Izyaslav-class destroyer explained

The Izyaslav class (ru|Изяслав) were a class of destroyers built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were modified versions of the built in Russia with the assistance of the French company Augustin Normand. These ships fought in World War I, the Russian Civil War, the Estonian War of Independence, and World War II.

Design

The ships were an enlarged version of previous designs with a longer raised forecastle, and Frahm-type anti-rolling tanks. An extra 4adj=onNaNadj=on gun was added and the number of torpedo tubes reduced.

Ships

These ships were built by Bocker and Lange in Reval, Estonia. The ships were delayed due to ordering machinery from Switzerland which was embargoed on the outbreak of World War I. New machinery was ordered from Britain.

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Launched	Fate
Avtroil - renamed Lennuk - renamed Almirante Guise	13 January 1915	Captured by the British in 1918, given to the Estonian Navy and sold by the Estonians to Peru, in 1933, scrapped, 1954
Izyaslav - renamed	27 June 1915	Sunk, 8 August 1941
Prymyslav - renamed	9 August 1915	Sunk, 28 August 1941
Bryachislav	1 October 1915	Evacuated to Petrograd but scrapped incomplete, 1923
Fedor Stratilat	1915	Evacuated to Petrograd but scrapped incomplete, 1923

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