The construction of the corvette, which had a full ship rigging and a steam engine drive, began on August 23, 1861 in Björneborg, Finland . The hull was built mainly from pine and oak . The Vityaz baptized construction ran as the second ship of its class on July 24, 1862 from the stack . The commissioning took place in the course of the following year.
On October 8, 1870, the Vitjas left the port of Kronstadt under Captain II. Ranges Pawel Nasimow (1829-1902) for her first world tour. The Russian researcher Nikolai Miklucho-Maklai was also on board . The ship ran via Rio de Janeiro in August 1871 through the Strait of Magellan into the Pacific and further west to New Guinea . Hydrological and marine studies were carried out throughout the voyage . Miklucho-Maklai went ashore in Astrolabe Bay in September 1871 . The Vitjas continued their voyage of exploration in East Asia, visiting Japan and China . In December 1873 the ship started its journey home. It ran among other things to Hong Kong and Colombo , drove through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean and finally reached Kronstadt again.
In 1874 the Vitjas came to the shipyard and was given a major overhaul. She then served in the Baltic Sea for some time . On June 27, 1882, the ship to the recently deceased General was Mikhail Skobelev in Skobelev renamed. From 1883 to 1885 the corvette was again on a research trip to East Asia. After her return to Kronstadt, the Skobelew served as a training ship for nine years . During this time she was decommissioned as a warship on February 1, 1892 and only used for training purposes. She was disarmed on November 26, 1894 and removed from the list of imperial ships on January 31, 1895. From then on, the hull served as a hulk .
literature
Gardiner, Robert (Ed.): Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 . Conway Maritime Press, London 1979, ISBN 0-85177-133-5 , pp.192 .
Web links
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