Paddle steam frigates (1817-1880)
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Paddle steam frigates (1817-1880)
19.99 €
Emperor Nicholas I's inexplicable reverence for giant propeller wheels and, consequently, his underestimation of the propeller, and the ridiculous death of the first screw frigate "Archimedes" at the beginning of its service, were the reasons why the Russian fleet came to the Crimean War with sixteen steamship frigates and only one screw frigate.
Steamship frigates represented an undoubted step forward in comparison with sailing ships, finally getting rid of the will of the wind, as well as their vulnerabilities were obvious - unprotected against shells propeller wheels, mechanisms partially above the waterline, low speed due to the full outlines, machine interruptions in stormy seas, insufficient sailing. That is, they were not full-fledged steamships and they were not full-fledged frigates. Nevertheless, the Black Sea steamship-frigates took an active part in the Crimean War, and "Vladimir" in the world's first three-hour sea battle of steam ships took the Turkish steamer "Pervaz-Bahri" captive, the stern flag of which is now kept in TsVMM. As for the Baltic ones, the war put a cross on the construction of ships of this class and only in 1858 instead of the written-off Baltic "Brave" and "Bold" ships of the same name came into service, and in 1870 another "Rurik" came into service to replace the written-off "Rurik". More steamship-frigates Russia did not build. The nine steamship frigates in service were left to coastal defense tasks, and mostly to convoying yachts and yachting service itself, in the words of Admiral I.A. Shestakov: "Being afraid of skerries, we took care of clumsy wheeled steamships, used to transport only the court and foreign princes". The book offered to the reader is devoted to the history of these imperfect but long-serving ships of the Russian Imperial Navy. The book is richly illustrated with reproductions of paintings, engravings, photographs, drawings and schemes.
Steamship frigates represented an undoubted step forward in comparison with sailing ships, finally getting rid of the will of the wind, as well as their vulnerabilities were obvious - unprotected against shells propeller wheels, mechanisms partially above the waterline, low speed due to the full outlines, machine interruptions in stormy seas, insufficient sailing. That is, they were not full-fledged steamships and they were not full-fledged frigates. Nevertheless, the Black Sea steamship-frigates took an active part in the Crimean War, and "Vladimir" in the world's first three-hour sea battle of steam ships took the Turkish steamer "Pervaz-Bahri" captive, the stern flag of which is now kept in TsVMM. As for the Baltic ones, the war put a cross on the construction of ships of this class and only in 1858 instead of the written-off Baltic "Brave" and "Bold" ships of the same name came into service, and in 1870 another "Rurik" came into service to replace the written-off "Rurik". More steamship-frigates Russia did not build. The nine steamship frigates in service were left to coastal defense tasks, and mostly to convoying yachts and yachting service itself, in the words of Admiral I.A. Shestakov: "Being afraid of skerries, we took care of clumsy wheeled steamships, used to transport only the court and foreign princes". The book offered to the reader is devoted to the history of these imperfect but long-serving ships of the Russian Imperial Navy. The book is richly illustrated with reproductions of paintings, engravings, photographs, drawings and schemes.
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