Russian Sixth Rate rowing frigate 'Storbiorn' (1808)

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Storbiorn
Nominal Guns	26	RWAS
Nationality	Russia
Operator	Baltic Sea Fleet
Previously	Swedish hemmema 'Styrburn' (1790) (26) 1790-1808 Swedish 26 Gun Unrated Hemmema
Captured	21.4.1808	RWAS
Shipyard	Djurgården - Stockholm	RWAS
Constructor	Frederik Henrik af ChapmanSwedish Designer Ship Builder Service 1762-1785	RWAS
Category	Sixth Rate	RWAS
Ship Type	Rowing Frigate	RWAS
Hulked	1817	RWAS

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentRWAS
Length of Gundeck153' 0"Imperial Feet46.6344
Breadth35' 1"Imperial Feet10.6731
Depth in Hold8' 11"Imperial Feet2.4638
Oar banks10

Armament

21.4.1808Broadside Weight = 444 Russian Artillery Pound (483.96 lbs 219.5136 kg)RWAS
Gun Deck24 Russian 36-Pounder
Gun Deck2 Russian 12-Pounder
Gun Deck6 Small guns & Carronades

Service History

DateEventSource
7.8.1808Battle of Jungfrusund
1809Off FinlandRWAS
1817Refitted as a Other Vessels Receiving Hulk

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IDNameAuthorType

RWASEduard Sozaev, John Tredrea, Book

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