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It
was
laid
down
in
the
Okhta
dockyard
on
November
23,
1833.
Amosov
was
a
shipbuilder
of
the
frigate.
The
frigate
was
launched
on
July
27,
1835.
It
was
included
in
the
Baltic
fleet.
The
ship
had
56
guns
on
the
board.
In
1836
it
sailed
in
the
Baltic
sea
and
on
July
3
at
Kronstadt
roadstead
it
participated
in
a
ceremonial
meeting
of
Peter
the
Great
boat
by
the
Baltic
fleet.
From
1837
till
1843
annually
the
frigate,
having
become
a
part
of
Admiral
Litke
detachment,
sailed
in
the
Baltic
Sea
for
a
practice
of
General
Admiral,
The
Great
Price
Konstantin
Nikolaevich.
In 1844 the frigate sailed to England and in 1845 it was at a practical navigation in the Finnish Gulf. The ship participated in a travel of the Baltic fleet to the Danish waters. On May 23, 1848 it departed from Revel for Denmark coast to strengthen Admiral Epanchin 3-d division located nearby Man Island. Together with the division it cruised near the entrance to the Small Belt strait, near Rugen and Man Islands. On August 22 it left the Danish waters and returned to Kronstadt on August 1. In 1849 it stayed in Kronstadt port. It was timbered in Kronstadt in 1851. In 1852 the frigate was at a practical navigation in the Finnish Gulf. On August 21, 1853 the frigate departed from Kronstadt for the Far East at a following route: Copenhagen – Portsmouth – Rio-de-Janeiro – Horn Cape – Kaliao and on June 19, 1854 it arrived to Petropavlovsk port. The way was very difficult, the frigate weathered hard storms in the Northern Sea (after that it was repaired at Portsmouth docks) and near Horn cape and in the Pacific ocean. 8 sailors died, 35 sailors were hard ill. |
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The
frigate
participated
in
the
Crimea
war
on
1853
–
1856.
Due
to
the
information
about
the
war
beginning
and
since
there
had
been
started
the
actions
to
defense
a
city,
the
frigate
was
placed
in
the
heart
of
bay
besides
Koshka
spit
by
port
side
to
the
entrance.
The
starboard
side
guns
were
dismounted
and
given
to
the
land
troops,
a
part
of
crew
was
located
at
the
coast
as
a
reserve
of
garrison
to
resist
to
an
enemy
landing.
On
August
20
and
24
the
frigate
resisted
to
the
storm
of
Petropavlovsk
port
by
an
English-French
squadron
and
was
seriously
damaged:
a
shot
punched
a
grot-mast,
rigging
was
broken,
and
the
guns
were
damaged.
On
April
6
the
‘Aurora’
took
passengers
and
cargoes
(in
connection
with
evacuation
of
Petropavlovsk
port)
and
being
a
part
of
Admiral
Zavoiko
squadron
it
left
the
port.
On
May
1
the
frigate
came
to
De-Kastri
Gulf
and
upon
seeing
the
English-French
squadron
it
prepared
for
a
battle,
but
the
enemy
left
away.
On
June
22
the
frigate
entered
to
Amur
mouth
where
it
was
located
till
the
end
of
the
war.
On July 4, 1856, being completely armed and loaded the ‘Aurora’ left Amur mouth. On October 9 it sailed from Lasarev cape to Russia at a route: De-Kastri Gulf – Korean strait– Hong Kong – Singapore – Zond strait – Cape of Good Hope – St.Helena Island – Sherbur – Copenhagen and on June 11, 1857 it arrived to Kronstadt, the travel around the world was finished. The return way from the Far East was not less difficult than way there, during the storms in the Japanese Sea, Indian and Atlantic Oceans heel was more than 40 degrees. On April 8, 1861 the frigate was deleted from the list of ships of the Baltic Fleet and sold for scrap. |
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