Russian Naval Forces in the Mediterranean: 1805

Russian Naval Forces in the Mediterranean: 1805-1809

Vessels from the Black Sea Fleet

Squadron of Captain-Commodore Aleksandr Andreevich Sorokin (Rear-Admiral December 1805 or January 1806) -- Sorokin recalled to Russia on arrival of Seniavin, left Corfu with additional vessels not listed and 4 battalions 3 March 1806 -- Vessels listed below were placed under Seniavin’s command (Greig as second in command)
Ship	Class	Captain	Notes		Fate
Svyataya Paraskeva	Ship-of-the-Line -74	I.O. Saltanov (1802-1809)	Arrived at Corfu with troop transports 26 June 1804 February-September 1807 with Adriatic Squadron		Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Trieste January 1808 Transferred to French at Trieste, 9 October 1809
Asiya	Ship-of-the-Line -66	G.G. Belli (1804-1807) E.D. Borotsy (1807-1809)	Arrived at Corfu with troop transports 26 July 1804 February-September 1807 at Corfu		Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Trieste January 1808 Transferred to French at Trieste, 9 October 1809
Mikhail	Frigate -50	M.E. Snaksarev (1804-1809)	Arrived at Corfu with troop transports 3 August 1804 Adriatic Operations February 1806-September 1807		At Trieste December 1807 Transferred to French at Trieste, 9 October 1809
Grigorii Velikiya Armenii	Frigate -50	F.P. Sarandinaki (1804-1806)	Arrived at Corfu as a troop transport 13 September 1804 Used as transport 1805 to January 1806 Used as floating hospital on Corfu [1806]- 1809 Sold 1809 in Corfu		Transferred to French on Corfu October 1809
Svyatoi Mikhail	Ship-of-the-Line -74	F.P. Lelli (1804-1807)	Arrived at Corfu as a troop transport late August 1805 Used as transport 1805-6		Sold to French on Corfu, December 1807
Diomid	Corvette -24		Arrival date not known Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 Used as transport, Nov06	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Trieste January 1808 Transferred to French at Trieste, 9 October 1809
Kherson	Corvette -24		Arrival date not known Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 Used as transport, November 1806	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Venice January 1808 Transferred to French at Venice October 1809
Grigorii	Corvette -24		Arrival date not known Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 Used as transport 1806?	Fate unknown
Pavel	Corvette -18		Arrival date not known Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807	Fate unknown
Dnepr	Corvette -18		Arrival date not known Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 Used as transport, November 1806	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Venice January 1808 Transferred to French at Venice October 1809
Altsinoe	Corvette -18		Arrival date not known Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807	Fate unknown
Letun	Brig -16		Arrival date not known Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Adriatic Squadron	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Venice January 1808 Transferred to French at Venice October 1809
Aleksandr	Brig -16	Lt-Cdr Salti	Arrival date not known Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Adriatic Squadron	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Venice January 1808 Transferred to French at Venice October 1809
Bogoyovlensk	Brig -16		Arrival date not known Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron	Damaged in action at Tenedos, abandoned and burned 24 June 1807
Orel	Brig -16		Arrival date not known Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807	Might be the unnamed fourth brig surrendered at Venice October 1809

Vessels from Baltic Fleet

Squadron of Captain-Commodore Alexei Samuelovich Greig (promoted to Rear Admiral January 1806) -- Departed Kronstadt 25 October 1804 At Portsmouth for 6 weeks, Gibraltar 7 January 1805 -- Arrived Corfu 23 January 1805
Ship	Class	Captain	Notes	Fate
Svyataya Elena	Ship-of-the-Line -74	I.T. Bychenskii (1804-1808)	Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron At Athos, 30 June 1807	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November 1807 Surrendered at Lisbon September 1808 Interned at Portsmouth 8 October 1808 Sold at Portsmouth 1813
Retvizan	Ship-of-the-Line -64	A.S. Greig (1798-1806) M.M. Rtitshev (1806-1808)	Formerly Swedish Rattvisan - taken 23 June 1790 at Vyborg Greig’s flagship, 1804-1808 Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron At Athos, 30 June 1807	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November 1807 Surrendered at Lisbon September 1808 Interned at Portsmouth 8 October 1808 Sold at Portsmouth 1813
Venus	Frigate -50	R.I. Elfinston (1804-1805) E.F. Razvozov (1806-1807) K.I. Andreyanov (11.1807)	Formerly Swedish Venus (F. af Chapman frigate) - taken 21 May 1789 at Christianfjord Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November Left Lisbon 21 November At Palermo December 1807 Sold to Kingdom of Naples 27 December 1807 Renamed Venere, sold for breakup 1814
Avtroil	Frigate -32		Adriatic Operations February 1806- February 1807 February-September 1807 with Adriatic Squadron	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Venice January 1808 Transferred to French at Venice October 1809

Squadron of Rear Admiral Seniavin (promoted to Vice Admiral January 1806) Departed Kronstadt 22 September 1805 --Departed Kronstadt 22 September 1805 -- At Portsmouth 21 October – 28 November, Gibraltar 26 December 1805, Cagliari 10-19 January 1806, Messina 23-28 January 1806 -- Arrived at Corfu 30 January 1806
Ship	Class	Captain	Notes	Fate
Selafail	Ship-of-the-Line -74	P.M. Rozhnov (1805-1808)	Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron At Athos, 30 June 1807	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November 1807 Surrendered at Lisbon September 1808 Interned at Portsmouth 8 October 1808 Sold at Portsmouth 1813
Yaroslav	Ship-of-the-Line -74	F.K. Mitkov (1805-1809)	Seniavin’s flagship, 1805 - 1806 Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron At Athos, 30 June 1807	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November Surrendered at Lisbon September 1808 Left at Lisbon as unseaworthy, sailed to Portsmouth 1809 after repairs Sold at Portsmouth 1813
Moskva	Ship-of-the-Line -74	E.P. Gettsen (1803-1809)	Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Adriatic Squadron	Left Corfu 14 October 1807, damaged in storm At Porto Ferrajo (Elba) 29 October 1807 to April 1808 Sailed to Toulon April 1808 Sold to France at Toulon 9 October 1809
Uriil	Ship-of-the-Line -80	M.T. Bychenskii (1805-1810)	Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron At Athos, 30 June 1807	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 Damaged in storm, returned to Corfu Transferred to French at Trieste, 9 October 1809
Svyatoi Petr	Ship-of-the-Line -74	I.A. Baratinskii (1805-1807)	Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-September 1807 with Adriatic Squadron	Left Corfu 14 October 1807, damaged in storm At Porto Ferrajo (Elba) 29 October 1807 to April 1808 Sailed to Toulon April 1808 Sold to France at Toulon 9 October 1809
Kildyuin	Frigate -26	Razvozov (1805-26.i.06) D.A. Durnovo (26.i.06-1808)	Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 February-May 1807 with Adriatic Squadron May-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November 1807 Surrendered at Lisbon September 1808 Interned at Portsmouth 8 October 1808 Sold at Portsmouth 1813
Feniks	Brig -16		Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 Purchased in Portsmouth, October-November 1805 February-May 1807 with Adriatic Squadron May-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Venice January 1808 Transferred to French at Venice October 1809
Argus	Brig -12		Adriatic Operations February 1806-February 1807 Purchased in Portsmouth, October-November 1805	Might be the unnamed fourth brig surrendered at Venice October 1809

Squadron of Captain-Commodore I.A. Ignatyev (killed in action with Turks 23 May 1807) -- Departed Kronstadt on 31 August 1806 -- Arrived at Corfu 2 January 1807
Ship	Class	Captain	Notes	Fate
Rafail	Ship-of-the-Line -80	D.A. Lukin (1805-1807) A.T. Bychenskii (1807-1808)	February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron At Athos, 30 June 1807	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November Surrendered at Lisbon September 1808 Abandoned 1808 in Lisbon (unseaworthy)
Tverdyi	Ship-of-the-Line -74	D.I. Maleev (1806-1808)	Seniavin’s flagship 1807 - 1808 February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron At Athos, 30 June 1807	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November 1807 Surrendered at Lisbon September 1808 Interned at Portsmouth 8 October 1808 Sold at Portsmouth 1813
Moshnyi	Ship-of-the-Line -66	B. Krovve (1805-1807) E.F. Razvozov (1808)	February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron At Athos, 30 June 1807	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November 1807 Surrendered at Lisbon September 1808 Interned at Portsmouth 8 October 1808 Returned to Russia 1813 Burned 1817
Skoryi.	Ship-of-the-Line -66	R.P. Shelting (1805-1808)	February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron At Athos, 30 June 1807	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November 1807 Surrendered at Lisbon September 1808 Interned at Portsmouth 8 October 1808 Sold at Portsmouth 1813
Silnyi	Ship-of-the-Line -74	I.A. Ignatyev (1806-1807) D.S. Shishmarev (1807) A.P. Malgin (1808)	Ignatyev’s flagship 1806-1807 February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron At Athos, 30 June 1807	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Lisbon 10 November 1807 Surrendered at Lisbon September 1808 Interned at Portsmouth 8 October 1808 Returned to Russia 1813 Burned 1819
Legkii	Frigate -44	A.B. Povalishin (1804-1809)	February-September 1807 with Adriatic Squadron	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Trieste January 1808 Transferred to French in Trieste 1 November 1809
Shpitsbergen	Brig - 32		February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron	Left Corfu 1 October 1807 At Gibraltar November 1806 At Lisbon 27 November (refused entry to harbor) At Vigo 7 December Sold at Vigo in 1812
Flora	Corvette -24		February-September 1807 with Aegean Squadron	Fate unknown
Strela	Cutter -20		February-September 1807 with Adriatic Squadron	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Venice January 1808 Transferred to French at Venice October 1809

Ships Captured or Purchased in the Mediterranean

Ship	Class	Captain	Notes	Fate
Sedel-Bakhri	Ship-of-the-Line - 80 (90?)	G.G. Belli (1807-1808) I.S. Sulmenev (1808-1809)	Formerly Turkish Sedd-el Bahr - Taken 30 June 1807 at Athos,	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Trieste January 1808 Transferred to Austria [sic] at Trieste, 9 October 1809
Derzkii	Corvette -28		Purchased February 1807 Sometimes referred to as a Sloop February-September 1807 with Adriatic Squadron	Left Corfu 24 December 1807 At Venice January 1808 Transferred to French at Venice October 1809
Gazard	Brig - 16/14		Formerly French Hasard – taken 28 February 1806 in cutting out expedition at Cattaro	Might be the unnamed fourth brig surrendered at Venice October 1809
Bonasorte	Brig -16		Captured from French at Ancona, 1799	Might be the unnamed fourth brig surrendered at Venice October 1809
Zabiaka	Xebec – 14		Formerly French Henrich - Captured 2 July 1806	Fate unknown
Tremenda	Half Xebec -2		Formerly French Tremendeaux - Captured 2 July 1806	Fate unknown

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“Sorokin, Aleksandr Andreevich.” Russkii Biograficheskii Slovar'. St. Petersburg : Izdanie Imperatorskago; 1896-1918.

Saul, Norman E. Russia and the Mediterranean, 1797-1807 Chicago : University of Chicago Press; 1970.

White, D. Fedotoff. “The Russian Navy in Trieste during the Wars of the Revolution and the Empire.” American Slavic and East European Review Vol. 6, Issue 3 / 4 (Dec. 1947), 25-41.

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