Letun (Russian: Летун) was one of eight Orfey-class destroyers built for the Russian Imperial Navy during World War I. Completed in 1916, she served with the Baltic Fleet during the war, but struck a naval mine in October that crippled her. The ship was under repair in Reval, Estonia, when the Soviets evacuated the city. Abandoned, Letun was broken up for scrap in 1927.
 Sister ship Artem
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Russian Empire | |
| Name | Letun |
| Builder | Metal Works, Saint Petersburg |
| Laid down | 23 October 1914 |
| Launched | 22 October 1915 |
| Commissioned | 19 March 1916 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1927 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Orfey-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,260 long tons (1,280 t) |
| Length | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam turbines |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 1,250 nmi (2,320 km; 1,440 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 167 |
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Bibliography
edit- Breyer, Siegfried (1992). Soviet Warship Development: Volume 1: 1917–1937. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-604-3.
- 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.
- Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.