 Shaumyan
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| History | |
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 Russian Empire | |
| Name | Levkas (Левкас) |
| Namesake | Russian capture of Lefkada |
| Ordered | 17 March 1915 |
| Builder | Russud Shipyard, Nikolayev |
| Cost | 2.2 million rubles |
| Laid down | 23 May 1916 |
| Launched | 10 October 1917 |
| Fate | Captured by Germany, the Ukrainian People's Army, the Armed Forces of South Russia, and the Red Army |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Levkas |
| Acquired | 1920 |
| Commissioned | 10 December 1925 |
| Renamed | Shaumyan (Шаумян), 5 February 1925 |
| Fate | Ran aground, 3 April 1942, and subsequently destroyed |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fidonisy-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,760 long tons (1,790 t) (full load) |
| Length | 93.26 m (306 ft 0 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 9.07 m (29 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 4.04 m (13 ft 3 in) (full load) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 steam turbines |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range | 2,130 nmi (3,940 km; 2,450 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 136 |
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Shaumyan (Шаумян) was one of eight Fidonisy-class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. She was originally named Levkas (Левкас) before she was renamed Shaumyan in 1925. Left unfinished during the Russian Revolution in 1917 and later captured by Ukrainian and White forces, the destroyer was completed by the Soviets in 1925 following their victory in the Russian Civil War.
Serving with the Black Sea Fleet, she made several international port visits and was refitted twice during the interwar period. The destroyer served in the Black Sea during the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941 and covered the evacuation of the Danube Flotilla to Odessa the following month. Later she helped to evacuate Odessa, supply besieged Soviet forces in Sevastopol, and supported the Kerch–Feodosiya Amphibious Operation. She was wrecked when she ran aground near Gelendzhik in April 1942. The ship was later disarmed, with her guns used for a coastal artillery battery. The remains of her hull were salvaged for scrap postwar.
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