Russian frigate Kamchatka
- Russian frigate Kamchatka
At least two frigates of the Imperial Russian Navy have been named "Kamchatka"
* Russian sloop-of-war "Kamchatka" (1817) circumnavigated the globe between 1817 and 1819 [ [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-8684(198111)50%3A4%3C533%3AATWOTK%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 Around the World on the Kamchatka, 1817-1819] by V. M. Golovnin and Ella Lury Wiswell] under Captain Vasily Golovnin. [ [http://www.napoleonic-literature.com/Book_14/1819.htm Napoleon in Captivity: The Reports of Count Balmain Russian Commissioner on the Island of St. Helena 1816-1820] ]
* Russian frigate "Kamchatka" (1841) a steam frigate, built in New York City in 1841. Made several long voyages under Captain (later Admiral) Johan Eberhard von Schantz. [ [http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kenraalit/?gid=352 von Schantz, Johan Eberhard] fi icon]
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