- Orfey class destroyer
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Imperial Russian destroyer Letun.Class overview Operators: Russian Navy
Soviet Navy
Estonian Navy
Peruvian Navy
Preceded by: Novik Succeeded by: Izijaslav class destroyer In commission: 1914–1956 Planned: 23 Completed: 16 Lost: 9 Retired: 7 General characteristics (as built) Class and type: Orfey-class destroyers Displacement: 1,260 tons (standard)
1,440 tons (full load)Length: 98 m Beam: 9.3 m Draught: 3 m Propulsion: 2 shaft AEG turbines
4 Vulkan type boilers 30,500 hpSpeed: 32 knots Complement: 150 Armament: 4 × 4-inch (102 mm) guns
1 x 40 mm AA gun
2 x machine guns
9 × 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes (3 x 3)
50 minesThe Orfey-class destroyers were built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were modified versions of the Novik and the Derzky-class destroyers. These ships were larger, had triple torpedo tubes and an extra 4-inch (102 mm) gun. Fourteen ships were completed in 1914 - 1917 and fought in World War I and during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The survivors fought in World War II.
Ships
Built at the Putilov yard, St Petersburg
Ship Launched Fate Kapitan Belli
renamed Karl Leibnecht29 Oct 1915 Transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet. Broken up 1950s Kapitan Izylmetev
renamed Lenin4 Nov 1914 Scuttled 24 June 1941 at Liepāja, Latvia while under repair Kapitan Kern
renamed Kuibishev27 Aug 1915 Transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet. Broken up 1950s Kapitan Kanon
renamed Zotov23 Oct 1915 Broken up incomplete 1923 Kapitan Kroun 5 Aug 1916 Broken up incomplete 1923 Kapitan I ranga Miklucha Maklai
renamed Spartak (1917)
renamed Vambola
renamed Almirante Villar27 Aug 1915 Captured by the British in 1919, given to the Estonian Navy and sold by the Estonians to Peru in 1933. Scrapped in 1954 ref Lieutenant Dubasov 9 Sep 1916 Broken up incomplete 1923 Lieutenant Ilin
renamed Voikov28 Nov 1914 transferred to the Soviet Pacific Fleet. Broken up 1950s Built at Metal Works, St Petersburg (Petrograd)
Ship Launched Fate Orfei 5 Jun 1916 Broken up 1929, after sustaining irreparable mine damage in 1917 Azard
renamed Artem5 Jun 1916 Sank British submarine L55 during the Russian Civil War, sunk 28 August 1941 by mines Desna
renamed Engels4 Nov 1915 Sunk 25 Aug 1941 by mines Grom 5 Jun 1915 Sunk 14 Oct 1917, during the Battle of Moon Sound Letun 4 Nov 1915 Broken up 1925, after sustaining irreparable mine damage in 1917 Pobiditel
renamed Volodarski5 Nov 1914 Sunk 28 August 1941 Samson
renamed Stalin5 Jun 1915 transferred to the Soviet Pacific fleet via the Arctic in 1936, Broken up 1953 Zabiyaka
renamed Uritski5 Nov 1914 transferred to the Northern Fleet, Broken up 1953 Built by Russo Baltic Yard, Reval
Ship Launched Fate Gavril 5 Jan 1915 Helped sink British submarine L55. Sunk by mines 21 October 1919 Konstantin 12 Jun 1915 Sunk by mines 21 October 1919 Vladimir
renamed Svoboda18 Aug 1915 Sunk by mines 21 October 1919 Mikhail 1916 towed to Petrograd but broken up incomplete 1923 Mechislav 1916 towed to Petrograd but broken up incomplete 1923 Sokol 1917 towed to Petrograd but broken up incomplete 1923 See also
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References
- Conway's All the world's Fighting Ships 1906-1922
- M.J Whitley, Destroyers of World War 2, 1988 Cassell Publishing ISBN 1-85409-521-8
Russian naval ship classes of World War IDreadnought battleships Pre-dreadnought battleships Battlecruisers Armored cruisers Light cruisers Protected cruisers Destroyers Submarines - S — Single ship of class
- C — Completed after the war
Categories:- Destroyer classes
- Ships of the Imperial Russian Navy
- Destroyers of the Soviet Navy
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