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P. 331: ”Three-fifths of the Russian Navy is stationed in the Baltic, and the remaining vessels in the Black Sea. In 1839, the Baltic Fleet consisted of 27 sail of the line, 19 frigates, 3 corvettes, and 12 brigs. The fleet in the Black Sea consisted of 18 sail of the line, 11 frigates, and 8 brigs, besides numerous galleons and gun-boats.
In 1842, Russia had in the Baltic, well manned and in excellent order, 28 sail of the line, 18 frigates, 39 smaller vessels, carrying 3,672 guns, and 30,087 men. She had in the Black Sea, 13 sail of the line, 11 frigates, and 17 smaller vessels, carrying 14,300 men and 1,956 guns, making in all 41 ships of the line, 29 frigates, and 56 smaller vessels, with an aggregate of 5,628 guns, and 44,387 seamen. Russia has also 8 or 10 large steamers.”
Source
Peter Lund Simmons. Simmond’s colonial magazine and foreign miscellany, volume 1, January-April 1844, London.
P. 331: ”Three-fifths of the Russian Navy is stationed in the Baltic, and the remaining vessels in the Black Sea. In 1839, the Baltic Fleet consisted of 27 sail of the line, 19 frigates, 3 corvettes, and 12 brigs. The fleet in the Black Sea consisted of 18 sail of the line, 11 frigates, and 8 brigs, besides numerous galleons and gun-boats.
In 1842, Russia had in the Baltic, well manned and in excellent order, 28 sail of the line, 18 frigates, 39 smaller vessels, carrying 3,672 guns, and 30,087 men. She had in the Black Sea, 13 sail of the line, 11 frigates, and 17 smaller vessels, carrying 14,300 men and 1,956 guns, making in all 41 ships of the line, 29 frigates, and 56 smaller vessels, with an aggregate of 5,628 guns, and 44,387 seamen. Russia has also 8 or 10 large steamers.”
Source
Peter Lund Simmons. Simmond’s colonial magazine and foreign miscellany, volume 1, January-April 1844, London.
