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Russian ship of the line Retvizan (1855)

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in 1790. She conducted her sea trials in 1857 and was deployed in the Mediterranean in 1858–59. The ship returned to the
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in 1880. During that time she was deployed in the Mediterranean for two years. Her engine was removed in 1863 and
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until 1874 when she became a gunnery training ship until she was stricken on 22 November 1880.
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afterward and cruised with the Baltic Fleet in 1860–62. Her engine was removed in 1863, and
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Russian Warships in the Age of Sail, 1696–1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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Wooden-hulled, steam-powered ship for Imperial Russian Navy
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of 52 feet 8 inches (16.1 m) and a maximum
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as well as two short 30-pounder guns and ten 30-pounder
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3,823 long tons (3,884 t) and measured 2,641 tons
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was considered the best ship of its type in the navy.
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and in 1858 they consisted of one 60-pounder gun on a
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was 215 feet 10 inches (65.8 m) long
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Index

Russian ship Retvizan
Russian Empire
New Admiralty Shipyard
St. Petersburg
ship of the line
long tons
bm
p/p
nominal horsepower
steam engine
knots
smoothbore
howitzers
Russian
steam-powered
third-rate
ship of the line
Imperial Russian Navy
Baltic Fleet
Navy List
training ship
between perpendiculars
beam
draft
displaced
bm
steam engine
nominal horsepower
smoothbores
pivot mount

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