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Vsevolod

Vsevolod

Scuttled

Imperial Russian Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarFinnish War

Russian ship of the line, the straggler of Admiral Khanykov's fleet as it ran for Baltic Port in August 1808. Caught by Implacable and then by Centaur, she was boarded and taken after a hard fight, but had run aground at the harbour mouth and was burned by the British.

HMS Implacable and Centaur, 27 August 1808 Photo: Thomas Whitcombe, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Lower deck: 26 × 30-pounder guns + 2 × 48-pounder (1 pood) edinorogs
  • Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder (1/2 pood) edinorogs
  • Fc & QD: 18 × 8-pounder guns
BuilderG. Ignatyev
Laid down4 October [O.S. 21 September] 1794
Launched6 September [O.S. 24 August] 1796
Length170 ft 0 in (51.8 m) (upper deck)
Complement640

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

6 September [O.S. 24 August] 1796

26 August 1808

Taken by boarding, then burned aground