BAP Almirante Guise (1933)

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BAP Almirante Guise was a destroyer that served in the Russian, Estonian, and Peruvian navies from 1917 to 1954. She was a rebuilt type of the Izyaslav class. Originally named Avtroil while in Russian service, in 1918 she was captured by Royal Navy and handed over to Estonia where she was renamed Lennuk. The ship participated in the Estonian War of Independence, and served with the Estonian Navy until 1933, when she was sold to Peru where she was renamed Almirante Guise.

BAP Almirante Guise in 1934
History
Russian Empire
Name	Avtroil
Builder	Reval Shipbuilding Company, Tallinn
Launched	13 January 1915
Completed	1917
Captured	1918 by United Kingdom
Estonia
Name	Lennuk
Acquired	1918 from British
Fate	Sold to Peru, 1933
Peru
Name	Almirante Guise
Commissioned	1933
Fate	Scrapped in 1954
General characteristics
Class and type	Izyaslav-class destroyer
Displacement	1,785 tons
Length	105.0 m (344.5 ft)
Beam	9.53 m (31.3 ft)
Draught	3.60 m (11.8 ft)
Propulsion	A.E.G. Curtis turbines; 24,000 kW (32,000 shp), Oil fuel: 450 tons
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	2,400 mi (3,900 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	142
Armament	5 × 102 mm (4.0 in)/60 Pattern 1911 guns 2 × 20 mm AA guns 3 × machine guns 9 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes in 3 triple deck mountings Designed to carry and lay 80 mines

Service history

Following the collapse of the Russian Empire and the intervention into the Russian Civil War by the Allies, Avtroil, then under Bolshevik control, was captured by British cruisers and destroyers in the Baltic in December 1918. The ship was transferred to Estonia, from whom she was purchased by the Peruvian Navy in 1933. The ship was renamed Almirante Guise and served with the Peruvian navy until she was scrapped in 1954.

References

• Budzbon, Przemysław (1985). "Russia". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 291–325. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
• Budzbon, Przemysław (1980). "Soviet Union". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 318–346. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
• Smigielski, Adam & Caruana, Joseph (1983). "Re: The Leithonian Navy". Warship International. XX (2): 116–117. ISSN 0043-0374.
• Jane's Fighting Ships 1938, p. 388.

External links

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