Russian ship Selafail (1840)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Russian Empire | |
| Name | Selafail |
| Builder | V. Apostoli, Nikolaev |
| Laid down | 28 August 1838 |
| Launched | 10 July 1840 |
| Fate | Scuttled, 11 September 1854 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 3,790 metric tons (3,730 long tons; 4,180 short tons) |
| Length | 196 ft (60 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft 6 in (16.31 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) |
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Selafail was a Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line built for the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet in the late 1830s and early 1840s. The ship had a relatively uneventful career, operating with the Black Sea Fleet in the early 1840s before being laid up in 1845; apart from brief periods of activity in 1847 and 1849, she remained out of service until 1852. After the outbreak of the Crimean War in October 1853, she was slated to join a squadron commanded by Pavel Nakhimov, but storm damage prevented her from taking part in the Battle of Sinop. The ship was eventually scuttled as a blockship in 1854 during the Siege of Sevastopol.