Built at the Gdansk Shipyard, Poland in 1991. The Russian federation flag was hoisted on June 05, 1992.

This three-mast ship was built on the analogy of sailers of the early 20th century; she has a complete sailing rig of the “warship” type: 26 sails are only controlled manually and propel the ship. Two engines driving one c.p. propeller are to be used in stormy weather conditions, as also when entering and leaving a port.

General Characteristics:

Length overall (with bowsprit) – 109.4 m

Beam – 14.0 m

Max. draft – 7.3 m

Displacement – 2,984 tons

Engine output – 2 by 450 kw

Mainmast height – 49.5 m

Sail area – 2.768 sq. m

Crew – 50 persons

Accommodation for trainees – 143 persons

Accommodation for instructors – 6 persons

Life rafts of PSN type – 20 by 20 persons

Fresh water stock – 350 tons

There were a few sailers named the “Nadezhda” in the Russian fleet. That is why the present-day frigate “Nadezhda” continues good deeds of her predecessors: the first Russian training sailer, the first Russian ship to have made a round-the-world voyage, the first ship after which straits, capes and an island are named. Few ships in marine history have such a rich background, having served their country so meticulously that they added glorious pages to the history of science and art of war.

Shortly after Katherine 2 ascended the Russian throne she said, “We have surplus ships and people, but we have neither fleet nor seamen”. On the empress' initiative urgent steps were taken to revitalize fleet in the spirit of Peter the Great. One of them was a reform of training in the Naval College.

On July 2, 1764 the Admiralty Board decided, “To train naval and ordinary cadets, a three-mast yacht is to be built, fully supplied and maintained at the College”. The decision was approved by Katherine 2.

The three-mast 10-gun frigate “Nadezhda” was launched on June 15, 1766 in St.Petersburg. Her main dimensions were: length b.p. 23.77 m, displacement 270 tons, depth moulded 3.1 m, hold depth 2.82 m, mean darft 2.34 m, main sail area 445 sq. m. The crew consisted of 28 persons, 17 of them being sailors. The frigate could accommodate 25 cadets. She sailed in the vicinity of the Finnish Gulf. However, as the ship timber was not dry enough, the ship”s service life was short: in 1774 she was “dismounted owing to dilapidation” in Kronstadt.

The frigate “Nadezhda” remains in the Russian fleet history as the first Russian training ship of special construction.

On March 15, 1845 a 24-gun frigate, another training sailer for the Naval College, was launched in St.Pete in the presence of emperor Nikolai 1, grand duke Konstantin, other officials and admirals. She was named “Nadezhda”. Her crew consisted of 188 persons including 75 trainees. There was an enlarged set of navigation instruments and devices on board for training purposes.

One of the best known in the history of the Russian sailing fleet, the three-mast sloop “Nadezhda” owned by the Russian-American Company (RACo.), a flagship of the first Russian round-the-world expedition, was bought in Great Britain in 1803. On July 26 the “Nadezhda” under the command of lieutenant-captain I.F.Kruzenstern sailed from Kronstadt to deliver RACo. cargoes to Kamchatka and the fist Russian embassy to Japan. The voyage was made along the route Copenhagen – Cape Horn – Kamchatka – Sakhalin – Kouril Islands – Kamchatka – Cape of Good Hope – Copenhagen – St.Petersburg. on August 17, 1806 “Nadezhda” returned to Kronstadt having completed the round-the-world voyage which lasted 3 years and 12 days. The expedition on board “Nadezhda” enriched science considerably: most important geographic discoveries were made, unique collections compiled, numerous hydrographic and astronomic observations were held. In the fall of 1808 “Nadezhda” was chartered by a North American merchant D.Martin to transport RACo. cargoes from Kronstadt to New York. In December 1808 “Nadezhda” became ice-bound near the coast of Denmark and perished.

The frigate “Nadezhda”s name was given to the Gulf and the Strait in the Okhotsk Sea, four capes in the Japan Sea and the Tatar Strait, and the Island in the Pacific Ocean. The frigate had a 430-ton displacement, 58-member crew and 16-gun armament.

The modern training sailcraft “Nadezhda” was built in Gdansk under the supervision of the Polish Register in 1992. The frigate has a complete sailing rig. A series of the sister ships built in Poland include: “Dar Mlodziezi”, “Druzhba” (registered in Odessa), “Mir” (home port St.Pete), “Kherson” (port of registry Kherson), “Pallada” (owned by the Far Eastern Fishery University, Vladivostok) and “Nadezhda” (owned by the Maritime State University named after G.I.Nevelskoi, Vladivostok).

At present the frigate maintains glorious traditions of her predecessors. She is used as a training sailcraft and a research ship.

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