Star.
London, England, 1801-01-08 00:00:00

THE RUSSIAN NAVY.

The three principal Rations for the Ruffian navy
are Cronfladt, Revel, and Archangel. In general
the Ruffian !hips are exceedingly bad, owing per-
haps to the bad quality of the wood, and the mode
in which they are conftruaed. However this may
be, it is certain that they never laft above twelve
years. It is not improbable that the frefhnefs of
the water in the Baltic, and particularly in the
harbour of Cronftadt, may contribute to render
their duration fo fhort. Thofe built at Archangel
are conftruaed of fir, and confequently Rill worfe
—they coil only about three-eighths of what thofe
do which are built at Peterlburgh.
Thopßuffian navy is fillrin its infancy, if we
compare it with the Englilh or even the French,
and the Danifh. It appears formidable in point of
number, and indeed would be fo, were not the
Ruffians far behind other nations in regard to na•
val taaies, as they are in many other things.
The gradual increafe of the Ruffian navy will
be feen by the following lift of it, as it Rood in
the year 179 t. This lift does not include that
divifion of it in the Black Sea, which in the above '
year confifted of 17 (hips of the line, and a confi-
demble number of frigates, hoops, &c.
In the year 1779 the Ruffian navy confifted of I
38 !hips of the line, 16 frigates, and a proportional
number of Smaller veffels. In the year 1786 it '
amounted' to 41 !hips of the line and 26 frigates.
. In 1791 it was as follows:
SHIPS OF THE LINE.
Hama. Guns. Where lying
St. Nicholas, . 110 Cronftadt.
St. Wladignir - . xlO Ditto.
St. John the Sept:lft, 1 to Ditto.
The Twelve Apelike. Ito Ditto.
Yerfewy. - - Ito Ditto.
Saratow, - . 1 to Revel.
The Three Juarhow. 1 to Ditto. -
Roftlflaw, - . - sea Ditto.
Siffoi W.:had, - . 74 • cronitadt.
Ivan BogoSow, - 74 Ditto.
Conftantine, - • 74 Ditto.
Alexander Newiki, . 74 Ditto.
Jefechiel, - , - 74 Ditto. •
Prince Gilliam, (Swedifh) 74 Ditto.
Pobedallaw, - • 74 Ditto.
No. 17, in ;lie Racks, 74 Petafbulsh.
Wfetlaw, - • 74 Revel
St. Peter, - - 74 Ditto.
Lir-jenran, - - ,74 Ditto.
11111tflaw, - - 74 Ditto.
Helena, - - 74 . Ditto.
Jaroflaw, - - 74 Ditto.
t. Macfun-Ifpovednie, 74 Ditto.
Sophia Maidakffs. - 74 Ditto.
Boris, - -. • 74 Archangel.
Clep, • - - 74 Ditto.
St. Peter, • • 74 Ditto,
St. Alexis, . • 74 Ditto.
No. 14, • - 74 Ditto.
Ifyailaw. • • 74 Cnanftadt.
Panteleymon, • 66 Ditto.
Meceflaw, . - 66 Ditto.
Tit. Three Swiatitlay, 66 Ditto.
Sobdlaw, - - 66 Ditto.
Pobedmuktx, • - 66 Ditto.
Onigheten, (Swedifh) 66 Ditto.
Prince Charles, (Sviceilib) 66 Ditto.
Fineland, (Swedifh) 66 Ditto.
Schwitalow, • . 66 Ditto.
Netron-Mena • 66 Ditto.
JJanuary, - - 66 Ditto.
rsb.rfs " 66 Ditto.
Proem. ~ . 66 Revel.
Retwifaad, (Swedifh) 66 Ditto.
Parma", - • - 66 Archangel.
Jonas, 66 Ditto.
Philip, - - - 66 Ditto.
Nicamor, - - 66 Ditto.
Emen, - - • 66 Ditto.
No. a, - - 66 Ditto.
FRIGATES.
Driesclilaw. - - 32 Croat*.
rocugno.cw, - • ~s TAM.
Slawa, - - • 32 Ditto.
Wein, - • 32 Ditto.
St. Alexander, . . 34 Ditto.
St. Simeon, - - 32 Ditto. .
St. Patrick. - - 3 s Ditto.
Mftiflawe, - - - 38 Ditto.
Nadellida. • • .. 38 Ditto.
=awe, - . -3$ Ditto.
- 38 -Revd.
Ardaangel Gabriel, . 38 Ditto.
Reside Sligo Panda, - 38 Ditto.
Pandflaw, - . - 38 Ditto.
Venus, (Swedifit) - 44 Ditto.
=age, - • 11 Mike,
• -3 31 Ditto, •
Revel, • - 38 Arab* ,"
* .
Rigs, - . 31 Ditto.
Nerve, . - - 38 Ditto. •
No. en . 38 Ditto.
No. 48, • ' 38 Dam
Gonets, • - SS Ditto.
W•bny, - • all Ditte,
Beet:, a Ditto
8847.411. • . a Ditto. t
Lowett, - - - ES lats.
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FLILNEtTR4 VECTMPIat ei.
Arrived and remain, the May Flower, R.
KIAD, from Wirmar to Bo'nefs ; John, Mscvna,
from Copenhagen to London.
By letters from Norway, we learn the the
French privateer le Voyageur, of 14 guns, has cap.
tured two Bntith vefels in the North Sea. Four
other privateers of the fame force left Dunkirk
with the Voyageur, fuppofed alto to be defined
for the North Sea. Open weather.—Wind W.S.W.