PERAŠKI KAPETAN JOSIP ZAMBELLA, MLETAČKI RATNI BROD VITTORIA II I SASTAV NJEGOVE POSADE (KRAJ 18. STOLJEĆA)
Captain Joseph Zambella, Venetian warship Vittoria II and composition of its crew (the end of the eighteenth century )

Summary/Abstract: In the centre of the research of this article is agency of Captain Joseph Zambella of Perast (d. 1794), who commanded Venetian warship Vittoria II in the last years of the existence of the Republic of Venice. The article is in the first place based on the research of unpublished sources from the Archivio di Stato di Venezia (the deeds of the magistracy of Venetian Navy – Provveditori all’Armar). In the introductory part of the article are briefly noted merits (naval and military) of the denizens of Perast for the Republic of Venice and concisely presented meritorious scions of the Zambella family. Central part of the article is dedicated to the detailed analysis of the composition of the crew commanded by Captain Joseph Zambella. The crew is analysed on the basis of its division into fundamental categories: 1) officers, under officers and carriers of specialised offices on the ship (Uffiziali e Titolati); 2) sailors of the first class (Marineri prima classe); 3) sailors of the second class (Marineri seconda classe) and 4) ship’s boys (Mozzi). Within that analysis, particular attention is awarded to those crewmen who were by their origin from the East Adriatic coast. The article contains also appendices with lists of the crew of the ship Vittoria II in two periods of Zambella’s captaincy over that ship (1785-1791 and 1791-1794).

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