Okhotnik-class destroyer
The Okhotnik class consisted of four destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. The ships served in the Baltic Fleet and participated in the First [World War].
Design and description
The Okhotnik-class ships were enlarged and improved versions of the preceding. The ships normally displaced and at full load. They measured long overall with a beam of, and a draft of. The ships were propelled by two Marine steam engine#Triple or [multiple expansion|vertical triple-expansion steam engines], each driving one propeller shaft using steam from four Normand boilers. The engines were designed to produce a total of for an intended maximum speed of. During the ships' sea trials, they slightly exceeded this figure. The Okhtniks normally carried of coal, but could carry a maximum of. This gave them a range of at. Their crew numbered 95 officers and men.The main armament of the Okhotnik class consisted of two 50-caliber 75 mm [50 caliber Pattern 1892| guns], one gun each at the forecastle and stern. Their secondary armament included six guns positioned on the main deck amidships, three guns on each broadside. All of the guns were fitted with gun shields. They were also fitted with four machine guns. The ships were equipped with three torpedo tubes in rotating mounts. One of the single-tube mounts were located between the funnels while the other two were fore and aft of the mainmast. The destroyers could carry 24 mines.
Around 1911–1912 the ships were rearmed with a pair of 102mm [60 caliber Pattern 1911| Pattern 1911 Obukhov guns] that replaced the 75 mm guns. All of the 57 mm guns were removed and replaced by a pair of guns. The destroyers may have been modified to increase their mine storage to 40–42 at this time.