Elena Govor
 

RUSSIAN SHIPS IN AUSTRALIA DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY

(PERIOD BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION OF THE COLONY AND THE CRIMEAN WAR)

 

Ship and her type
Captain
Ports visited
Dates of visit
"Neva": sloop of RAC
  Lieut. Gagemeister Leontyi Andrianovich
Sydney
4 (16) June-19 June (1 July) 1807
"Suvorov": ship of RAC
 Lieut. Lazarev Michail Petrovich 
Sydney
13 (25) August-3 (15) September 1814
"Blagonamerennyi": sloop
 Cap.-Lieut. Shishmarev Gleb Semenovich
 Sydney
 16 (28) February-14 (26) March 1820
"Otkrytiye": sloop
Cap.-Lieut. Vasiliev Mikhail Nikolaevich
Sydney 
19 February (2 March)-  14 (26) March 1820
"Vostok": sloop
 Cap. 2 rank Bellinsgausen Faddey Faddeyevich
 Sydney 
30 March (11 April)-8 (20) May 1820
"Mirnyi": sloop
 Lieut. Lazarev Michail Petrovich 
 Sydney
 7 (19) April-8 (20) May 1820
"Vostok": sloop
 Cap. 2 rank Bellinsgausen Faddey Faddeyevich
 Sydney 
9 (21) September-
  31 October (12 November) 1820
"Mirnyi": sloop
 Lieut. Lazarev Michail Petrovich 
 Sydney 
9 (21) September-31 October
 (12 November) 1820
"Apollon": sloop
Lieut. Khruschev Stepan Petrovich
Sydney 
26 May (7 June)-13 (25) June 1822
"Rurik": ship of RAC
 Navigator 12 class Klochkov Efim Alexeevich
Sydney
15 (27) July-3 (15) August 1822
"Kreyser": frigate
 Cap. 2 rank Lazarev Michail Petrovich 
 Hobart 
18 (30) May-9 (21) June 1823
"Ladoga": sloop
 Cap.-Lieut. Lazarev   Andrey Petrovich
Hobart
18 (30) May-9 (21) June 1823
"Elena": ship of RAC
lieut. Chistiakov Pavel Egorovich
Sydney
23 March (4 April)-12 (24) May 1825
"Elena": ship of RAC
 Lieut. Khromchenko Vasilyi Stepanovich
Sydney
14 (26) March-18 (30) April 1829
"Krotkyi": naval transport
 Cap.-Lieut. Gagemeister Leontyi Andrianovich
 Sydney
26 March (7 April)-
  19 April (1 May) 1829
"America": naval transport
Cap.-Lieut. Khromchenko Vasilyi Stepanovich
 Sydney
  6 (18) May-10 (22) June 1832
"America": naval transport
Cap.-Lieut. von Schantz Ivan Ivanovich
 Sydney
7 (19) March-13 (25) April1835
"Dvina": naval transport
 Cap.-Lieut. Bessarabskyi Petr Nikolayevich
 Sydney
15 (27) June-4 (16) July 1853

Notes:  RAC - Russian-American Company
            The dates are in Julian (Orthodox) style. Gregorian (Modern) conversion in brackets.

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