The Russian naval strength in October 1778

Isaac Schomberg published in 1802 a list of the Russian navy in the year 1778. A comparable list was published by William Coxe for the month October that year, adding where the ship was stationed. I used four websites for ‘correcting’ the spelling of the ships’ names.

Ships-of-the-line

Ezekiel, 80 guns, built 1773, stationed Cronstadt. The Ijezekil.

Isidor, 74 guns, built 1772, stationed Cronstadt. The Svjatoj Velikomucenik Isidor.

St. Andrew, 74 guns, built 1770, stationed Cronstadt.

Clement, 74 guns, built 1770, stationed Cronstadt.

Tchesmé, 74 guns, built 1770, stationed Cronstadt.

Vladimer, 66 guns, built 1771, stationed Cronstadt. The Svjatoj Knjaz Vladimir.

Vekeslaf, 66 guns, built 1771, stationed Cronstadt. The Vjaceslav.

De Neiss, 66 guns, built 1772, stationed Cronstadt. The Deris.

America, 66 guns, built 1773, stationed Cronstadt. The Amerika.

Perislaf, 66 guns, built 1772, stationed Cronstadt. The Preslava.

Vsevolod, 66 guns, built 1769, stationed Cronstadt. The Vsevolod.

Demitri Donski, 66 guns, built 1771, stationed Cronstadt. The Dmitrij Donskij.

Pam and Eustatia, 66 guns, built 1770, stationed Cronstadt. The Pamjat Evstafija.

Victor, 66 guns, built 1771,stationed Cronstadt. The Viktor.

Europa, 66 guns, built 1768, stationed Cronstadt. The Evropa.

Saratof, 66 guns, built 1765, stationed Cronstadt. The Saratov.

Pobeda, 66 guns, built 1770, stationed Cronstadt. The Pobeda.

Ratislof, 66 guns, built 1769, stationed Cronstadt. The Rotislav.

Miranostiz, 66 guns, built 1771, stationed Cronstadt. The Mironosic.

Pobidnasovitz, 66 guns, rebuilding at Cronstadt. The Svjatoj Georgiy Pobedonosets of 1770?

Count Orlof, 66 guns, built 1770, stationed at Revel. The Graf Orlov.

Alexander, 66 guns, built 1772, stationed at Revel. The Aleksandr Nevskij.

Boris and Glebb, 66 guns, built 1773, stationed at Revel. The Boris I Gleb.

Ingermanland, 66 guns, built 1773, stationed at Revel. The Ingermanlandija.

Asia, 66 guns, built 1773, stationed at Revel. The Azia.

Unknown, 66 guns, stationed Cronstadt, built 1777.

Ditto, 66 guns, stationed Cronstadt, built 1777.

Ditto, 66 guns, stationed Cronstadt, built 1777.

Ditto, 66 guns, stationed Cronstadt, built 1777.

Ditto, 66 guns, stationed Cronstadt, built 1777.

At St. Petersburg 2-74 gun ships ready to launch and one building

At St. Petersburg 1-66 gun ship ready to launched at 4-66 gun ships building

Frigates

St. Michael, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774. The S. Michail.

Kastevoi, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774.

Leeskoi, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774.

Pospeskoi, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774. The Pospeshniy?

Bohemia, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774. According to Wikepedia the 26 gun Bohemia, purchased in Livorno 1775, built 1768, former Austrian?, broken up 1796

Hungaria, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774. According to Wikepedia the 26-gun Ungaria, purchased in Livorno 1775, built 1766, former Austrian?, broken up 1796

Nordeskoi, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1769.

Eustatia, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1768.

Pomosknoi, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1768.

St. Mark, 20 guns, stationed St. Petersburg, ready to launched

Ready to launch at St. Petersburg a 28-gun frigate and a 20-gun frigate

Building 3-20 gun frigates at Archangel

Prames

Elephant, 36 guns.

Unkown, 36 guns.

Leopold, 18 guns.

Barsa or Borsa, 18 guns.

Galleys 101 at St. Petersburg, 3 at Cronstadt and 5 at Revel.

Sources

Isaac Schomberg. Naval chronology or an historical summary of Naval maritime Events, from the time of The Romans, to the treaty of Peace 1802. London, 1802,l p. 156-157. Digitalized by Google.

William Coxe. Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden and Danmark; illustrated with charts and engravings, vol III, 5th edition. London 1802, p. 367-368.

www.3decks.pbworks.com

www.oceanie.pbworks.com

Sailing warships at www.koti.mbnet.fi

List of Russian sail frigates, published on www.en.Wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia