Russian destroyer Pobeditel explained

Pobeditel (Russian: Победитель) was one of eight s built for the Russian Imperial Navy during World War I. Completed in 1915, she served with the Baltic Fleet and joined the Bolshevik Red Fleet after the October Revolution of 1918. She was active during the Russian Civil War, taking part in several engagements against British ships during the British campaign in the Baltic. The destroyer was renamed Volodarski (Russian: Володарский) in 1922. She remained in service with the Soviet Baltic Fleet when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 (Operation Barbarossa), and was sunk on 28 August.

Bibliography

• Book: Breyer, Siegfried. Soviet Warship Development: Volume 1: 1917–1937 . Conway Maritime Press. London. 1992. 0-85177-604-3.
• Book: Budzbon, Przemysław . Gray. Randal. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 . 1985 . Annapolis, Maryland. Naval Institute Press . 0-85177-245-5 . 291–325. Russia.
• Book: Budzbon, Przemysław. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Chesneau . Conway Maritime Press . Greenwich, UK. 1980. 0-85177-146-7 . 318–346. Soviet Union. Roger.
• Book: Budzbon . Przemysław . Radziemski . Jan . Twardowski . Marek . Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939–1945 . 2022 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis, Maryland . 978-1-68247-877-6. I: Major Combatants. amp.
• Book: Hill, Alexander . 2018 . Soviet Destroyers of World War II . Oxford, UK. Osprey Publishing. 978-1-4728-2256-7. New Vanguard. 256.
• Book: Rohwer, Jürgen. Jürgen Rohwer

. Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis, Maryland. 2005 . Third Revised. 1-59114-119-2. Jürgen Rohwer.

• Book: Watts, Anthony J.. The Imperial Russian Navy. Arms and Armour. London . 1990. 0-85368-912-1.