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The Ingermanland, launched at St. Petersburg in 1715, is the vessel shown on the 12k. stamp. This 64-gun ship was the favourite ship of Peter the Great and was his flagship from the year 1716. Three years later she had to be repaired owing to damp rot in her timbers, which were of Russian oak. According to a contemporary member of the ship's crew, "the Tsar ordered holes to be cut two feet above the waters edge, fore and aft, to give the air a free passage between the ship's sides and the ceiling." This is a ambiguous. The eye-witness' account does not say if the holes were cut in the outer-planking or hull. This short distance above the water's edge possibly might be all right if the vessel stayed in port in an absolutely upright, stationary position. Under sailing conditions she would certainly suffer the fate of the Royal George, sinking as a result of the entry of sea-water. On the other hand, if the holes were cut in the ceiling or inner planking, sea water would not enter but the circulation of free air between the two skins would be almost negligible with the hatches battened down at sea or in bad weather. Presumably the holes were cut in the inner skin or ceiling. The problem today is solved by air-conditioning. The Ingermanland was included in the Russian Navy sea-going ships list in 1721, in command of Capt. Bredale; she was considered unseaworthy in 1724. SG4019

Built as a ship-of-the-line at Admiralty yard in St Petersburg for the Russian Imperial Navy.
30 October 1712 laid down.
01 May 1715 launched as the INGERMANLAND, named after the province that served as the site of St Petersburg.
Tonnage 1,992 tons (bm). Dim. 151 x 42 x 18.3ft.
Armament in 1715: lower deck 24 – 30 pdrs, upper deck 24 – 12 or 16 pdrs. and forecastle and quarter deck 16 – 4 pdrs. (a other source has a different armament).
Built of oak.
Crew 470.
She was built under supervision of a young British naval engineer Richard Cozens.

After completing she joined the Russian Baltic Fleet under command of Captain Gosler and she became the flagship of Vice Admiral Peter I (Peter the Great.)and for years she carried his flag.
1716 till 1719 she cruised in the Baltic, and from 1721 till 1722 and in 1724. mostly in action against the Swedish fleet and her allies.
1716 Was she the flagship of the combined Anglo-Dutch--Danish-Russian squadron.
1727 She was repaired, and Peter I did like her so much that he ordered that she was preserved, she returned not again to service.
1731 Was she found unfit for sea duty.
1738 In a rotten state she was beached in Kronstadt harbor.
After 1739 broken up and her wood sold for firewood.
She was listed till 1741 in the Russian Navy list.

Russia 1971 12k sg4019, scott 3933.
Congo Republic 2015 500F sg?, scott?

Source: http://windgammers.narod.ru/Korabli/Ingermanland.html Russian Warships in the age of sail 1696-1860 by Tredrea and Sozaev.

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