Improved Leytenant Ilyin-design. Laid down at Wm. Crichton &Co, Abo, Finland in July 1895, launched on 23 May 1896, completed in October 1897, despatch vessel since October 1907, modernized in 1908, board guard ship since September 1908, again despatch vessel since August 1914, survey vessel since December 1918, again despatch vessel since April 1946, hulk since 1940, part of the Baltic Fleet and finally broken up in 1948.
Displacement 535 (normal)-675 (full load) tons and as dimensions 65,5 x 7,75 x 3,35 (maximum) metres or 212 x 25 x 13 (maximum) feet. Machinery consisted of 2 vertical triple expansion steam engines and 4 Normand-Du Temple boilers supplying via 2 shafts 4.500 hp allowing a maximum speed of 21,2 knots and with a speed of 12 knots and a coal bunker capacity of 120 ton ad range of 2.000 nautical miles. Her crew numbered 88-100 men. The original armament consisted of 2x1-7,5cm/48 Canet guns, 4x1-4,7cm /40 Hotchkiss guns and 4-45cm torpedo launchers on deck.
