Orfey-class destroyer
Engels (ex-Desna) | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Novik |
| Succeeded by | Izyaslav class |
| In commission | 1914–1956 |
| Planned | 23 |
| Completed | 16 |
| Lost | 9 |
| Retired | 7 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft; 2 steam turbines |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Complement | 150 |
| Armament |
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The Orfey-class destroyers were built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were modified versions of the earlier destroyer Novik and the Derzky-class destroyers. These ships were larger, had triple torpedo tubes and an extra 102 mm (4 in) gun. One ship, Engels, was fitted with a 305 mm (12 in) recoilless rifle for testing in 1934. 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.