Martin Antonenko
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The First Steam Warship!
In Nikolajew on the Black Sea (today Mykolajew/Ukraine)...
... on March 29, 1823, the first war steamship built entirely in Russia was launched.
It is the 14-gun paddlewheel frigate "Meteor"...:
Developer, builder and first commander of the steamer is Captain (later Admiral) Ilja Stepanowitsch Razumow...:
After three years of extensive testing...
... the steamer "Meteor" is enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet in 1826 and takes part in the next Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829)...:
In Nikolajew on the Black Sea (today Mykolajew/Ukraine)...
... on March 29, 1823, the first war steamship built entirely in Russia was launched.
It is the 14-gun paddlewheel frigate "Meteor"...:
Developer, builder and first commander of the steamer is Captain (later Admiral) Ilja Stepanowitsch Razumow...:
After three years of extensive testing...
... the steamer "Meteor" is enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet in 1826 and takes part in the next Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829)...:
