BAP Almirante Guise (1933)

BAP Almirante Guise in 1934
History
Russian Empire
NameAvtroil
BuilderReval Shipbuilding Company, Tallinn
Launched13 January 1915
Completed1917
Captured1918 by United Kingdom
Estonia
NameLennuk
Acquired1918 from British
FateSold to Peru, 1933
Peru
NameAlmirante Guise
Commissioned1933
FateScrapped in 1954
General characteristics
Class and typeIzyaslav-class destroyer
Displacement1,785 tons
Length105.0 m (344.5 ft)
Beam9.53 m (31.3 ft)
Draught3.60 m (11.8 ft)
Propulsion
  • A.E.G. Curtis turbines; 24,000 kW (32,000 shp),
  • Oil fuel: 450 tons
Speed30 knots (56 km/h)
Range2,400 mi (3,900 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement142
Armament

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.

Service history

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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

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  • 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.
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