Soviet destroyer Karl Libknekht
Karl Libknekht was an built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I under the name of Kapitan Belli. Launched in 1915, construction was suspended for the rest of the war. She was seized by the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution, but construction did not resume until 1925. The ship was renamed Karl Libknekht the following year Completed in 1928 and serving in the Baltic Fleet, she was transferred to the Northern Flotilla five years later.
Design and description
The Leytenant Ilin-class ships were designed as an improved version of the. The ships normally displaced and at full load. They measured long overall with a beam of, and a draft of. The Leytenant Ilins were propelled by two Brown-Boveri-Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller using steam from four Normand-Vulcan boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of for an intended maximum speed of using forced draft. On Karl Libknekhts sea trials on 2 August 1928, she reached. The ship carried enough fuel oil to provide a range of at. Their crew numbered 150.The Leytenant Ilin-class ships were originally intended to have an armament of two single four-inch (102 mm) Pattern 1911 Obukhov guns and a dozen torpedo tubes in six double mounts. The Naval General Staff changed this to four triple mounts once they became available and then decided to exchange a torpedo mount for two more four-inch guns in August 1915 while the ships were still under construction. One of these guns was mounted on the forecastle and three on the stern, aft of the torpedo tubes. All of these guns were on the centerline and interfered with each other's movements. Anti-aircraft defense was provided by a Lender anti-aircraft (AA) gun in a single mount amidships. The Leytenant Ilins were completed with one triple torpedo mount between the forward funnels and two mounts aft of the rear funnel. The ships could carry 80 M1912 naval mines. They were also fitted with a Barr and Stroud rangefinder and two searchlights.