Mighty_Alex Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Saint Nicholas / Святой Николай was a russian heavy frigate built in Nikolaev and launched in 1790. She participated in Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) and the War of the Second Coalition (against french forces in the Mediterranean, 1798-1800) General characteristics Class: 44-gun frigate Length of Gundeck: 45.72 metres Length of Keel: 13 metres Breadth: 4.572 metres Displacement: 1,840 tons Armament (1790): 50 guns Upper Gun Deck: 22 Russian 24-Pounder Upper Gun Deck: 4 Russian 1-Pood Edinorog Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 20 Russian 18-Pounder Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 4 Russian 8-Pounder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Nice one! A great addition to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Armstrong Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Looks like it was built to the lines of the captured venus http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_frigate_Venus_(1783) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Swedish_frigate_Venus_%281783%29-schematics.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirones Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 nah to low hull for a second sterngallerie level on the venus nvm if the venus stern level get lower to be equal with the gundeck it could work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theuerdank Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Looks quite elegant (for my taste ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Flint Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Looks like it was built to the lines of the captured venus No. Five frigates were built according to plans of the Venus for the Russian Baltic Fleet. The Saint Nicholas was built according to individual design for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Connor Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Did the Sviatoi Nikolai really carry such massive firepower as a frigate on a 150ft gundeck length? I was thinking this must a mix-up of units and the ship must be larger than that, but apparently the Russian standardised on the english measurements for ft and in... 26 guns on the upper deck, 22x 24lb cannon and 4x 36lb shell guns, then 20x 18lb cannon on the weather deck and another 4x 8lb cannon on the raised poop deck (again quite unusual for a frigate to have 2 layers of stern gallery). Be interesting to see reports of how this ship sailed if any survived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirones Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 if she operated only in the black sea then we need to find out how the common sea state is there after all the waves in the Northsea are diffrent then the ones in the Baltic, must be part of the large amount of shallows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Smith Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 About Baltic there are some shallows but generally its over 50 meters depth : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea#/media/File:Ostseetiefen.png Nice ship anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muinko Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Very nice lines a her +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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