The POLTAVA was the first ship-of-the-line for the Imperial Russian Baltic fleet.
15 December 1709 keel laid down at Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg, Russia.
Built under the supervision of Tsar Peter I and the shipbuilder F.M. Sklyaev.
Tonnage about 1000 ton. Dim. 34.6 x 11.7 x 4.6m. (draught).
Armament, a total of 54 guns of 18, 12 and 3 pdrs.
Complement 360.
15 June 1712 commissioned.
She was named in honour of the Russian Army victory over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava on 28 June 1709.
The top of her transom was richly carved and represented the allegorical image of the Poltava victory.
She took part in the Great Northern War (1700 – 1721) against the Swedes.
Was sometimes flagship of Tsar Peter I.
05 September 1713 together with a combined squadron sailed in the Gulf of Finland.
July 1716 together with a Russian squadron she sailed from Revel (Tallinn) to Copenhagen.
From 04 June till 16 July 1717 was she a unit of a squadron of General-Admiral Count F.M. Apraksin, patrolling off the Swedish coast, and used during the landing of Russian troops on the Swedish island Gotland.
1719 Her timbers got dry rot, and there were not dry dock facilities available at that time in Russia, that only her above waterline timbers were replaced.
During 1722 and 1723 as a unit of a squadron used for exercise in the Gulf of Finland.
1725 In reserve
1732 Stricken from the fleet list and broken up.
Source: Log Book. Navicula.
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