User:Sturmvogel 66/Sandbox/Russian seaplane carrier Orlitza

History
Russian Empire
Name	Orlitza
Laid down	19 April 1941
Launched	31 August 1941
Completed	31 August 1942
Stricken	18 July 1948
Fate	Transferred to France as war reparations, 24 July 1948
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Soldati-class destroyer
Displacement	1,820–1,850 long tons (1,850–1,880 t) (standard) 2,450–2,550 long tons (2,490–2,590 t) (full load)
Length	106.7 m (350 ft 1 in) (o/a) 101.6 m (333 ft 4 in) (p/p)
Beam	10.15 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.15–4.3 m (10 ft 4 in – 14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	32–33 knots (59–61 km/h; 37–38 mph)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	206
Armament	2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 1 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) star shell gun 8–12 × 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2–4 × depth charge throwers 48 mines

Orlitza was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Citations

Bibliography

• Layman, R. D. (1988). "Re: A Photographic Memoir of the Imperial Russian Navy". Warship International. XXV (3): 225. ISSN 0043-0374.