Izyaslav-class destroyer

The Izyaslav class (Russian: Изяслав) were a class of destroyers built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were modified versions of the Orfey class built in Russia with the assistance of the French company Augustin Normand. These ships fought in World War I, the Russian Civil War, the Estonian War of Independence, and World War II.

Class overview
NameIzyaslav class
BuildersBocker and Lange, Reval, Estonia
Operators
Preceded byOrfey class
In commission1916–1954
Planned5
Completed3
Cancelled2
Lost2
Scrapped1
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement1,350 long tons (1,370 t)
Length99.1 m (325 ft 2 in)
Beam9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Draught3.0 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement150
Armament

Design

The ships were an enlarged version of previous designs with a longer raised forecastle, and Frahm-type anti-rolling tanks. An extra 100-millimetre (4 in) gun was added and the number of torpedo tubes reduced.

Ships

These ships were built by Bocker and Lange in Reval, Estonia. The ships were delayed due to ordering machinery from Switzerland which was embargoed on the outbreak of World War I. New machinery was ordered from Britain.

Construction data
Ship Launched Fate
Avtroil - renamed Lennuk - renamed Almirante Guise 13 January 1915 Captured by the British in 1918, given to the Estonian Navy and sold by the Estonians to Peru, in 1933, scrapped, 1954
Izyaslav - renamed Karl Marx 27 June 1915 Sunk, 8 August 1941
Prymyslav - renamed Kalinin 9 August 1915 Sunk, 28 August 1941
Bryachislav 1 October 1915 Evacuated to Petrograd but scrapped incomplete, 1923
Fedor Stratilat 1915 Evacuated to Petrograd but scrapped incomplete, 1923
Avtroil, c. 1913–1919
Kalinin c. 1925-1941

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