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Russian destroyer Orfey

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History
Russian Empire
NameOrfey
BuilderMetal Works, Saint Petersburg
Laid down23 October 1914
Launched22 October 1915
Commissioned19 March 1916
Soviet Union
AcquiredNovember 1917
FateScrapped, 1931
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeOrfey-class destroyer
Displacement1,260 long tons (1,280 t)
Length98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draught3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 steam turbines
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range1,250 nmi (2,320 km; 1,440 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement167
Armament

Orfey (Russian: Орфей) was the lead ship of her class of eight her class of eight destroyers built for the Russian Imperial Navy during World War I. Completed in 1916, she served with the Baltic Fleet, but suffered turbine damage in late 1917, and was laid up for the rest of the war. The ship was not repaired by the Soviets and was scrapped in 1931.

Bibliography

  • Breyer, Siegfried (1992). Soviet Warship Development: Volume 1: 1917–1937. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-604-3.
  • Budzbon, Przemysław (1985). "Russia". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 291–325. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  • Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.
Orfey-class destroyers
 Imperial Russian Navy
 Soviet Navy
Putilov yard, Petrograd
Metal Works, Petrograd
Russo-Baltic Yard, Reval
 Estonian Navy
ex-Bolshevik
 Peruvian Navy
ex-Estonian
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