Estonian destroyer Wambola

Wambola at the slipway in Tallin
History
Russia
Name	Kapitan I ranga Miklucha Maklai (Russian: Капитан 1-го ранга Миклухо-Маклай
Builder	Putilov Works, Saint Petersburg
Laid down	5 November [O.S. 23 October] 1914
Launched	27 August [O.S. 14 August] 1915
In service	December 1917
Soviet Union
Name	Spartak
Out of service	December 26, 1918
Estonia
Name	Wambola
In service	January 2, 1919
Peru
Name	Almirante Villar
In service	August 24, 1933
Out of service	September 15, 1954
General characteristics
Class and type	destroyer
Type	Lejtienant Iljin
Displacement	normal: 1,260 t (2,780,000 lb) full: 1,538 t (3,391,000 lb) or 1,620 t (3,570,000 lb)
Length	98.06 m (321 ft 9 in)
Draft	2.8–3.7 m (9 ft 2 in – 12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 Curtis AEG two-shaft steam turbines with 31,500 hp 4 Normand-Vulcan type oil boilers 2 propellers
Speed	30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Range	1,720 nautical miles
Complement	171 people (Imperial Russian Navy) 142 people (Estonian Navy)
Armament	4 × 102 mm naval guns 1 × 76 mm anti-aircraft gun naval mines
Armour	38 mm – gun shield

Wambola was a destroyer of the Estonian Navy during the interwar period, originally a Russian Lejtienant Iljin-class ship. Previously, it was known as the Russian Kapitan I ranga Miklucha Maklai during World War I, later the Soviet Spartak, and subsequently the Peruvian Almirante Villar. The construction of the vessel began in 1914 for the Imperial Russian Navy, launched in 1915, and entered service in 1917 under the name Kapitan I ranga Miklucha Maklai (Russian: Капитан 1-го ранга Миклухо-Маклай). It avoided capture by the Germans by fleeing Helsingfors during the Ice March. The ship was taken over by the Bolshevik navy and renamed Spartak. During the conflict against Estonia, it participated in landing and mining operations. In December 1918, it was captured by the Royal Navy and handed over to the Estonians. In the Estonian Navy, it was named Wambola. During the Estonian War of Independence, it took part in operations against the Bolsheviks in the waters of the Gulf of Finland and in operations against the Baltische Landeswehr in Riga. After the war, it made occasional diplomatic visits. In 1933, due to high maintenance costs, it was sold to Peru. In the Peruvian Navy, it was named Almirante Villar. It did not manage to participate in the Colombia–Peru War but took part in battles against Ecuador in 1941. During World War II, it served in patrol duties and was decommissioned in 1954.