Konstantin 1917
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Гавриил [Gavriil] | Russo-Baltic Wks, Revel | 11.1913 | 5.1.1915 | 12.1916 | sunk 21.10.1919 | ||
| Константин [Konstantin] | Russo-Baltic Wks, Revel | 12.1913 | 12.6.1915 | 5.1917 | sunk 21.10.1919 | ||
| Свобода [Svoboda] (ex-Владимир [Vladimir]) | Russo-Baltic Wks, Revel | 12.1913 | 18.8.1915 | 10.1917 | sunk 21.10.1919 | ||
| Михаил [Mikhail] | Russo-Baltic Wks, Revel | 11.1913 | 31.5.1916 | --- | suspended late 1917 | ||
| Сокол [Sokol] | Russo-Baltic Wks, Revel | 1.1915 | Summer 1917 | --- | suspended late 1917 | ||
| Мечеслав [Mecheslav] (ex-Лейтенант Ломбард [Leytenant Lombard]) | Russo-Baltic Wks, Revel | 8.1915 | Summer 1917 | --- | suspended late 1917 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1260 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1450 |
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Length, m |
98.0 |
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Breadth, m |
9.34 |
|
Draught, m |
3.90 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 AEG steam turbines, 4 Vulkan boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
30000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
34 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 350 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1800(16) |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 102/60, 1 x 1 - 76/28 Lender, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94, 3 x 3 - 450 TT, 80 mines |
|
Complement |
150 |
Project history: Large batch of
turbine-driven destroyers of Imperial Russian Navy. Built in
many series with
foreign technical help and possessed a number inter-subclass differences. Common
for all ships were artillery (102mm/60 guns), powerful torpedo side salvo (from
8 to 12 450mm torpedoes in twin-and triple mounts) and, except for a lead ship,
twin-shaft turbine machinery and a three-funnel outline profile.
Novik was built under the design of Putilov plant and was equipped
with triple-shaft Curtis-AEG-Vulkan machinery and 6 Vulkan boilers. At the moment of commission
she was one of the largest (1260t), well armed (4 102mm guns and 4 twin 450mm TTs) and fastest ships of this
type in the world. On trials she shown average 36.3kts speed (maximum 37.3kts) at 41910hp.
On her construction basis for Black Sea Fleet series of Schastlivy class
was designed. They differed by machinery structure (2 shafts and 5 boilers), moderated to 30kts
speed and armament structure: 3 102mm guns and 5 twin TTs.
They, in turn, have formed a basis for design of Baltic Fleet Orfey, Leytenant Ilyin and Gavriil
classes. Number of boilers on them was moderated to four, and armament in an ultimate variant
included 4 102mm guns and 3 triple TTs. The engineering design was developed with the help
of Blohm und Voss and Vulkan. At identical general arrangement,
dimensions and appearance destroyers differed with type of turbines and
boilers: Orfey class had Curtis-AEG-Vulkan turbines and Normand-Vulkan
boilers; Leytenant Ilyin class Brown-Boveri-Parsons turbines and Normand
boilers; Gavriil class Curtiss-AEG-Vulkan turbines and Normand boilers. On trials the majority of the ships
exceeded 31kts.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Gavriil, Konstantin and Svoboda were sunk on British mines in Koporsky Bay (Gulf of Finland) 21.10.1919.
Konstantin
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