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Russian destroyer Samson

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History
Russian Empire
NameSamson
BuilderMetal Works, Saint Petersburg
FateJoined the Bolsheviks, November 1917
Soviet Union
AcquiredNovember 1917
FateScrapped, 1953
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeOrfey-class destroyer
Displacement1,260 long tons (1,280 t)
Length98.0 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draught3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power30,000 shp (22,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range1,250 nmi (2,320 km; 1,440 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement167
Armament

Samson (Russian: Самсон) was one of eight Orfey-class destroyers built for the Russian Imperial Navy during World War I. Completed in 1916, she served with the Baltic Fleet and joined the Bolshevik Red Fleet after the October Revolution of 1918. She was active during the Russian Civil War, taking part in several engagements against British ships during the British campaign in the Baltic. The destroyer was renamed Stalin (Russian: Сталин) in 1922. She was assigned to the Pacific Fleet when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 (Operation Barbarossa) and saw little to no combat. The ship was scrapped in 1953.

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