Russian destroyer Sibirsky Strelok

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Russian destroyer Sibirsky Strelok

Sibirsky Strelok (Russian: Сибирский стрелок) was a Okhotnik-class destroyer built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1907, she served in the Baltic Fleet and participated in the First World War. The ship was seized by the Bolsheviks in 1917 during the October Revolution and was placed in reserve in early 1918. Sibirsky Strelok was transferred to the Special Technical Bureau (Ostekhbiuro) in 1925 as an experimental ship and was renamed Konstruktor (Russian: Конструктор) the following year. The Soviet Navy reassumed control of the ship in 1939, although her role remained the same.

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Russian Empire
NameSibirsky Strelok
BuilderSandvikens Skeppsdoka & Mekaniska Verstad, Helsingfors, Grand Duchy of Finland
Laid downMarch 1905
Launched1 August 1906
Completed27 September 1907
FateSeized by the Bolsheviks, November 1917
Soviet Union
AcquiredNovember 1917
Renamed
  • Konstruktor, 10 December 1926
  • OT-29, 10 July 1956
Reclassified
  • As experimental ship, 1925
  • As escort ship, 3 August 1941
  • As gunboat, 4 April 1943
  • As experimental ship, 3 January 1945
Stricken1 June 1957
Fate
  • Sunk by aircraft, 4 November 1941
  • Salvaged and rebuilt
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeOkhotnik-class destroyer
Displacement740 t (730 long tons)
Length75.18 m (246 ft 8 in)
Beam8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft3.35 m (11 ft) (deep load)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range2,200–2,400 nmi (4,100–4,400 km; 2,500–2,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement95
Armament
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Shortly after the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in mid-1941, Konstruktor was converted into an escort ship and transferred to Lake Ladoga. She was sunk by Finnish aircraft later that year, but was salvaged and converted into a gunboat by 1943. The ship reverted to her experimental role in 1945. Konstructor was struck in 1957.

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