Vostok (sloop-of-war)
Vostok and its captain, Fabian von Bellingshausen on a commemorative coin of the Bank of Russia
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| History | |
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| Russian Empire | |
| Name: | Vostok |
| Namesake: | East |
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| Launched: | 1818 |
| Homeport: | Kronshtadt |
| Status: | Broken up in 1828 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | 24-gun sloop-of-war |
| Displacement: | 900 tonnes |
| Length: | 39.62 m (130.0 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.36 m (34.0 ft) |
| Depth of hold: | 4.8 m (15.7 ft) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed: | 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 117 |
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Vostok was a 28-gun sloop-of-war of the Imperial Russian Navy, the lead ship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819—1821, during which Faddey Bellingshausen (commander of the ship) and Mikhail Lazarev (commanding Mirny, the second ship) circumnavigated the globe, discovered the continent of Antarctica and twice circumnavigated it, and discovered a number of islands and archipelagos in the Southern Ocean and the Pacific.
Vostok was launched in 1818 at Okhta shipyards, Saint Petersburg.
On 14 July [O.S. 3 July] 1819 Vostok under the command of Commander Faddey (Fabian Gottlieb von) Bellingshausen, the leader of the expedition, alongside Mirny under the command of Lieutenant Commander Mikhail Lazarev left Kronshtadt and on 28 January [O.S. 16 January] 1820 reached the shore of Antarctica, which was sighted for the first time in history. After repair in Sydney in Australia, the expedition explored the tropical parts of the Pacific, and on 12 November [O.S. 31 October] 1820 again turned to Antarctica. On 22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1821 the sloops reached the southernmost point of their voyage at 69° 53' S and 92° 19' W. On 5 August [O.S. 24 July] 1821 they returned to Kronshtadt.
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