ET 1899 g Albatros class destroyer

ET 1899 g Albatros class Destroyer
Class overview
Name	ET 1899 g Albatros class Destroyer
Operators	Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Built	31
Active	18
Destroyed	13
General Characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	270 tons standard 346 tons full load
Length	64 metres (210 ft)
Beam	6 metres (20 ft)
Draught	2.34 metres (7.7 ft)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Power	4 Thornycroft watertube boilers 5,700 ihp (4,300 kW)
Speed	30 kts
Range	1310 nm at 11 kts
Complement	65
Armament	1 × 76.2mm/40 KO 1900 g gun 5 × 47/40 KO 1892 g gun 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes

Development

These were the first destroyers in Far Eastern service. To distinct them from the earlier smaller torpedo boats, they were named (Эскадренные Торпедоносцы) - Eskadrennyye Torpedonostsy. The design was based on British Thornycroft 30-knotter. Initially two boats were ordered from UK (both wich were sunk during the Fa Eastern - Japanese war) and those were followed by series of 31 domestically build boats. 13 boats were lost in the war against Japan and by 1920 the remaining units were assigned into coastal patrtol duties. Their speed was reduced due wear and aging and they hardly made 25-26 knots anymore.

Ships in class

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launch Date	Entered Service	Fate
Albatros	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1901	Sunk in 1904
Burevestnik	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1901	Sunk in 1904
Bekas	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1901	Extant in 1920
Ersh	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1902	Extant in 1920
Fazan	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1902	Sunk in 1904
Filin	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	1900	1901	1902	Extant in 1920
Fregat	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	1900	1901	1902	Extant in 1920
Gagara	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	1900	1901	1902	Sunk in 1904
Golub	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	1900	1901	1903	Sunk in 1904
Gorlitsa	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1899	1900	1901	Sunk in 1904
Kopchik	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1899	1900	1901	Extant in 1920
Korshun	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1899	1900	1901	Sunk in 1904
Kulik	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1899	1900	1902	Extant in 1920
Lebed	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1899	1900	1902	Sunk in 1904
Lun	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1899	1900	1902	Extant in 1920
Nyrok	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1900	1901	1902	Sunk in 1904
Orel	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1900	1901	1902	Extant in 1920
Orlan	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1900	1901	1902	Extant in 1920
Pavlin	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1900	1901	1902	Extant in 1920
Pelikan	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Nikolaev-na-Amure	1900	1901	1903	Sunk in 1904
Perepel	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1902	Sunk in 1904
Pingvin	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1902	Extant in 1920
Shchelog	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1902	Extant in 1920
Sokol	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1902	Sunk in 1905
Sova	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1902	Extant in 1920
Strizh	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1899	1900	1902	Sunk in 1905
Utka	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1900	1901	1903	Extant in 1920
Voron	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1900	1901	1903	Extant in 1920
Yastreb	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1900	1901	1903	Extant in 1920
Yaz	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1900	1901	1903	Extant in 1920
Zhbis	Vostochnij Verf, Vladivostok	1900	1901	1903	Extant in 1920

See Also

Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920