The Orfey-class destroyers were built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were modified versions of the earlier destroyer Novik and the Derzky-class destroyers. These ships were larger, had triple torpedo tubes and an extra 102 mm (4 in) gun. One ship, Engels, was fitted with a 305 mm (12 in) recoilless rifle for testing in 1934. Fourteen ships were completed in 1914–1917 and fought in World War I and during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The survivors fought in World War II.

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Engels (ex-Desna)
Class overview
Operators	Russian Navy  Soviet Navy  Estonian Navy  Peruvian Navy
Preceded by	Novik
Succeeded by	Izyaslav class
In commission	1914–1956
Planned	23
Completed	16
Lost	9
Retired	7
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,260 tons (standard) 1,440 tons (full load)
Length	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam	9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power	4 boilers 30,500 shp (22,700 kW)
Propulsion	2 shaft; 2 steam turbines
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement	150
Armament	4 × 102 mm (4 in) Pattern 1911 guns 1 × 40 mm AA gun 2 × machine guns 9 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes 50 mines

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Built at the Putilov yard, St Petersburg

Built at Metal Works, St Petersburg (Petrograd)

Built by Russo Baltic Yard, Reval

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