Russian destroyer Vsadnik

History
Russian Empire
Name	Vsadnik
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel, German Empire
Laid down	2 April 1905
Launched	24 August 1905
Completed	June 1906
Stricken	18 October 1926
Fate	Scrapped, 20 July 1929
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Gaidamak-class destroyer
Displacement	750 t (740 long tons) (deep load)
Length	70.99 m (232 ft 11 in)
Beam	7.59 m (24 ft 11 in)
Draft	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Installed power	4 Schulz-Thornycroft boilers; 6,236 ihp (4,650 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	765 nmi (1,417 km; 880 mi) at 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	90
Armament	2 × single 75 mm (3 in) gun; 6 × single 57 mm (2.2 in) guns; 3 × single 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes; 25 mines;

Vsadnik (Russian: Всадник) was a Gaidamak-class destroyer built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1906, she served in the Baltic Fleet and participated in the First World War.

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