Russian ship of the line Goto Predestinatsia

Goto Predestinatsia (God's Predestination, literally The Providence of God, Russian: Гото Предестинация) was a Russian 18th century navy flagship, 58-gun three-masted ship of the line.

Drawing of Goto Predestinatsia, Pieter Bergman, 1700
History
Russia
Name: Goto Predestinatsia
Laid down: November 19, 1698
Launched: April 27, 1700
Honours and
awards:		 Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–18)
Fate: Sold in 1711
General characteristics
Class and type: 58-gun ship of the line
Length: 36 m (118 ft)
Beam: 19.5 m (64 ft)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Complement: 253
Armament:
  • 58 guns:
  • 26 × 16 pdrs
  • 24 × 8 pdrs
  • 8 × 3 pdrs

She was commissioned on April 27, 1700 at the Voronezh Admiralty wharf, and was in service until 1711 as a part of the Azov flotilla. After the unsuccessful Prut campaign and the loss of Azov the Goto Predestinatsia was sold to the Ottoman Empire.

She was the first Russian ship of the line and the first ship of this rate built in Russia without any help from foreign experts.

Replica
Replica of the Voronezh, built in 2014.
Ship-Museum.
Replica of Goto Predestinatsia at Voronezh

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