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Botik "Fortuna" was one of the first boats of Toy Army on Plesheevo Lake and was set afloat in spring 1689. It was built by a Holland craftsman Karsten Brant and Tsar Peter personally took part in the process of its construction. Peter I used the boat as his private yacht for a few years before august 1692. At present one can see Botik "Fortuna" in the specially-built estate-museum not far from ..

This small 12-cannon sailing ship was used as a courier and scout ship in Black Sea Fleet. The first appointed commander of the cutter was lieutenant Grigoriy Ivanovitch Butakov, the future admiral, the hero of Sevastopol Defense and the founder of the tactics of steamer armoured fleet. The tender "Pospeshniy" has been put in pawn in Nikolaevsk admiralty on March, 18th, 1844 by master Akimov ..

The brig «Olymp» was laid down on the 20th of November, 1816 in Okhta shipyard. The construction was performed by ship builder Veniamin Fomich Stoke. The launch was accomplished on the 15th of June, 1817.10 such brigs were built for Baltic and Black Sea fleets from 1809 till 1833.The ship was in actual service in the Gulf of Finland from 1817 till 1826 annually (except 1819). In 1819 Rimsky-Korsak..