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Richard Kocents was born on May 29, 1674 in the city of Southampton, United Kingdom.
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Richard Kocents worked at the Royal Shipyard in England. In 1700 he was accepted to the Russian service. In the years 1701-1709 built at the Voronezh shipyard 70-gun ships "Sleeping Lion" and "Old Oak". In the years 1707-1710 at the Tavrov shipyard laid with D. Hire 12 ships in 24, 48 and 80 guns, which remained unfinished.
In 1709, on the occasion of the Poltava victory, he received from Peter I a Swedish sword. In August 1709, together with S.A. Kolychev traveled to the Orered River, following the results of the trip he compiled a drawing of the shipyard planned there. In connection with the termination of shipbuilding in 1712, he was transferred to St. Petersburg, where until 1733 he built 7 battleships, including the 90-gun Gangut, the largest for that time. In 1733 he was sent to Arkhangelsk, where he built 2 battleships.
He prepared the project of the new Admiralty on the island of Solombala and supervised its construction. Developed projects of a large ship crane and admiralty rope manufactory.
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