Russian destroyer General Kondratenko


General Kondratenko was a 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 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 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 General Kondratenkos sea trials, she reached a speed of from. The Okhtniks carried enough coal to give them a range of at. Their crew numbered 95 officers and men.
The main armament of the Okhotnik 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. 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 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.

Construction and career

General Kondratenko was laid down in March 1905 by Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad at their shipyard in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. The ship was launched on 18 August and entered service on 25 May 1906.