Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov

Kornilov entered the naval service in 1823, and in 1827 he fought in the Battle of Navarino as a midshipman aboard the fleet's flagship Azov.

In 1841 he became the first captain of the battleship Twelve Apostles, he disciplined the crew and participated with it in the Black Sea Fleet Review (held every seven years) before Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich.

[2] On November 17, 1853,[2] with his flag hoisted aboard the 11-gun steam frigate Vladimir (commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Grigory I. Butakov) met a 19-gun Turkish vessel, Pervaz-ı Bahrî, when they were cruising close to Penderakli.

Butakov ordered to speed up the ship and approaching the enemy to around 100 metres (330 ft), fired canister rounds from all his side guns.

[1] Kornilov arrived around the end of the Battle of Sinop, where he chased the Ottoman frigate Taif after it departed for Istanbul.

[6] A bust portraying Russian admirals and sailors from the Crimean War, including Vladimir Alexeyevich, was erected at Sevastopol Park after renovations in 2008.

Portrait of Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov by Karl Brullov on board of the brig Themistocles . 1835. Paper, watercolour, pencil, varnish. 40.4 x 28.9 cm. The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. The Portrait of V. A. Kornilov, Captain of brig Themistocles , was painted during an expedition in Greece and Turkey. Athens, 1835
Action between Russian steam frigate Vladimir (ship, 1848) [ ru ] and Ottoman-Egyptian steamer Pervaz-ı Bahrî of November 5, 1853 – first action between steam ships in history, painted by Alexey Bogolyubov