Russian destroyer Finn
Finn was an built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1906, she served in the Baltic Fleet and participated in the First World War.
Design and description
The Emir Bukharsky-class ships were enlarged and improved versions of the preceding from 1900. Finn normally displaced and at full load. She measured long overall with a beam of, and a draft of. The ships were propelled by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam from four Schulz-Thornycroft boilers. The engines were designed to produce a total of for an intended maximum speed of. During Finns sea trials, she reached a speed of from. The ship carried enough coal to give her a range of at. Her crew numbered 91 officers and men.The main armament of the Emir Bukharsky class consisted of two 50-caliber 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. Two of the single-tube mounts were located between the funnels while the third was between the aft superstructure and the rear funnel.
In 1909–1910 the ships were rearmed with a pair of Pattern 1911 Obukhov guns that replaced the 75 mm guns. All of the 57 mm guns were removed and replaced by a single [QF 1-pounder pom-pom|] anti-aircraft gun. The destroyers may have been modified to lay 20 mines at this time.