History
Russian Empire
NamePobeditel
BuilderMetal Works, Saint Petersburg
FateJoined the Bolsheviks, November 1917
Soviet Union
AcquiredNovember 1917
RenamedVolodarski, 31 December 1922
FateSunk, 24 August 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeOrfey-class destroyer
Displacement1,260 long tons (1,280 t)
Length98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draught3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 steam turbines
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

Pobeditel (Russian: Победитель) was one of eight Orfey-class destroyers built for the Russian Imperial Navy during World War I. Completed in 1915, 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 Volodarski (Russian: Володарский) in 1922. She remained in service with the Soviet Baltic Fleet when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 (Operation Barbarossa), and was sunk on 28 August.

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