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The Poltava, the ship depicted on the 10k. stamp, was launched at St. Petersburg in 1712, her principal builder being the Tsar Peter the Great. A ship of 54 guns, she did not come up to her builder's hopes, being a poor sea vessel. She was too narrow aft and could not ride in a heavy sea. Many of her crew were soldiers, transferred to make up the ship's crew, without any previous sea experience. The ship was named in honour of the great Russian Army victory over the Swedes at Poltava in 1709. Her timbers being affected by damp rot, the Poltava had to be rebuilt at St. Petersburg in 1719. There was no dry dock and she could only be repaired above the water level. She had to be rebuilt again in 1723. SG4018

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. http://www.shiphistory.navy.ru/peter/poltavae.htm http://www.1rss.com/main3.html

Poltava

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Poltava (Russian: Полтава) was a 54-gun ship of the line of the Russian Navy that was launched on 15 June 1712 from Saint Petersburg. The ship was named after an important for Russia victory over the Swedish Empire in the Battle of Poltava and became the first battleship laid down and built at the St. Petersburg Admiralty. In the 1710s, the ship was sometimes visited and commanded by Peter I, who also took active part in the design and construction of the ship. During her service of 1712–1732, Poltava was part of the Baltic Fleet, and before the end of Great Northern War participated in six marine campaigns (1713–1717 and 1721). She was later used for training Kronstadt crews in the Baltic Sea. Poltava was decommissioned in 1732.
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Source: https://dbpedia.org/page/Russian_ship_o ... ava_(1712).