ladozhskoye ozero, p=ˈladəʂskəjə ˈozʲɪrə or rus, Ла́дога, r=Ladoga, p=ˈladəɡə, fi, Laatokka arlier in Finnish ''Nevajärvi'' ; vep, Ladog, Ladoganjärv) is a fresh ...

and participated in assault of Nöteburg 1702, last mentioned 1702 (probably damaged by ice and wrecked in winter 1702/1703) *''Kur‘yer'' 12 ("Курьер", 1702, A) - Dragged over the land to

1702, sailed to

and participated in assault of Nöteburg 1702, last mentioned 1702 (probably damaged by ice and wrecked in winter 1702/1703)

Frigates of the
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(1703–1852)

''Sias‘skii''-class (2 units)

*''fan Sas № 1'' 18 ("фан Сас № 1", 1702) - Converted to fire-ship and renamed ''Etna'' ("Этна") 1705 *''fan Sas № 2'' 18 ("фан Сас № 2", 1702) - Converted to fire-ship and renamed ''Vezuvii'' ("Везувий") 1705

*''

Shtandart Standart may refer to: * an alternative translation of Штандартъ, the Russian name of the ship ''Shtandart'' * Standart ( Heraldic flag), the Russian Regimental colors * ''Shtandart'' (frigate, 1703), a Russian sailing frigate constru ...

'' 28 ("Штандарт", 1703) – Classified as 28-gun ship until 1710, BU 1730, Exact replica launched 1999 *''Sviatoi Ilya'' 26 ("Святой Илья", 1703, A) – Wrecked at the

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1712

''Shlissel‘burg''-class (7 units)

*''Shlissel‘burg'' 28/24 ("Шлиссельбург", 1704) - Classified as 28-gun ship until 1710, BU after 1710 *''Kronshlot'' 28/24 ("Кроншлот", 1704) – Classified as 28-gun ship until 1710, BU after 1710 *''Peterburg'' 28/24 ("Петербург", 1704) – Classified as 28-gun ship until 1710, BU after 1710 *''Triumph'' 28/24 ("Триумф", 1704) – Classified as 28-gun ship until 1710, converted to fire-ship 1710 *''Derpt'' 28/24 ("Дерпт", 1704) – Classified as 28-gun ship until 1710, converted to fire-ship 1710 *''Narva'' 28/24 ("Нарва", 1704) – Classified as 28-gun ship until 1710, BU after 1710 *''Fligel‘-de-Fam'' 28/24 ("Флигель-де-Фам", 1704) - Classified as 28-gun ship until 1710, flagship of vice-admiral Cornelius Cruys at the

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 ...

defence 1705 during the

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, converted to fire-ship 1710

''Mikhail Arkhangel''-class (2 units)

*''Mikhail Arkhangel'' 28 ("Михаил Архангел", 1704) – Classified as 28-gun ship until 1710, BU after 1710 *''Ivan-gorod'' 28 ("Иван-город", 1705) – Classified as 28-gun ship until 1710, BU after 1710 *anonymous – BU on slip 1705 *''Olifant'' 32/26 ("Олифант", 1705) – Classified as 32-gun ship until 1710, BU 1712 *''Dumkrat'' 32/26 ("Думкрат", 1707) – Classified as 32-gun ship until 1710, BU 1713

''Sviatoi Piotr''-class (2 units)

*''Sviatoi Piotr'' 32 ("Святой Пётр", 1710, A) – BU 1719 *''Sviatoi Pavel'' 32 ("Святой Павел", 1710, A) – BU in

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1716 *''Samson'' 32 ("Самсон", 1711, Dutch-built for Russia) – Visited Britain 1715, hulked 1733, BU after 1739 *''Sviatoi Yakov'' 32/22 ("Святой Яков", ex-Dutch ?) - Purchased in Holland 1711, BU after 1732 *''Esperans'' 44 ("Эсперанс") (ex-Dutch 50-gun ship ''Hardenbroek'', captured by France in 1706 and renamed ''Esperance'') – Purchased in France 1712, visited France 1726–1727, BU after 1739 *''Sviatoi Nikolai'' 42/50 ("Святой Николай", ex-Dutch ?) - Purchased in Holland 1712, converted to transport 1716 *''Lansdou'' 32 ("Лансдоу", ex-French, ex-Britain HMS ''Norris'') – Purchased in Britain 1713, BU 1725 *''Richmond'' 44 ("Ричмонд", ex-British HMS ''Swiftsure'') – Purchased 1714 in Britain, BU 1721 *''Sviatoi Ilya'' 32 ("Святой Илья", 1714) – Armed by flame throwers 1717, BU 1721 *''Amsterdam-Galey'' 32 ("Амстердам-Галей", 1720, Dutch-built for Russia) – Visited Spain 1725–1726, wrecked 1740 near Greifswalder Oie Island 1740 *''Dekrondelivde'' (also ''De kroon de liefde'', "Декронделивде") 32 (1720, Dutch-built for Russia) – Visited Spain 1725–1726, last mentioned 1743 *''Endracht'' 32 ("Эндрахт", 1720, Dutch-built for Russia) – Captured by Sweden during the route to Russia in 1720, further fate unknown

''Kreyser''-class (3 units)

*''Kreyser'' 32 ("Крейсер", 1723) – BU 1732 *''Yacht-hound'' 32 ("Яхт-хунд", 1724) – BU 1736 *''Wind-hound'' 32 ("Винд-хунд", 1724) – BU 1736 *''Rossiya'' 32 ("Россия", 1728) – BU 1752 *''Vakhmeister'' 46 ("Вахмейстер", 1732) – Last mentioned 1742 *''Mitau'' 32 ("Митау", 1733) – Captured by France in 1734 during the

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, released 1734, BU 1747 *''Printsessa Anna'' 12 ("Принцесса Анна", 1733) – Renamed ''Sviatoi Yakov'' ("Святой Яков") 1745, BU after 1755

''Gektor''-class (16 units)

*''Gektor'' 32 ("Гектор", 1736, A) – Wrecked 1742 *''Voin'' 32 ("Воин", 1737, A) – BU 1755 *''Kavaler'' 32 ("Кавалер", 1737, A) – BU 1755 *''Merkurius'' 32 ("Меркуриус", 1740, A) – Wrecked in

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1743 *''Apollon'' 32 ("Аполлон", 1740, A) – BU 1756 *''Selafail'' 32 ("Селафаил", 1746, A) – BU 1760 *''Yagudiil'' 32 ("Ягудиил", 1746, A) – BU 1760 *''Arkhangel Mikhail'' 32 ("Архангел Михаил", 1748, A) – Wrecked 1760 *''Kreyser'' 32 ("Крейсер", 1751, A) – BU 1763 *''Vakhtmeister'' 32 ("Вахтмейстер", 1754, A) – Sunk from leak 1757 *''Rossiya'' 32 ("Россия", 1754, A) – BU 1771 *''Sviatoi Mikhail'' 32 ("Святой Михаил", 1758, A) – BU 1771 *''Sviatoi Sergii'' 32 ("Святой Сергий", 1761, A) – BU 1771 *''Gremiaschii'' 32 ("Гремящий", 1763, A) – Converted to harbour vessel 1778 *''Nadezhda'' 32 ("Надежда", 1763, A) – Served at the

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1769–1775, converted to transport vessel 1780 *''Afrika'' 32 ("Африка", 1768, A) – Served at the

1769–1775, BU 1790 *''Sviatoi Fiodor'' 32 ("Святой Фёдор", 1762, A) – BU 1774 *''Vestovoi'' 8 ("Вестовой", Purchased and converted to frigate 1763–1764) – BU after 1776 *''Nadezhda Blagopoluchiya'' 34 ("Надежда Благополучия", 1764) – Built for the voyage to the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on ...

, served there in 1764 and 1769–1775, BU in Naoussa 1775 *''Sviatoi Aleksandr'' 8 ("Святой Александр", 1766) – Last mentioned 1775 *''Vtoraya Ekaterina'' 20 ("Вторая Екатерина", ex-yacht, c. 1763, converted to frigate 1773) – Converted to harbour vessel 1777, BU 1782 *''Pochtalyon'' 20/24 9 ("Почтальон", ex-packet boat, 1766, converted to frigate 1775) – Served at the

1769–1775, transferred to the

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in 1775 and to the

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in 1783, renamed ''Nikita Muchenik'' ("Никита Мученик") 1788, converted to bombard ship 1788, BU after 1791 *''Severnyi Oriol'' ("Северный Орёл", ex-British ?, 1752) - Purchased in Britain 1770, served at the

in 1770–1775 and in 1776–1779, converted to transport 1780, BU 1790 *''Grigorii'' ("Григорий") – Purchased in

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1770, served at the

in 1771–1774 and in 1776–1779, visited Spain 1782, BU after 1786 *''Paros'' 10 ("Парос") – Purchased in

1770, served at the

17701–1775, BU 190 *''Pobeda'' 10 ("Победа") – Purchased in

1770, served at the

1771–1775, wrecked at the Crimea coast 1775 *''Sviatoi Nikolai'' 26 ("Святой Николай", ex-Greek, voluntary joined to the Russian Archipelago Squadron of count Alexey Orlov and commissioned 1770) – Served at the

in 1770–1775, bombed

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1773, transferred to the

1775, visited France 1781 and 1783, BU after 1788 *''Sviatoi Pavel'' 22 ("Святой Павел") – Purchased in

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1770, served at the

in 1770–1775 and

in 1775–1779, bombed Turkish

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in 1772–1773, visited

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1778, BU 1782 *''Slava'' 16 ("Слава") – Purchased in

1770, served at the

1770–1775, bombed

1773, sold in

1776 *''Fiodor'' ("Фёдор") – Purchased in

1770, served at the

1770–1771, sunk from leak 1771 *''Uliss'' ("Улисс") – Purchased in

, served at the

1771–1775, last mentioned 1774 *''Zapasnyi'' ("Запасный") – Purchased in

1772, served at the

1772–1775, BU after 1782 *''Konstantsiya'' 22 ("Констанция") – Purchased in

1772, served at the

in 1772–1775 and in 1776–1779, visited

1778, BU 1787 *''Pomoschnyi'' 20 ("Помощный") – Purchased in

1772, served at the

1772–1775, BU after 1783 *''Ungaria'' 26 ("Унгария", ex-Austrian?, 1766) - Purchased in

1775, BU 1796 *''Bohemia'' 26 ("Богемия", ex-Austrian?, 1768) - Purchased in

1775, Visited Spain 1782, BU 1796 *''Pavel'' 32 ("Павел", 1773, A) – Served at the

1773–1779, BU 1791

''Astafii''-class (16 units)

*''Astafii'' 32 ("Астафий", 1773, A) – BU 1793 *''Nataliya'' 32 ("Наталия", 1773, A) – Served at the

1773–1779, wrecked ath the

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1779 *''Liogkii'' 32 ("Лёгкий", 1773, A) – visited Spain 1782, BU 1793 *''Stchastlivyi'' 32 ("Счастливый", 1774, A) – BU 1793 *''Sviatoi Mikhail'' 32 ("Святой Михаил", 1774, A) – Visited Spain 1782, BU 1796 *''Pospeshnyi'' 32 ("Поспешный", 1774, A) – BU 1791 *''Aleksandr'' 32 ("Александр", 1778, A) – Visited Portugal 1780, BU 1804 *''Voin'' 32 ("Воин", 1778, A) – Visited Italy 1781-82, BU 1804 *''Mariya'' 32 ("Мария", 1778, A) – Visited Italy 1781-82, BU 1804 *''Patrikii'' 32 ("Патрикий", 1779, A) – Visited Italy 1781-84 BU, converted to transport 1801 *''Simion'' 32 ("Симион", 1779, A) – Visited Italy 1781-82, BU 1803 *''Nadezhda'' 32 ("Надежда", 1781, A) – DU 1799 *''Slava'' 32 ("Слава", 1781, A) – Visited Italy 1782-84, converted to harbour vessel 1799 *''Voz‘mislav'' 32 ("Возьмислав", 1783, A) - Wrecked 1788 *''Podrazhislav'' 32 ("Подражислав", 1783, A) – Last mentioned 1796 *''Nadezhda Blagopoluchiya'' 32 ("Надежда Благополучия", 1786, A) – Last mentioned 1798 *''Gektor'' 26 ("Гектор", 1781) – Captured by Sweden in 1788 at the very beginning of

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(her captain know nothing about the hostile intentions of Swedes), renamed HMS ''Hector'', BU 1818 *''Mstislavets'' 44 ("Мстиславец", 1784, A) – Last mentioned 1794 *''Yaroslavets'' 35 ("Ярославец", 1784, A) – Captured by Sweden in 1788 at the very beginning of

(her captain know nothing about the hostile intentions of Swedes), renamed HMS ''Jarislawiz'', re-captured by Russia at the

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, renamed ''Yaroslavets'' ("Ярославец") BU 1799 *''Riga'' 16 ("Рига", 1784) – BU 1791 *''Premislav'' 36 ("Премислав", 1785, A) – Last mentioned 1793

''Briachislav''-class (8 units)

*''Briachislav'' 44/38 ("Брячислав", 1785, A) – Served at the

1793, BU 1804 *''Arkhangel Gavriil'' 44/38 ("Архангел Гавриил", 1787, A) – BU after 1799 *''Pomoschnyi'' 44/38 ("Помощный", 1788, A) – Served at the

1793, BU after 1799 *''Kronstadt'' 44/38 ("Кронштадт", 1789, A) – Visited Britain 1795–1796, BU after 1800 *''Arkhipelag'' 44/38 ("Архипелаг", 1789, A) – Served at the

1793, visited Britain 1795–1797, BU 1809 *''Narva'' 44/38 ("Нарва", 1790, A) – Visited Britain in 1794,1795–1797 & 1798–1799, BU 1815 *''Revel‘'' 44/38 ("Ревель", 1790, A) - Visited Britain in 1795–1796, BU after 1805 *''Riga'' 44/38 ("Рига", 1790, A) – Visited Britain in 1795–1797 & 1798–1800, BU 1811

''Arkhangel Mikhail''-class (3 units)

Built according to drawings of ex-Swedish frigate HMS ''Venus'', which had designed by F. af Chapman *''Arkhangel Mikhail'' 44 ("Архангел Михаил", 1791, A) – Served at the

1793, visited Britain 1795–1796, wrecked 1796 *''Rafail'' 44 ("Рафаил", 1791, A) – Visited Britain 1795–1796 & 1799–1800 BU 1804 *''Stchastlivyi'' 44 ("Счастливый", 1798, A) – Visited Britain 1798–1800, hulked 1810, BU after 1813 *anonymous – BU on slip 1795 *''Emmanuil'' 40 ("Эммануил", 1797) – BU 1825 *''Emprenabl‘'' 16 ("Эмпренабль", 1797, court in

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) – BU c. 1800 *''Pospeshnyi'' 36/38 ("Поспешный", 1798, A) – Served at the

1798–1800, transferred to the

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1800, BU after 1809 *''Kil‘duin'' 32 ("Кильдюин", 1798, A; ex- 24-gun transport, converted to 32-gun frigate 1805) - Served at the

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1805–1807, interned by Britain 1808, released and sold to Britain 1813

''Tikhvenskaya Bogoroditsa''-class (2 units)

Built according to improved drawings of ex-Swedish frigate HSwMS ''Venus'', designed by F. af Chapman *''Tikhvenskaya Bogoroditsa'' 44 ("Тихвенская Богородица", 1799, A) – Visited Britain 1799–1800, served at the

1804, BU 1819 *''Feodosii Totemskii'' 44 ("Феодосий Тотемский", 1799, A) – Visited Britain 1799–1800, BU 1819

''Speshnyi''-class (34 units)

The design ''Speshnyi'' class proved highly successful with the result that the Russian Navy built 34 over several decades. The first 11 were built over a period of 24 years. The first three were built before 1810, and three more were built towards the end of the

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. These last three were built of larch and pine, a decision that sacrificed durability for speed and cost of construction. As a result, the Russian Navy sold these three, and some other frigates, to Spain in 1818. The last five of the initial eleven were laid down between 1818 and 1823. The Great Flood of 1824 damaged three, but the Navy salvaged them, and two (''Provoryni'' (1820) and ''Konstantin'' (1824)), fought at the

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. By 1831 all of the first 11 had been captured, wrecked, or broken up, with the exception of ''Konstantin''. She was hulked in 1837 and finally broken up in 1848. Between 1825 and 1844 the Navy had another 23 built. ;First 11 units *''Speshnyi'' 44/50 ("Спешный", 1801, A) – Was the fastest frigate of the contemporary Baltic Fleet, captured by Britain at Portsmouth harbour in 1807 because her captain was not informed of the beginning of

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* ''Liogkii'' 38 ("Лёгкий", 1803, A) – Served at the

1806–1807, sold to France at Trieste 1809. Captured by the British

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in 1811. *''Neva'' 28 ("Нева", 1805) – BU 1829 *''Geroi'' 48 ("Герой", 1807, A) – Wrecked 1808 *''Argus'' 44/50 ("Аргус", 1807, A) – Wrecked 1808 *''Bystryi'' 44/50 ("Быстрый", 1807, A) – BU 1827 *''Merkurii'' 44 ("Меркурий", 1815) – Visited Britain 1816, sold to Spain 1818, renamed ''Mercurio'', scrapped in Cadiz in 1820. *''Patrikii'' 44 ("Патрикий", 1816, A) – Sold to Spain 17 August 1817, transferred in 1818, renamed ''Maria Isabel'', captured by Chile in 1818, renamed ''O'Higgins'', sold to Argentina in 1826, renamed ''Buenos Aires'', sunk in Cape Horn in 1826. *''Liogkii'' 44 ("Лёгкий", 1816) – Sold to Spain 1818, renamed ''Ligeria'', sunk in Santiago de Cuba in 1822Decadencia de la Marina española (Spanish)
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*''Merkurii'' 44 ("Меркурий", 1820, A) – Visited Britain 1827, BU 1829 *''Provornyi'' 44 ("Проворный", 1820) – Visited France 1824, served at the

1827–1828, BU 1831 *''Vestovoi'' 44 ("Вестовой", 1822, A) – Wrecked 1827 *''Konstantin'' 44/48 ("Константин", 1824, A) – Visited Britain 1826, served at the

1827–1830, BU 1848 *''Aleksandra'' 44/54 ("Александра", 1826, A) – Served at the

1828–1830, BU 1845 *''Mariya'' 44/54 ("Мария", 1827, A) – Served at the

1828–1830, hulked as depot 1847 *''Ol‘ga'' 44/54 ("Ольга", 1827, A) - Served at the

1828–1830, U 1849 *''Kniaginia Lovitch'' 44/54 ("Княгиня Лович", 1828) – Served at the

1828–1833, flagship of rear admiral Pyotr Rikord during the Civil conflict in Greece (1831–1833), transferred to the

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1833, hulked 1837 *''Elisaveta'' 44/63 ("Елизавета", 1828) – Served at the

1829–1831, hulked as depot 1838 *''Ekaterina'' 44/56 ("Екатерина", 1828) – BU 1854 *''Anna'' 44/54 ("Анна", 1829) – Served at the

1831–1833, transferred to the

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1833, hulked 1838 *''Prints Oranskii'' 44/54 ("Принц Оранский", 1829) – Renamed ''Korol‘ Niderlandskii'' ("Король Нидерландский") 1841, hulked 1854, BU c. 1858 *''Neva'' 44/54 ("Нева", 1829) – Hulked as depot 1837 *''Venus'' ("Венус") (ex-''Skoryi'' ("Скорый") – renamed on slip) 44/64 (1829, A) – Hulked 1852 *''Bellona'' 44/54 ("Беллона", 1830) – Hulked as depot 1837 *''Yunona'' 44/54 ("Юнона", 1830) – Hulked as depot 1845 *''Pomona'' 44/54 ("Помона", 1830) – BU 1848 *''Tserera'' 44/54 ("Церера", 1830) – Hulked 1854, Sold for BU 1859 *''Kastor'' 44/52 ("Кастор", 1831, A) – Voyaged to the

1856–1857, decommissioned 1863, BU 1865 *''Amfitrida'' 44/52 ("Амфитрида", 1832, A) – Scuttled to protect

harbour 1859 *''Prozerpina'' 44/56 ("Прозерпина", 1831) – BU 1855 *''Diana'' 44/56 ("Диана", 1832) – Hulked as depot 1850, BU 1854 *''Avrora'' or ''Aurora'' 44/56 ("Аврора", 1835) – Visited Britain 1844, served at the Northern Pacific 1853–1857, strongest Russian ship in Petropavlosk during the Petropavlosk Action (1854), decommissioned 1861 *''Mel‘pomena'' 44/52 ("Мельпомена", 1836, A) - Last mentioned 1849 *''Tsesarevitch'' ("Цесаревич") (ex-''Ekaterina'' ("Екатерина") – renamed on slip) 44/58 (1841) – Hulked as depot 1858 *''Tsesarevna'' ("Цесаревна") (ex-''Bellona'' ("Беллона") – renamed on slip) 44/58 (1841) – BU 1858 *''Konstantin'' 44/58 ("Константин, 1844, A) – Visited Britain 1844, BU 1860

''Amfitrida''-class (7 units)

*''Amfitrida'' 44 ("Амфитрида". 1807) – Visited France 1810, damaged during flood in

(1824), BU 1828 *''Avtroil'' 44 ("Автроил", 1811) – Sold to Spain 1818, renamed ''Astrolabio'', scrapped in 1820. *''Arkhipelag'' 44 ("Архипелаг", 1811) – Visited Britain in 1812–1814, France and Netherlands in 1814–1815, damaged during flood in

(1824), BU 1828 *''Argus'' 44 ("Аргус", 1813) – Visited France 1817, damaged during flood in

(1824), BU 1828 *''Diana'' 44 ("Диана", 1818, A) – Visited Britain 1827, BU 1830 *''Avtroil'' 44 ("Автроил", 1819) – Hulked as depot 1827 *''Liogkiy'' 44 ("Лёгкий", 1819) – Hulked as depot 1827

''Kastor''-class (2 units)

*''Kastor'' 36 ("Кастор", 1807) – Served at the

1813, BU 1718 *''Poluks'' 36 ("Полукс", 1807) – Wrecked 1809 (140 men lost) *''Venera'' 48 ("Венера", 1808) – Reconstruct to 2-deck 56-gun frigate 1810, Visited Britain 1812–1813, BU 1829 *''Sveaborg'' 36 ("Свеаборг", 1808) – Served at the

1813–1814, damaged during flood in

(1824), BU 1828 *''Poluks'' 32 ("Полукс", 1812) – Served at the

1813, damaged during flood in

(1824), BU 1828 *''Rossiya'' 24 ("Россия", 1814) – First ship of Russian Guards Naval Depot, renamed ''Ekateringof'' ("Екатерингоф") 1827, hulked as depot 1831 *''Neva'' 28 ("Нева", 1816) – BU 1830

''Pomona''-class (2 units)

*''Pomona'' 24 ("Помона", 1817, A) – BU 1829 *''Pomoschnyi'' 24 ("Помощный", 1821, A) – Wrecked 1829

''Provornyi''-class (8 units)

*''Provornyi'' 36 ("Проворный", 1816, A) – Sold to Spain 1818, renamed ''Viva'', scrapped in 1820. *''Pospeshnyi'' 36 ("Поспешный", 1816) – Sold to Spain 1818, renamed ''Pronta'', sunk in Portobelo (Panamá) in 1820. *''Gektor'' 36 ("Гектор", 1817) – Damaged during flood in

(1824), BU 1828 *''Kreyser'' 36 ("Крейсер", 1821, A) – Sailed to "Russian America" 1822–1825, visited Britain 1827, BU 1831 *''Aleksandr Nevskii'' 36 ("Александр Невский", 1821) – Converted to transport and renamed ''Wind-hound'' ("Винд-хунд") 1825, BU 1829 *''Kastor'' 36 ("Кастор", 1823) – Served at the

1827–1829, BU 1830 *''Wind-hound'' ("Винд-хунд", 1823, A) – Damaged during flood in

(1824), decommissioned 1826 *''Elena'' 36 ("Елена", 1825, A) – Visited Britain 1826, served at the

1827–1829, hulked 1835 *''Aleksandr Nevskii'' 44/62 ("Александр Невский", ex- 74-gun ship, 1826, cut down as 44-gun frigate 1732) – BU 1847

''Pallada''-class (2 units)

Built according to improved drawings of HMS ''President'' (1800) *''

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'' 44/52 ("Паллада", 1832) – Visited Britain 1847 and Portugal 1849–1850, served at the Northern Pacific in 1852–1856, flagship of

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ese diplomatic mission of vice-admiral count

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, scuttled to prevent capture in Emperor's Harbour 1856 *'' Diana'' 44/52 ("Диана", 1852, A) – Served at the Northern Pacific in 1853–1856 consisting of

ese diplomatic mission of vice-admiral count

, severely damaged after the

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and

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Frigates of the
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(1770–1783) of
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''Pervyi''-class (2 units)

The only two frigates, participated the

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consisting of

*''Pervyi'' 32 ("Первый", 1771) – Wrecked 1775 *''Vtoroi'' 32 ("Второй", 1771) – Transferred to the

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1783, BU 1783

''Tretyi''-class (2 units)

*''Tretiy'' 58 ("Третий", 1773) – Burnt 1779 *''Chetviortyi'' 58 ("Четвёртый", 1773) – Last mentioned 1778

''Piatyi''-class (3 units)

*''Piatyi'' 42 ("Пятый", 1774) – Transferred to the

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1783, BU 1785 *''Shestoi'' 42 ("Шестой", 1774) – Transferred to the

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1783, BU 1785 *''Sed‘moi'' 42 ("Седьмой", 1777) - Transferred to the

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and renamed ''Kherson'' 1783, converted to floating battery and renamed ''Vasilii Velikii'' ("Василий Великий") 1788, wrecked 1788

''Vos‘moi''-class (9 units)

*''Vos‘moi'' 44 ("Восьмой", 1778) - Transferred to the

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and renamed ''Ostoroznyi'' ("Осторожный") 1783, BU 1790 *''Deviatyi'' 44 ("Девятый", 1779) – Transferred to the

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and renamed ''Pospeshnyi'' ("Поспешный") 1783, decommissioned 1786, BU after 1790 *''Desiatyi'' 44 ("Десятый", 1779) – Transferred to the

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and renamed ''Krym'' 1783, lost at sea 1787 *''Odinnadtsatyi'' 44 ("Одиннадцатый"Ю 1779) – Transferred to the

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and renamed ''Khrabryi'' ("Храбрый") 1783, BU after 1788 *''Dvenadtsatyi'' 44 ("Двенадцатый", 1782) – Transferred to the

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and renamed ''Strela'' ("Стрела") 1783, rearmed and renamed as 40-gun frigate ''Ioann Voinstvennik'' ("Иоанн Воинственник") 1788, BU after 1792 *''Trinadtsatyi'' 44 ("Тринадцатый", 1782) – Transferred to the

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and renamed ''Pobeda'' 1783, rearmed and renamed as 40-gun frigate ''Matvei Evangelist'' ("Матвей Евангелист") 1788, BU after 1791

Frigates of the
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(1783–1855)

''Vos‘moi''-class (last 3 units)

*''Chetyrnadtsatyi'' 44 ("Четырнадцатый", 1783) – Renamed ''Perun'' ("Перун"), 1783, rearmed and renamed as 40-gun frigate ''Amvrosii Mediolanskii'' ("Амвросий Медиоланский") 1788, hulked as depot 1791 *''Piatnadtsatyi'' 44 ("Пятнадцатый", 1783) – Renamed ''Liogkii'' ("Лёгкий") 1783, rearmed and renamed as 40-gun frigate ''Kirill Belozerskii'' ("Кирилл Белозерский") 1788, converted to floating crane 1791 *''Shestnadtsatyii'' 44 ("Шестнадцатый", 1783) – Renamed ''Skoryi'' ("Скорый") 1783, rearmed and renamed as 40-gun frigate ''Fedot Muchenik'' ("Федот Мученик") 1788, last mentioned 1790 *''Vestnik'' 40/32 ("Вестник", ex-merchant vessel, 1781, converted to 40-gun frigate 1783) – Renamed ''Arkhangel Gavriil'' ("Архангел Гавриил", 1788, BU after 1790 *''Grigorii Bogoslov'' ("Григорий Богослов") (ex-merchant vessel ''Boristhen'' ("Бористен"), 1781, converted to frigate 1788) – BU after 1791 *''Ioann Zlatoust'' ("Иоанн Златоуст") (ex-merchant vessel ''Taganrog'' ("Таганрог"), converted to frigate 1788) – damaged by ice and sunk in 1788/89 *''Grigorii Velikiya Armenii'' 26 ("Григорий Великия Армении") (ex-merchant vessel ''Pchela'' ("Пчела"), 1782, converted to frigate 1788) – Last mentioned 1791 *''Antonii'' ("Антоний") (ex-pink ''№ 1'', 1784, converted to frigate 1788) - Burnt 1791 *''Feodosii'' ("Феодосий") (ex-pink ''№ 2'', 1784, converted to frigate 1788) - Last mentioned 1788 *''Sergii Chudotvorets'' 20 ("Сергий Чудотворец") (ex-cutter ''№ 1'', converted to frigate 1788) - BU after 1802 *''Nikolai Chudotvorets'' 20 ("Николай Чудотворец") (ex-cutter ''№ 2'', convert to frigate 1788) - Last mentioned 1790 *''Sviatoi Georgii Pobedonosets'' 50/54 ("Святой Георгий Победоносец", 1785) – Classified as 50-gun ship 1788–1793, BU after 1800 *''Taganrog'' 40 ("Таганрог", 1785) – BU after 1795

''Kinburn''-class (3 units)

*''Kinburn'' 40 ("Кинбурн", 1786) – Renamed ''Pokrov Sviatoi Bogoroditsy'' ("Покров Святой Богородицы") 1788, hulked 1790 *''Berislav'' 40 ("Берислав", 1786) – Renamed ''Luka Evangelist'' ("Лука Евангелист") 1788, BU 1790 *''Fanagoriya'' 40 ("Фанагория", 1786) – Renamed ''Prepodobnyi Nestor'' ("Преподобный Нестор") 1788, BU after 1795

''Apostol Andrei''-class (2 units)

50-gun battlefrigates, 2-deckers *''Apostol Andrei'' 50 ("Апостол Андрей", 1786) – Classified as 50-gun ship 1789–1793, converted to floating crane 1800 *''Aleksandr Nevskii'' 50 ("Александр Невский", 1787) – Classified as 50-gun ship 1789–1793, flagship of rear admiral count Nikolai Mordvinov in 1787 and rear admiral

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in 1790 during the

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, voyaged to the

1799, last mentioned 1799

''Piotr Apostol''-class (6 units)

46-gun battlefrigates *''Piotr Apostol'' 46/44 ("Пётр Апостол", 1788) – Classified as 46-gun ship 1789–1793, BU after 1799 *''Ioann Bogoslov'' 46/44 ("Иоанн Богослов", 1788) – Classified as 46-gun ship 1789–1793, burnt 1794 *''Tsar‘ Konstantin'' 46/44 ("Царь Константин", 1788) - Classified as 46-gun ship 1789–1793, wrecked 1799 (399 men lost including rear admiral I. T. Ovtsyn) *''Fiodor Stratilat'' 46/44 ("Фёдор Стратилат", 1790) – Classified as 46-gun ship until 1793, wrecked 1799 (268 men lost) *''Soshestviye Sviatogo Dukha'' ("Сошествие Святого Духа") (ex-''Sviataya Troitsa'' ("Святая Троица") – renamed on slip) 46/44 (1791) – Classified as 46-gun ship until 1793, served at the

1798–1802, last mentioned 1802 *''Kazanskaya Bogoroditsa'' 46/44 ("Казанская Богородица", 1791) – Classified as 46-gun ship until 1793, served at the

1798–1802, last mentioned 1802 *''Nikolai Belomorskii'' 20 ("Николай Беломорский")- ex-

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, purchased in Eastern Miditerranean 1789, served in

1789–1792, transferred to the

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1792, voyaged to the

1801 and 1804, BU after 1808 *''Sviatoi Matvei'' 16 ("Святой Матвей") – ex-

privateer A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or deleg ...

corvette of

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Flotilla on Russian service, served at the

1790–1792, commissioned to the

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as 16-gun frigate 1792, BU 1804 *''Navarkhia'' ("Навархия") (also ''Vozneseniye Gospodne'', "Преображение Господне") 46/40 (1790) – Classified as 46-gun ship until 1793, served at the

1798–1802, last mentioned 1802 *''Sviatoi Nikolai'' 44/46/50 ("Святой Николай", 1790) – Classified as 46-gun ship until 1793, served at the

1798–1802, sold for BU in Naples 1802 *''Grigorii Velikiya Armenii'' 60 ("Григорий Великия Армении", 1791) – Served at the

1798–1803, converted to hospital vessel in

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1805, sold to France in Corfu 1809 *''Ioann Zlatoust'' 32 ("Иоанн Златоуст", 1791) – Voyaged to the

in 1800 & 1804, last mentioned 1815 *''Pospeshnyi'' 32 ("Поспешный", 1793) – Voyaged to the

1799–1800, wrecked near

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1800 *''Stchastlivyi'' 36 ("Счастливый", 1793) – Served at the

1798–1800, BU 1805 *''Liogkii'' 26 ("Лёгкий", 1793) – Voyaged to the

1800, BU 1804 *''Mikhail'' 50/48 ("Михаил", 1796) – Served at the

1798–1803 & 1804–1807, flagship of captain A. Sorokin in 1799, sold to France in Trieste 1809 *''Nazaret'' 44 ("Назарет", 1800) – Served at the

in 1802–1803 & 1805–1806, BU after 1813 *''Krepkii'' 54 ("Крепкий", 1801) – Served at the

1804–1806, BU after 1812 *''Liliya'' ("Лилия", 1806) – Last mentioned 1821

''Voin''-class (2 units)

*''Voin'' 32 ("Воин", 1804) – Last mentioned 1821 *''Afrika'' 32 ("Африка", 1811) – Last mentioned 1811 *''Minerva'' 44 ("Минерва", 1811) – Converted to harbour vessel 1825

''Vezul''-class (2 units)

*''Vezul'' 32 ("Везул", 1813) – Wrecked 1817 *''Speshnyi'' 32 ("Спешный", 1813) – BU 1830 *''Evstafii'' 44/48 ("Евстафий", 1817) – Last mentioned 1829 *''Flora'' 44/48 ("Флора", 1818) – BU after 1835 *''Pospeshnyi'' 44/52 ("Поспешный", 1821) – BU 1839 *''Shtandart'' 44/60 ("Штандарт", 1824) – Visited Egypt 1832, Hulked as depot 1841 *''Rafail'' 36/44 ("Рафаил", 1828) – Captured by Turkey in 1829 during the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) (the reason ship name "Rafail" was prohibited to use in the Russian Navy in future), renamed ''Fazlullah'', destroyed by Russian ships at the Battle of Sinop 1853

''Tenedos''-class (6 units)

According to their designer, admiral Alexey Greig, this frigates only by a negligible margin inferiored to 74-gun ships of the line *''Tenedos'' 60 ("Тенедос", 1828) – Hulked 1842 *''Erivan‘'' 60 ("Эривань", 1829) - Hulked 1837 *''Arkhipelag'' 60 ("Архипелаг", 1829) – Hulked 1838 *''Varna'' 60 ("Варна", 1830) – Wrecked 1838 *''Enos'' 60 ("Энос", 1831) – Hulked 1845 *''Burgas'' 60 ("Бургас", 1832) – Hulked 1842 *''Agatopol‘'' 60 ("Агатополь", 1834) - BU 1853 *''Brailov'' 44/46 ("Браилов", 1836) – BU 1851 *''Flora'' 44 ("Флора", 1839) – Won an action with 3 Turkish steamers (1853), scuttled to protect the harbour in 1854 during the Siege of Sevastopol *''Mesemvriya'' 60 ("Месемврия", 1840) – Scuttled to protect the harbour in 1855 during the Siege of Sevastopol *''Sizopol‘'' 60/54 ("Сизополь", 1841) - Scuttled to protect the harbour in 1854 during the Siege of Sevastopol *''Midiya'' 60 ("Мидия", 1843) – Scuttled to protect the harbour in 1855 during the Siege of Sevastopol *''Kagul'' 44 ("Кагул", 1843) – Converted to hospital ship 1854, scuttled to protect the harbour in 1855 during the Siege of Sevastopol *''Kovarna'' 52 ("Коварна", 1845) – Destroyed by coastal artillery fire during the Siege of Sevastopol 1855 *''Kulevtchi'' 60 ("Кулевчи", 1847) – Scuttled in

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in 1855, when Russian troops abandoned the city

Frigates of the
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''№ 1''-class (3 units)

*''№ 1'' 20 (1779) - BU 1789 *''№ 2'' 20 (1779) - BU 1786 *''№ 3'' 20 (1780) - BU 1787

''Kavkaz''-class (5 units)

*''Kavkaz'' 20 ("Кавказ", 1784) – Bombed

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in 1791, BU 1797 *''Astrakhan‘'' 20 ("Астрахань", 1784) - BU 1798 *''Kizliar'' 20 ("Кизляр", 1785) – Last mentioned 1785 *''№ 1'' 20 (1798) - Bombed

to protect Russian merchantmen in 1799, flagship of lieutenant commander Egor Veselago during the Russo-Persian War (1803-1813), BU 1810 *''№ 2'' 20 (1798) - BU 1809 *''Tsaritsyn'' 12 ("Царицын", 1795) (rowing) – BU 1808

Rowing frigates

This type of sailing & rowing vessels was intended for the skerries of the

Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and ...

. These vessels, except for the two ''Evangelist Mark''-class vessels, belonged to the Baltic Rowing (Army) Fleet.

''Evangelist Mark''-class (2 units)

*''Evangelist Mark'' 20/22 ("Евангелист Марк", 1773) – BU 1794 *''Provornyi'' 20/22 ("Проворный", 1781) – BU 1789

''Ekaterina''-class (18 units)

*''Ekaterina'' 38 ("Екатерина", 1790) – Burnt to prevent capture at the 2nd Battle of Rochensalm (1790), repaired by Swedes and commissioned as HMS ''Katarina'', further future is unknown *''Aleksandr'' 38 ("Александр", 1790) – Lost at the 2nd Battle of Rochensalm (1790), repaired by Swedes and commissioned as HMS ''Alexander'', further future is unknown *''Aleksandra'' 38 ("Александра", 1790) – BU 1804 *''Elena'' 38 ("Елена", 1790) – BU 1802 *''Konstantin'' 38 ("Константин", 1790) – Lost at the 2nd Battle of Rochensalm (1790), repaired by Swedes and commissioned as HMS ''Konstantin'', further future is unknown *''Mariya'' 38 ("Мария", 1790) – Captured by Sweden at the 2nd Battle of Rochensalm (1790), overthrew a few hours after *'' Nikolai'' 38 ("Николай", 1790) – Sank at the 2nd Battle of Rochensalm (1790), found by divers 1948 *''Pavel'' 38 ("Павел", 1790) – BU 1804 *''Aleksandr'' 38 ("Александр", 1792) – BU 1804 *''Ekaterina'' 38 ("Екатерина", 1792) – BU 1804 *''Elizaveta'' 38 ("Елизавета", 1794) – BU 1803 *''Mariya'' 38 ("Мария", 1794) – Wrecked 1796 *''Konstantin'' 38 ("Константин", 1796) – Visited Britain 1799–1800, BU 1808 *''Nikolai'' 38 ("Николай", 1796) – Visited Britain 1799–1800, BU 1809 *''Bogoyavleniye Gospodne'' 38 ("Богоявление Господне", 1798) – Withstood an action with two Swedish frigates near Vasa 1809, hulked 1810, BU 1816 *''Emmanuil'' 38 ("Эммануил", 1796) – Transferred to the Baltic (Sail) Fleet as 24-gun frigate 1804, BU 1817 *''Vifleem'' 38 ("Вифлеем") – BU on slip 1799 *''Nazaret' 38 ("Назарет") – BU on slip 1799

Hemmemas (6 units)

hemmema A hemmema (from Finnish "Hämeenmaa", Tavastia) was a type of warship built for the Swedish archipelago fleet and the Russian Baltic Fleet in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The hemmema was initially developed for use against the Imper ...

(Russian pronunciation "gemam") was a Swedish design by

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. It was a type of small rowing frigate for archipelago warfare used by the Swedish archipelago fleet. *''Petergof'' 32 (" Петергоф", 1808) – BU 1822 *''Bodryi'' 32 ("Бодрый", 1808) – Damaged during flood in

(1824), BU 1829 *''Neva'' 32 ("Нева", 1808) – BU 1829 *''Sveaborg'' 32 ("Свеаборг", 1808) – BU 1822 *''Torneo'' 32 ("Торнео", 1808) – BU 1824 *''Mirnyi'' 32 ("Мирный", 1823) – BU after 1834

Training frigates

Built special for naval training. Belonged to th
Sea Cadet Corps'
Squadron. *''Nadezhda'' 10 ("Надежда", 1766) (25 cadets) – BU 1774

''Malyi''-class (6 units)

95 naval cadets. *''Malyi'' 24 ("Малый", 1805) – BU after 1820 *''Uraniya'' 24 ("Урания", 1820) – BU 1838 *''Rossiya'' 24 ("Россия", 1825) – BU 1842 *''Nadezhda'' 24 ("Надежда", 1828) – BU 1845 *''Otvazhnost‘'' 24 ("Отважность", 1834) - BU after 1858 *''Postoyanstvo'' 24 ("Постоянство", 1834) – BU after 1858

''Vernost‘''-class (3 units)

75 naval cadets. *''Vernost‘'' 24 ("Верность", 1834) - Hulked as floating barracks 1854, BU 1858 *''Uspekh'' 24 ("Успех", 1839) – BU 1855 *''Nadezhda'' 24 ("Надежда", 1845) – BU after 1858

Prizes (frigates)

*''Karlskron-Vapen'' 34 ("Карлскрон-вапен", ex-Swedish HMS ''Karlskrona Vapen'', 1703, captured at the Battle of Osel Island 1719) – BU 1737 *''Venker'' 30 ("Венкер", ex-Swedish HMS ''Vainqueur'', 1720, captured at the Battle of Grengam 1720) – Never commissioned but kept as a memorial, BU 1738 *''Dansk-Ern'' 18/24 ("Данск-Эрн", ex-Danish ''Svarta Örn'', 1715, captured by Sweden in 1717 and renamed HMS ''Danska Örn'', captured by Russians at the Battle of Grengam 1720) – memorial 1728, BU after 1737 *''Kisken'' 22/32 ("Кискен", ex-Swedish HMS ''Kiskin'', 1715, captured at the Battle of Grengam 1720)) – BU 1738 *''Stor-Feniks'' 34/32 ("Стор-Феникс", ex-Swedish HMS ''Stora Fenix II'' (''Fenix''), 1708, captured at the Battle of Grengam 1720)) – BU after 1738 *''Brilyant'' 30 ("Брильянт", ex-French ''Le Brillant'', ?, captured during the

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) – BU after 1746 *''Ul‘riksdal‘'' 24 ("Ульриксдаль", ex-Swedish HMS ''Ulriksdal'', 1738, heavily damaged in storm and captured near

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in 1742 during the

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) – BU after 1773 *''Arkhipelag'' 30 ("Архипелаг", ex-Turkish vessel ?, captured in

1770, converted to

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's frigate) – Served at the

1770–1775, transferred to the

1775, converted to transport vessel 1782, wrecked 1782 *''Delos'' ("Делос", ex-Turkish vessel ?, captured in

1770, converted to

's frigate) – Served at the

1770–1775, sold for BU in Naoussa 1775 *''Zeya'' ("Зея", ex-Turkish vessel ?, captured in

1770, converted to

's frigate) – BU in Naoussa 1772 *''Milo'' ("Мило", ex-Turkish vessel ?, captured in

1770, converted to

's frigate) – BU in Naoussa 1772 *''Naktsiya'' 22 ("Накция", ex-Turkish vessel ?, captured in

1770, converted to

's frigate) – Served at the

1770–1775, sold for BU in Naoussa 1775 *''Tino'' ("Тино", ex-Turkish vessel ?, captured in

1770, converted to

's frigate) – Served at the

1770–1775, transferred to the

1775, last mentioned 1775 *''Andro'' ("Андро", ex-Turkish vessel ?, captured in

1771, converted to

's frigate) – BU in Naoussa 1772 *''Mikono'' ("Миконо", ex-Turkish vessel ?, captured in

1771, converted to

's frigate) – BU in Naoussa 1772 *''Minerva'' 32 ("Минерва", ex-Turkish vessel ?, captured in

1771, converted to

's frigate) – Served at the

1771–1774, wrecked at the

1774 *''Santorin'' ("Санторин", ex-Turkish vessel ?, captured in

1771, converted to

's frigate) – Wrecked in

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harbour and burnt to protect the capture 1771 *''Sviatoi Mark'' ("Святой Марк", ex-Turkish galley ''Makroplea'', captured at the Dnepr Liman in 1788, converted to frigate) – BU after 1800 *''Avtroil'' 24 ("Автроил", ex-Swedish HMS ''af Trolle'', 1767, captured at the First Battle of Rochensalm (1789)) – Flagship of vice-admiral T. Kozlianonov in the Battle of Vyborg Bay and 2nd Battle of Rochensalm (1790) (2nd flag), served at the

1805–1807, sold to France in

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1809 *''Oden'' 38/28-gun

("Оден", ex-Swedish HMS ''Oden'', 1764, captured at the First Battle of Rochensalm (1789), classified as

) – Captured by Sweden at the 2nd Battle of Rochensalm (1790), re-captured by Russia in Sveaborg (1808) and as half-hemmama ''Oduen'' ("Одуен") commissioned to the Baltic Rowing Fleet, last mentioned 1808 Merkuriy vs Venus

*''

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'' ("Венус", ex-Swedish HMS ''Venus'', 1783, captured in

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in 1789 during the

) – Distinguished herself in Battle of Vyborg Bay under the command of captain Roman Crown, visited Holland 1793, visited Britain in 1793, 1795–1797 & 1799–1800, served at the

in 1805–1807 and at the

in 1807, sold to

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to prevent capture 1807 *''la Brune'' (ex-French, ?, captured during

assault (1799) by admiral

's Russo-Turkish Squadron) – Delivered to Turkey, further fate is unknown *''Gel‘gomar'' 26-gun

("Гельгомар", ex-Swedish HMS ''Hjalmar'', 1790, captured in Sveaborg 1808, commissioned to Baltic Rowing Fleet) – BU 1829 *''Stor-Byorn'' 26-gun

("Стор-Бьорн", ex-Swedish HMS ''Styrbjörn'', 1790, captured in Sveaborg 1808, commissioned to Baltic Rowing Fleet) – Flagship of lieutenant commander Ivan Novokshenov at the Battle of Jungfrusund (1808) during the Russo-Swedish War (1808–1809), hulked as floating barracks *''Magubei-Subhan'' ("Магубей-Субхан", ex-Turkish ''Mahubey Subham'', captured near Penderaklia in 1811 during the

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) – BU after 1818

References

Bibliography

*''Veselago F. F.'' Spisok russkikh voyennykh sudov s 1668 po 1860 god. – Tipographia Morskogo Vedomstva, Saint Petersburg, 1872 (List of Russian naval ships from 1668 to 1860) *''Chernyshev A. A.'' Rossiyskiy parusnyi flot. Spravochnik. T. I. – Voyenizdat, Moskva, 1997
Russian Sailing Fleet. Reference-book
*''Russian Warships in the Age of Sail, 1696–1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates''. John Tredrea and Eduard Sozaev. Seaforth Publishing, 2010. . *Boyevaya letopis‘ russkogo flota. Khronika vazhneishikh sobytii voyennoi istorii russkogo flota s IX veka po 1917 god. - Voyenizdat, Moskva, 1948.

Chronicle of the Most Important Events of the Russian Navy History from the 9th century up to 1917) *''Mitrofanov V. P., Mitrofanov P. S.'' Shkoly pod parusami. Uchebnyi parusnyi flot XVIII–XX vekov. – Sudostroyeniye, Leningrad, 1989. (Schools under the Sail. Training Sail Fleet in XVIII–XX cc.)

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''Pervyi''-class (2 units)

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''Piatyi''-class (3 units)

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''Vos‘moi''-class (last 3 units)

''Kinburn''-class (3 units)

''Apostol Andrei''-class (2 units)

''Piotr Apostol''-class (6 units)

''Voin''-class (2 units)

''Vezul''-class (2 units)

''Tenedos''-class (6 units)

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''№ 1''-class (3 units)

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Rowing frigates

''Evangelist Mark''-class (2 units)

''Ekaterina''-class (18 units)

Hemmemas (6 units)

Training frigates

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Prizes (frigates)

References

Bibliography

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