Russian destroyer Lyogky


Lyogky was a built for the Imperial Russian Navy in France 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 Leytenant Burakov-class ships displaced at normal load. They measured long overall with a beam of, and a draft of. The ships were propelled by two 4-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam from four Normand boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of for an intended maximum speed of. The ships normally carried of coal, but could carry a maximum of. Range figures varied widely between the ships, but her sister ships and had ranges of at. Their crew numbered 67 officers and men.
The main armament of the Leytanant Burakov class consisted of two 50-caliber guns, one gun each on the roofs of the forward and rear conning towers. They were also equipped with six machine guns. The ships were fitted with two single torpedo tubes. The forward mount was positioned between the funnels and the rear one was aft of the rear pair of funnels.

Construction and career

Lyogky was laid down in 1905 by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at their shipyard in Le Havre, France, and launched on 27 September 1905. She was completed in September 1906.