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Saturday 6 February 2016

Russian replica of 18th Century frigate Shtandart


The original ship was laid down by the Dutch ship carpentr Wybe Gerens on 24 April 1703 at the Olonetsky shipyard ordered by the Russian czar Peter the Great. At the end of the 20th Century was a replica built, anno 2016 still in service. In recent years she was in two Dutch movies including the one dealing with the life of the Dutch 17th admiral Michiel de Ruyter. Russia-flagged, MMSI 273452840 and call sign UAEM. In 2015 she visited Vlissingen and was berthed in a small dry dock to be entered via the Dokhaven dating from begin 18th Century. For photos of this visit Czar Peter the Great was familiar with this area when he visited this town and where the Admiralty Yard, later the shipyard of the Royal Netherlands Navy and since 1875 the Kon. Mij. De Schelde was situated.