Orfey (Russian: Орфей) was the lead ship of her class of eight her class of eight destroyers built for the Russian Imperial Navy during World War I. Completed in 1916, she served with the Baltic Fleet, but suffered turbine damage in late 1917, and was laid up for the rest of the war. The ship was not repaired by the Soviets and was scrapped in 1931.
 Sister ship Artem
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Russian Empire | |
| Name | Orfey |
| Builder | Metal Works, Saint Petersburg |
| Laid down | 23 October 1914 |
| Launched | 22 October 1915 |
| Commissioned | 19 March 1916 |
 Soviet Union | |
| Acquired | November 1917 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1931 |
| 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) |
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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.