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eight copper cannons, was safeguarding the Maimak-
Судно была устроено по образцу sa. In the following years, the yacht was re-equipped
голландской адмиральской with ten three-pounder guns and used as a guard ship
in Arkhangelsk. In anticipation of its crowned owner,
яхты, которые были широко it spent the winter 1701–1702 on the Island of Keg-
распространены в конце XVII – ostrov.
In 1702, the Saint Peter became a part of the flotil-
начале XVIII веков la on which the tsar, together with his entourage and
The design for the yacht was army, went from Arkhangelsk to Solovki and then to
copied from the model of the Nyukhotsky Pier on the Karelian shore of the White
Dutch admiral’s yacht and was a Sea.
commonly used one in the late Fleet artifact
17th – early 18th centuries
The Saint Peter remained in operation for thirty
years.
After the victorious end of the Northern War, Pe-
meters, draft 1.93 meters. The yacht had shverts (an- ter I continued to take care of the ships that marked
ti-leeway devices) on its sides, which proved effective the start of the Russian Navy. By his royal decree of
in the shallow waters off the coasts of Holland and February 7, 1722, Peter I ordered his voivodes in Pere-
France, but appeared useless in the White Sea with slavl “to take care of the remaining ships, yachts and
its steep hard waves. So, the shverts were dismantled, gallivats, otherwise the fine will be imposed on you
probably during repairs after a storm of 1699. For sta- and your descendants for disregard of this decree...”
bility and maneuvering purposes, the yacht received By a decree of similar content, dated May 28, 1723,
lead “pigs” as ballast – a total of 179 pieces as of August Prosecutor General Pavel Ivanovich Yaguzhinsky or-
1701, weighing of 907 poods 10 pounds. The interior dered Archangel Vice-Governor Peter Yefimovich
of the yacht was painted by artist Afanasy Trukhmen- Lodyzhensky to “have the yacht which was construct-
sky and his son. The aft rooms had six mica windows. ed under Count Andrey Artamonovich and on which
On July 30–31, the tsar boarded the St. Peter and his imperial majesty first went to the sea before giv-
hoisted the Russian tricolor with a gilded double- ing to the Bishop of Kholmogorsky, laid up in a con-
headed eagle. On August 4, he went to sea to escort venient place and protected, should any remnants of
foreign merchant ships, with which he reached the if be found.” This decree refers to two different courts,
neck of the White Sea and returned to Arkhangelsk
on August 10. The length of St. Peter’s maiden sea voy-
age was estimated 600 versts. После победоносного завершения
The second time tsar Peter sailed his Saint Pe- Северной войны Петр I
ter was on May 29, 1694 and was caught in a violent проявлял неустанную заботу
storm. He found shelter in Unskaya Bay and later
planted a large wooden cross on its shore not far from о сохранении судов и кораблей,
Pertominsk Monastery. After visiting the Solovetsky с которых началось зарождение
Monastery, Peter I returned to Arkhangelsk on June российского военно-морского
13.
On August 13, the yacht joined frigates St. Paul флота
and Holy Prophecy, with tsar Peter, to escort them to After the victorious end of the
Cape Svyatoy Nos, from where it returned to the port Northern War, Peter I continued to
of Arkhangelsk on August 20. This campaign was the
first recognized convoy operation of the Russian Navy. take care of the ships that marked
Later, the Saint Peter was used for protection of the the start of the Russian Navy
port. It is known that in August 1701, it, armed with

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