Russian ship of the line Gangut ( 1825 ) Gangut ( " " ) was an 84 - gun ship of the line built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the early 1820s . She participated in the Battle of Navarino in 1827 and was credited with destroying three Ottoman ships . The ship was forced to return to the Baltic Sea for repairs and remained part of the Baltic Fleet for the rest of her career . " Gangut " was one of the ships deployed to Denmark during the First Schleswig War of 1848 – 50 to help preserve Denmark ' s territorial integrity against Prussia . The ship was converted to steam power in 1854 – 57 and she made one deployment to the Mediterranean in 1859 – 60 before she became a gunnery training ship in 1862 . " Gangut " was stricken from the navy list in 1871 and sold for scrap . Description . " Gangut " was long between perpendiculars , with a beam of and a maximum draft of . The ship measured 2 , 659 tons bm . As built she was armed with a variety of smoothbore guns : On the forecastle and quarterdeck , the ship was fitted with two short 24 - pounder guns and twenty - six 24 - pounder carronade s . On her upper deck , she carried 32 short 24 - pounder guns and , on her lower deck , " Gangut " was fitted with 24 short 36 - pounder guns and six 60 - pounder licorne s . In 1848 she was rearmed with 32 long 24 - pounder guns on the middle deck and two shell guns , 24 long 36 - pounders and four 60 - pounder licornes on the lower deck . In 1854 – 56 , " Gangut " was rebuilt and converted to steam with a steam engine of 500 nominal horsepower that drove a single propeller shaft . Steam was provided by four boilers and she had a maximum speed of . Enlarged to accommodate the steam engine and its boilers , she displaced and now measured between perpendiculars . Her beam was increased to and her draft was reduced to . " Gangut " was also rearmed when her reconstruction was complete . The ship now carried four short 30 - pounders and sixteen 30 - pounder gunnade s on her quarterdeck and forecastle , four long and 28 short 30 - pounder guns on her upper deck , and twenty - eight 60 - pounder shell guns and four long 30 - pounder guns on her lower deck . Construction and career . " Gangut " , named after the Battle of Gangut , was laid down on 8 August 1822 at the New Admiralty Shipyard in St . Petersburg . The ship was launched on 19 September 1825 and entered service in 1827 . She was assigned to Rear Admiral Login Geiden ' s squadron of the Baltic Fleet bound for the Mediterranean after completion . They departed Kronstadt on 10 June and fought at the Battle of Navarino off the coast of Greece on 8 October . " Gangut " was credited with sinking two Ottoman frigate s , a fire ship , and destroying a shore battery . She was hit 52 times during the battle and lost 14 killed and 37 wounded crewmen . Before returning to the Baltic for repairs , the ship transferred all but two rounds per gun to the other ships of the squadron . " Gangut " arrived back in Kronstadt in August 1828 and was repaired in time to cruise the Baltic in 1829 – 30 and 1832 – 33 . The ship was overhauled during 1834 – 37 and cruised the Baltic again in 1838 – 42 and 1845 – 46 . She was refitted in 1848 and sailed to Denmark , along with most of the Baltic Fleet , to show the flag during the First Schleswig War between Denmark , Sweden and Prussia . Tsar Nicholas I was determined to support the integrity of Denmark so he deployed a large force in Danish waters for the duration of the war , although it did not actively participate in the war . " Gangut " was rebuilt as a screw ship of the line between 2 June 1854 and 24 September 1856 and conducted her sea trials in October 1857 . She cruised the Baltic the following year before she went to the Mediterranean in 1859 – 60 as part of Rear Admiral Nordman ' s squadron . " Gangut " became a gunnery training ship in 1862 – 63 and she was stricken from the naval list on 26 August 1871 and subsequently scrapped .