Azov Fleet (1695)
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 Galley “Principium” on a Russian commemorative stamp from 1996 |
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| Lineup | 1695 |
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| Armed forces | Imperial Russian Navy |
| Type | fleet |
| headquarters | Taganrog |
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The Azov Fleet ( Russian Азовский флот ) was a Russian fleet that operated on the Sea of Azov .
At the end of 1695, under Tsar Peter the Great, the first Russian fleet was set up, which contributed to the conquest of Azov during the second of the Azov campaigns . Its first in command was François Le Fort .
Since the first Azov campaign failed, not least because of the lack of naval forces, Peter the Great ordered the construction of the first ships at shipyards in and around Voronezh at the end of 1695 . This city is connected to the Sea of Azov over 1000 km by the Voronezh and Don rivers.
In April 1696, the Russian army advanced again on Azov in the second Azov campaign, and the newly built fleet, led by Lefort, blocked the fortress from the sea. The fleet consisted of two ships of the line ("Apostel Paulus" and "Apostel Peter"), 4 fires , 23 galleys and other units. On June 14th, a battle with a Turkish fleet consisting of 23 ships with 4,000 men broke out at the mouth of the Don. After the loss of two ships, the Turkish fleet withdrew. On July 18, the Azov fortress was captured by the Russians, even after intense sea fire.
Lefort's successor was Admiral Fyodor Golowin with the support of Vice-Admiral Cornelius Cruys and Frigate Admiral Jan van Rees . Taganrog , located on the northeastern shore of the Sea of Azov, was designated as the home port and expanded in the following years. The fleet secured the Russian southern border. After Azov was lost to the Turks again in 1712, the Azov fleet was disbanded.
In the fleet u. a. Vitus Bering from 1704 to 1724.
In the course of the next Russian advance - during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) - Russian warships were again stationed in the Sea of Azov in 1768, this time under the name of the Azov Flotilla .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Setzer: Taganrog, the “Pearl of the Russian South” at a glance. (No longer available online.) German Chekhov Society, archived from the original on May 3, 2014 ; Retrieved May 5, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
