Goto Predestinatsia
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Goto Predestinatsia (God's Predestination, literally The Providence of God) was the Russian
Russian Empire
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18th century navy
Imperial Russian Navy
The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Tsarist fleets prior to the February Revolution.-First Romanovs:Under Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich, construction of the first three-masted ship, actually built within Russia, was completed in 1636. It was built in Balakhna by Danish shipbuilders from Holstein...
flagship
Flagship
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, 58-gun three-masted battleship
Battleship
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She was commissioned on April 27, 1700 on the Voronezh
Voronezh
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Admiralty wharf
Wharf
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, and was in service until 1711 as part of the Azov
Azov
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flotilla
Flotilla
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. After the unsuccessful Prut
Prut
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campaign and the loss of Azov
Azov
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the Goto Predestinatsia was sold to the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
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She was the first Russian ship of the line
Ship of the line
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and the first ship of this rate built in Russia without the help of foreign experts.