BAP Almirante Guise (1933)

BAP Almirante Guise was a destroyer that served in the Russian, Estonian, and Peruvian navies during period 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 Estonian War of Independence, and served in Estonian navy until 1933, when she was sold to Peru where she was renamed Almirante Guise.

BAP Almirante Guise in 1934
History
Russian Empire
Name: Avtroil
Builder: Reval Shipbuilding Company, Tallinn
Launched: 13 January 1915
Completed: 1917
Captured: 1918 by United Kingdom
Estonia
Name: EML Lennuk
Acquired: 1918 from British
Fate: Sold to Peru, 1933
Peru
Name: Almirante Guise
Commissioned: 1933
Fate: Scrapped in 1954
General characteristics
Class and type: Izyaslav-class destroyer
Displacement: 1,785 tons
Length: 105.0 m (344.5 ft)
Beam: 9.53 m (31.3 ft)
Draught: 3.60 m (11.8 ft)
Propulsion:
  • A.E.G. Curtis turbines; 24,000 kW (32,000 shp),
  • Oil fuel: 450 tons
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 2,400 mi (3,900 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement: 142
Armament:

Service history

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

  • 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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