Soviet destroyer Lenin
Lenin was a built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I under the name of Kapitan Izylmetev. Completed in 1916, she served with the Baltic Fleet. The ship was taken over by the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution in 1917 and renamed Lenin 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 Marine [Steam Turbine Company|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 Kapitan Izylmetevs sea trials, she only reached from. The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of at. Their crew numbered 150.The Leytenant Ilin-class ships were originally intended to have an armament of two single 102mm 60 [caliber Pattern 1911|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 QF [2 pounder naval gun|] 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.
Construction and career
Kapitan Izylmetev was completed in 1916 and participated in operations during the First World War. Her crew joined the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution in 1917 and the ship was renamed Lenin on 31 December 1922.Lenin was scuttled at the Soviet naval base in Liepāja, Latvia, on June 24, 1941, along with multiple other Soviet warships, to prevent her from being captured by German forces during Operation Barbarossa.