Russian destroyer Okhotnik

History
Russian Empire
Name	Okhotnik
Builder	Wm. Crichton & Co., Abo, Grand Duchy of Finland
Laid down	13 October 1905
Launched	1 August 1906
Completed	27 September 1907
Fate	Sunk by mine, 13 September 1917
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Okhotnik-class destroyer
Displacement	740 t (730 long tons)
Length	75.18 m (246 ft 8 in)
Beam	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft	3.35 m (11 ft) (deep load)
Installed power	4 Normand boilers; 7,300 ihp (5,444 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	2,200–2,400 nmi (4,100–4,400 km; 2,500–2,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	95
Armament	2 × single 75 mm (3 in) gun; 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 3 × single 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes; 42 mines;

Okhotnik (Russian: Охотник) 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 struck a mine in 1917 and sank.

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