Moskvityanin 1914
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Эмир Бухарский [Emir Bukharskiy], 4.1919- Яков Свердлов [Yakov Sverdlov] | 160 | Sandvikens, Helsingfors | 1904 | 12.1.1905 | 5.1905 | stricken 12.1925 | |
| Финн [Finn], 2.1919- Карл Либкнехт [Karl Libknekht] | 161 | Sandvikens, Helsingfors | 1904 | 4.4.1905 | 1906 | stricken 12.1925 | |
| Москвитянин [Moskvityanin] | Putilov, St. Petersburg | summer 1904 | 20.5.1905 | 6.1906 | sunk 21.5.1919 | ||
| Доброволец [Dobrovolets] | Putilov, St. Petersburg | summer 1904 | 11.6.1905 | 7.1906 | sunk 21.8.1916 |
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Displacement normal, t |
660 |
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Displacement full, t |
720 |
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Length, m |
71.9 |
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Breadth, m |
7.16 |
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Draught, m |
2.74 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 Schulz-Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6500 |
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Max speed, kts |
25 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 150 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1050(12) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 6 x 1 - 57/50 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 7.6/94, 3 x 1 - 450 TT, 20 mines |
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Complement |
99 |
Project history: Development of 350t destroyers of Kit class, differed in the increased hull dimensions and more powerful machinery. Rated as torpedo cruisers, since September, 1907 as destroyers.
Modernizations: 1910, Emir Bukharskiy: - 2 x 1 - 75/48, 6 x 1 - 57/50, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 2 x 1 - 102/60, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
1910, Finn, Moskvityanin, Dobrovolets: - 2 x 1 - 75/48, 6 x 1 - 57/50, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 2 x 1 - 102/60, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
1920, Yakov Sverdlov: - 2 x 1 - 37/20, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94, 3 x 1 - 450 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/39 Vickers
1920, Karl Libknekht: - 1 x 1 - 37/20, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94, 3 x 1 - 450 TT; + 1 x 1 - 40/39 Vickers
Naval service: Dobrovolets was stricken by German mine 21.8.1916 and has sunk in the Irbensky channel (Gulf of Riga). Moskvityanin 21.5.1919 has sunk in the Tyub-Karagan bay (Caspian Sea) after battle against British auxiliary cruisers. 10.1.1920 she was salvaged by Whites, included by them to the Fleet list but never repaired and sunk again by gunfire of own ships 28.3.1920.
Emir Bukharskiy
Finn 1913
Moskvityanin
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