Svyataya Anna
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The Philomel-class gunvessel HMS Newport was launched in Wales in 1867. Having become the first ship to pass through the Suez Canal, she was sold in 1881 and renamed Pandora II. She was purchased agai
Svyataya Anna in her incarnation as the yacht Blencathra, from Helen Peel's Polar Gleams
Svyataya Anna before departing for her last trip
Valerian Albanov
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Valerian Ivanovich Albanov was a Russian navigator, best known for being one of two survivors of the Brusilov expedition of 1912, in which 22 died.
Svyataya Anna
…Route, and was named Svyataya Anna (Russian: Святая Анна), after Saint Anne. The ship became firmly trapped in ice; only two members of the expedition, Valerian Albanov and Alexander Konrad, survived. The ship has never been found. The Philomel-class gunvessels were an enlargement of the earlier Algerine-class gunboat…
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