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Hierarchical Path: Seven Years War (Main Page) >> Navies >> Russian Navy >> Kir Ioann (80)
Origin and History
The ship was built by I. S. Ramburg (И.С. Рамбург) at the Admiralty shipyard in St. Petersburg. The keel was laid down on January 22, 1759 (January 11 old style, abbreviated O.S. in this article). She was launched on May 17, 1762 (May 6 O.S.). She was attached to the Fleet of the Baltic Sea.
Initially, the ship was named "Friedrich Rex" in honour of King Frederick II of Prussian then allied with Russia. However, when Catherine II acceded to the throne, she renamed her "Kir Ioann".
During the Seven Years' War, the ship was under the command of:
- in 1762: no information found yet
The ship was written off of the fleet in 1773.
Service during the War
To do
Characteristics
| Guns | 80*
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| Crew | no information found yet | ||||||||
| Length at gun deck | 51.51 m (169') | ||||||||
| Width | 14.12 m (46' 4”) | ||||||||
| Depth in Hold | 6.27 m (20' 7”) | ||||||||
| Displacement | no information found yet |
(*) nominal number of guns
References
Acknowledgement
Roman Shlygin for the initial version of this article
