Konstantin (Russian: Константин) was an Orfey-class destroyer built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. Completed in 1917, she served with the Baltic Fleet. The ship was taken over by the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution in 1917. Konstantin was sunk in 1919 in a British minefield during their intervention in the Russian Civil War.

Bibliography

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  • Verstyuk, Anatoly & Gordeyev, Stanislav (2006). Корабли Минных дивизий. От "Новика" до "Гогланда" [Torpedo Division Ships: From Novik to Gogland] (in Russian). Moscow: Voennaya Kniga. ISBN 5-902863-10-4.
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Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_destroyer_Konstantin
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