Wambola at the slipway in Tallin
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History | |
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Russia | |
Name | Kapitan I ranga Miklucha Maklai (Russian: Капитан 1-го ранга Миклухо-Маклай |
Builder | Putilov Works, Saint Petersburg |
Laid down | 5 November [O.S. 23 October] 1914 |
Launched | 27 August [O.S. 14 August] 1915 |
In service | December 1917 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | Spartak |
Out of service | December 26, 1918 |
Estonia | |
Name | Wambola |
In service | January 2, 1919 |
Peru | |
Name | Almirante Villar |
In service | August 24, 1933 |
Out of service | September 15, 1954 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | destroyer |
Type | Lejtienant Iljin |
Displacement |
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Length | 98.06 m (321 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 2.8–3.7 m (9 ft 2 in – 12 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h) |
Range | 1,720 nautical miles |
Complement |
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Armament |
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Armour | 38 mm – gun shield |
Wambola was a destroyer of the Estonian Navy during the interwar period, originally a Russian Lejtienant Iljin-class ship. Previously, it was known as the Russian Kapitan I ranga Miklucha Maklai during World War I, later the Soviet Spartak, and subsequently the Peruvian Almirante Villar. The construction of the vessel began in 1914 for the Imperial Russian Navy, launched in 1915, and entered service in 1917 under the name Kapitan I ranga Miklucha Maklai (Russian: Капитан 1-го ранга Миклухо-Маклай). It avoided capture by the Germans by fleeing Helsingfors during the Ice March. The ship was taken over by the Bolshevik navy and renamed Spartak. During the conflict against Estonia, it participated in landing and mining operations. In December 1918, it was captured by the Royal Navy and handed over to the Estonians. In the Estonian Navy, it was named Wambola. During the Estonian War of Independence, it took part in operations against the Bolsheviks in the waters of the Gulf of Finland and in operations against the Baltische Landeswehr in Riga. After the war, it made occasional diplomatic visits. In 1933, due to high maintenance costs, it was sold to Peru. In the Peruvian Navy, it was named Almirante Villar. It did not manage to participate in the Colombia–Peru War but took part in battles against Ecuador in 1941. During World War II, it served in patrol duties and was decommissioned in 1954.