Amosov I.A. (1800-1878), naval engineer, general

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AMOSOV Ivan Afanasyevich (1800-78, St. Petersburg), naval engineer, Engineer General (1872). Graduated from the School of Naval Architecture (1817). In 1833-53 worked at the Okhtinsky Admiralty Shipyard, where he built a number of fighting ships, including Russia’s first screw frigate, The Archimedes (1846-48). In 1860-73 Amosov was appointed inspector of ship building of the Kronstadt Port. From 1873 he was a member of the Admiralty Council. In the 1830s resided at 42 Eleventh Line of Vasilievsky Island. Buried at Okhtinskoe Cemetery (his grave has not been preserved).

Reference: Быховский И. А. Архангелогородские корабелы. Архангельск, 1988. С. 91-100.

V. V. Cheparukhin. Amosov Ivan Afanasievich
11th Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 42
Огородников С. Ф. Исторический обзор развития и деятельности Морского министерства за сто лет его существования (1802-1902 гг.). СПб., 1902
Быховский И. А. Архангелогородские корабелы. Архангельск., 1988 Admiralty Shipyard