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Russian Corvette Varyag (1862)
List of Russian paddle and screw frigates, corvettes and clippers from 1836–1892. The format is: Name, number of guns (rank/real amount), launch year, fate (BU = broken up). This list includes only non-armoured vessels. Paddle frigates This section contains paddle ships with one opened battery (except ''Bogatyr'') and three or (rarely) two masts. Therefore, they ought to be classified as paddle corvettes or paddle brigs, but all of them (except ''Amerika'') were officially classified as ' (), which means "steamer-frigate." Paddle frigates of the Baltic Fleet (1836–1870) *''Bogatyr‘'' 28 \ «Богатырь» (1836) - BU 1857 *'' Kamchatka'' 18 \ «Камчатка» (1840, New York) - Decommissioned 1866 *''Hercules'' 22 \ «Геркулес» (1831) - Until 1843 classified as steamboat, reconstruct and reclassified as paddle frigate in 1843, BU 1854 *''Otvazhny'' 4 \ «Отважный» (1843) - Decommissioned 1861 *''Smely'' 14 \ «Смелый» (1844) - BU 1860 *''Kh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screw Frigate
Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships that were not meant to stand in the line of battle. There were some exceptions like for example the French Napoléon class steam ship of the line was meant to stand in the line of battle, making it the world's first steam battleship. The first such ships were paddle steamers. Later on the invention of screw propulsion enabled construction of steam-powered versions of the traditional ships of the line, frigates, corvettes, sloops and gunboats. Evolution First steam warships The first small vessel that can be considered a steam warship was the ''Demologos'', which was launched in 1815 for the United States Navy. From the early 1820s, the British Navy began building a number of small steam warships including the armed tugs and , and by the 1830s the navies of America, Russia and France were experimenting with steam-powered war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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