Russian cutter Opyt (1806)
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For other ships with the same name, see Russian ship Opyt.
The Russian cutter Opyt (also Apith; Russian: Опыт – Experience) was launched in 1806. The British 44-gun frigate Salsette captured Opyt in 1808 in the Baltic during the Anglo-Russian War (1807-1812) after her captain and crew put up heroic resistance. The Admiralty took her into service as HMS Baltic. She served briefly with the British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez in the Baltic before being sold in 1810.
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Battle between the Russian ship Opyt and a British frigate off the coast of Nargen Island, 11 June 1808, 1889 by Leonid Demyanovich Blinov (1868–93), in the State Central Navy Museum, St. Petersburg | |
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Russian Empire | |
Name | Opyt |
Builder | I. V. Kurepanov, St Petersburg |
Laid down | 1805 |
Launched | 9 October [O.S. 27 September] 1806 |
Captured | 23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1808 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Baltic |
Acquired | By capture 23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1808 |
Fate | Sold 1810 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 178 64⁄94 (bm (by calc.)) |
Length | 65 ft 10 in (20.1 m) (deck) |
Beam | 25 ft 10 in (7.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 4 in (2.8 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 53 |
Armament | 14 × 12-pounder carronades |
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