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Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships Ivan Aivazovsky , Oil-on-canvas, 1892
History Russian Empire Name Merkurii Laid down January 28 (O.S. February 9), 1819 Launched May 7 (May 19), 1820 Decommissioned 1857 Fate Scrapped General characteristics Class and type 20-gun brig Displacement 456 t Length 29.46 m (96.7 ft ) Beam 9.60 m (31.5 ft ) Draught 2.9 m (9.5 ft ) Depth of hold 4.73 m (15.5 ft ) Propulsion Sails Sail plan 856 sq. m. Complement 115 Armament 20 guns:
18 x 24 pdrs,
2 x 8 pdrs
Fight brig Y. 65x120 oil on canvas 2017-2021 Vladimir Kosov Monument to Alexander Kazarsky in Sevastopol (A.P.Bryullov, 1839 )
Merkurii Russian : Меркурий , lit. Imperial Russian Navy . It is famous for its lopsided battle with two Turkish ships, which took place on May 14, 1829.[1]
The name Pamiyat Mercuriya In Memory of Mercury ) was given to a number of ships of the Russian Baltic Fleet .
Battle on May 14, 1829 [ edit ]
Summary [ edit ]
Pursued by a Turkish fleet (6 ships of the line , 2 frigates , 2 corvettes ), the Russian brig Merkurii engaged in a lopsided battle with the ships-of-the-line Selimiye (110 guns) and Real-bei (74 guns) near the Strait of Bosphorus .[2] [3]
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Crew (As of May 1829) [ edit ]
Officers [ edit ]
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kazarsky , Lt. Capt.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Novosilsky, Lt.
Dmitry Petrovich Pritupov, midshipman
Ivan Petrovich Prokofyev, naval pilot Lt.
Sergey Iosifovitch Skaryatin, Lt.
Anisim Arekhov
Philip Vasilyev
Gridnev, bataler[check spelling
Afanasiy Gusev
Seliverst Dmitriev
Ippolit Erofeev
Ivan Lisenko, cannoneer
Fyodor Spiridonov, naval pilot mate
Artamon Timofeev, cannoneer
Anton Scherbakov, cannoneer
Damage and casualties [ edit ]
As a result of the battle, the brig took 10 casualties, including 4 killed and 6 wounded. Damage to the ship included:
22 hull breaches
133 sail plan breaches
16 spar breaches
148 instances of minor rigging damage
loss of all rowboats
By official information, neither Turkish ships lost crew as the brig's main objective during the battle was to damage their spars and rigging.
Brig "Merkurii" after a victory over Two Turkish Ships
Ivan Aivazovsky created 3 paintings featuring the ship:
Several other artists created notable works featuring the Merkurii:
Barri: Battle of Brig "Merkurii" with Two Turkish Ships / Барри: Бой брига «Меркурий» с двумя турецкими кораблями
Ivanov: Brig "Merkurii" / Иванов: Бриг «Меркурий»
A.N. Lubyanov: Brig "Merkurii" / А. Н. Лубянов: Бриг «Меркурий»
N.P. Krasovskiy: Battle of Brig "Merkurii" with Two Turkish Ships / Н. П. Красовский: Бой брига «Меркурий» с двумя турецкими кораблями
Mikhail Stepanovitch Tkachenko: Battle of Brig "Merkurii" with Turkish Ships on May 14, 1829 Central Naval Museum , St. Petersburg , 1907
Critics of the Aivazovsky painting [ edit ]
The position of the ships portrayed by Aivazovsky in his work has been criticized as being historically inaccurate because of the brig's position between two significantly larger Turkish ships. Still, it's possible that Aivazovsky's artistic impression simply heightened the tension in the painting by accentuating the hopelessness of the brig's situation.
Paintings by other artists (Krasovskiy, Barri, Pechatin) of the same battle, though less known, portray a more realistic depiction of the battle.
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References [ edit ]
^ "Maritime Expeditions" . rusnavy.com . Retrieved 2018-07-27 .
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