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''Azov'' ((ロシア語:Азов)) was a 74-gun ship of the line of the Imperial Russian Navy. ''Azov'' was built in 1826 to compensate the losses of the disastrous 1824 Saint Petersburg flood. In the same year ''Azov'', commanded by Mikhail Lazarev, became the flagship of Admiral Login Geiden's First Mediterranean Squadron and sailed to the Aegean on a joint English-French-Russian peacekeeping mission. On October 20, 1827 ''Azov'' spearheaded the Russian squadron in the Battle of Navarino. She engaged numerous enemy ships and sustained heavy damage. After refit at Malta ''Azov'' continued her service as Geiden's flagship and enforced naval blockade of Greece and the Dardanelles. In the beginning of 1830 ''Azov'' returned to Kronstadt. By this time the ship was literally rotten owing to poor workmanship and combat damage. She was retired in the same year and broken up in 1831 after only four years in service. Five officers of ''Azov'' who fought at Navarino became admirals in the Russian Navy: captain Mikhail Lazarev, Vladimir Istomin, Vladimir Kornilov, Pavel Nakhimov and Yevfimy Putyatin. ==Construction== 1824 Kronstadt, the main base of the Russian Baltic Fleet was swept by the disastrous flood of 1824.〔Andrienko, p. 31.〕 Of 28 capital ships moored in the inner harbours of Kotlin Island, only five were spared by the flood, and only three of them were deemed safe for the open seas.〔Andrienko, p. 32.〕 Twenty-two capital ships were written off and broken up.〔 Most of them remained afloat when the flood recessed, but were too rotten to be worth salvaging.〔 Alexander I saw no need to resurrect the fleet to its past strength, and in 1825 the shipyards of Arkhangelsk laid down only two new ships: ''Azov'' and ''Ezekiel''.〔Andrienko, p. 44.〕 ''Azov'' was laid down in November by master shipwright Andrey Kurochkin (1770–1842). By 1825 Kurochkin has practically retired from active work, and construction was managed by his associate Vasily Yershov (1781–1860). Mikhail Lazarev, the captain of ''Azov'', supervised construction on site since February 1826. Lazarev brought forward numerous amendments to the original design; 22 of them materialized in ''Azov''. ''Azov'' was launched in June 1826 and in the autumn sailed to its base in Kronstadt.〔Andrienko, p. 65.〕 The ship was hailed as the best in Russian Navy and served as a class model for eleven ships built in 1826–1826. Its inner plan was improved compared to previous ships, and its exterior was fitted out to a flagship standard. ''Azovs brief career proved that all these improvements could not compensate for the lack of quality timber and poor workmanship: the former flagship completely rotted in four years of active service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Russian ship of the line Azov (1826)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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