Russian frigate Kamchatka
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At least two frigates of the Imperial Russian 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...

 have been named Kamchatka
  • Russian sloop-of-war Kamchatka (1817) circumnavigated
    Circumnavigation
    Circumnavigation – literally, "navigation of a circumference" – refers to travelling all the way around an island, a continent, or the entire planet Earth.- Global circumnavigation :...

     the globe between 1817 and 1819 under Captain Vasily Golovnin
    Vasily Golovnin
    Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin .-Early life and career:Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin was born in April 1776, in the village of Gulyniki in Ryazan Oblast, on his father's country estate. Both his father and grandfather had served in the Russian military as officers in the elite Preobrazhensky...

    .
  • Russian frigate Kamchatka (1841)
    Russian frigate Kamchatka (1841)
    Kamchatka was a steam frigate of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was built in New York City in 1841 for the Baltic Fleet. She made several long voyages under Captain Johan Eberhard von Schantz. She was decommissioned 1866....

     a steam frigate, built in New York City in 1841. Made several long voyages under Captain (later Admiral) Johan Eberhard von Schantz.
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