| HISTORY The frigate 
			Shtandart (Russian: Штандартъ) was the first ship of Russia's Baltic 
			fleet. Her keel was laid on April 24, 1703 at the Olonetsky shipyard 
			near Olonets by the decree of Tsar Peter I and orders issued by 
			commander Aleksandr Menshikov. The vessel was built by the Dutch 
			shipwright Vybe Gerens under the direct supervision of the tsar. She 
			was the first flagship of the Imperial Russian Navy and was in 
			service until 1727. The name Shtandart was also given to the royal 
			yachts of the tsars until the Russian Revolution in 1917. Tsar 
			Nicholas II's royal yacht was last of this series.
 The replica frigate has three masts and her displacement is 220 
			tons. She is 25 metres (82.0 ft) long at her centre line, 27.5 
			metres (90 ft) long on deck and 34.5 metres (113 ft) long overall. 
			The Shtandart is 6.9 metres (23 ft) wide with a draft of 3.3 metres 
			(11 ft). The ship is designed for speeds between 8-9 knots under 
			sail, and under auxiliary engines required by modern standards up to 
			15 knots (28 km/h). The original crew complement in 1703 was between 
			120 and 150, and the modern crew consists of 30 trainees and 10 
			officers.
 
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