Orfey class destroyer
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| Career (Russian Empire/Soviet Union) |   |
|---|---|
| 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 hp |
| Speed: | 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) 80 mines |
The 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.
[edit] Ships
Built at the Putilov yard, St Petersburg
| Ship | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|
| Kapitan Belli renamed Karl Leibnecht |
29 Oct 1915 | Transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet. Broken up 1950s |
| Kapitan Izylmetev renamed Lenin |
4 Nov 1914 | Scuttled 24 June 1941 at Liepāja, Latvia while under repair |
| Kapitan Kern renamed Kuibishev |
27 Aug 1915 | Transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet. Broken up 1950s |
| Kapitan Kanon renamed Zotov |
23 Oct 1915 | Broken up incomplete 1923 |
| Kapitan Kroun | 5 Aug 1916 | Broken up incomplete 1923 |
| Kapitan I ranga Miklucha Maklai renamed Spartak (1917) |
27 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 Voikov |
28 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 Artem |
5 Jun 1916 | Sank British submarine L55 during the Russian Civil War, sunk 28 August 1941 by mines |
| Desna renamed Engels |
4 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 Volodarski |
5 Nov 1914 | Sunk 28 August 1941 |
| Samson renamed Stalin |
5 Jun 1915 | transferred to the Soviet Pacific fleet via the Arctic in 1936, Broken up 1953 |
| Zabiyaka renamed Uritski |
5 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 Svoboda |
18 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 |
[edit] 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
