Lennuk
An item reported that Estonia sold her destroyers Lennuk (1) and Vambola (2) for 400.000 US dollars gold to Peru according to the Marine Rundschau. Both ships were former Russian Imperial ships captured from the Bolsheviks by England in 1918 and handed over to Estonia.
Lennuk launched in 1915, standard measurement 1.500 tons, crew numbering 144 men, horsepower 32.700hp, oil bunker capacity 450 ton and speed 32 miles. Armament consisted of 5-10cm guns, 1-7,6cm anti aircraft gun, 2 machineguns, 3x3-45cm torpedo tubes and able to take 80 mines with her.
Vambola, ex-Kapitan Kinsbergen, launched on 1915, measurement 1.300 tons, crew numbering 110 men, horsepower 30.000hp, oil bunker capacity 400 tons and speed 30 miles. Armament consisted of 4-10cm guns, 3 machineguns, 3x3-45cm torpedo tubes and able to take 80 mines wih her.
Both ships were in fact obsolete and not equal to modern destroyers and according to the Estonian cabinet not suitable for the Estonian coastal defence. Renamed Almirante Guise and Almirante Willar was their voyage towards Peru harassed by problems and needed to be repaired in England and in Spain. The Estonian intention was to buy 2 submarines, 3 motor torpedo boats and 12 bombers similar to the Latvian navy. The sale of the destroyers was not enough to finance the new material completely.
Notes
1. Of the Izyaslav-class consisting of the Avtroil, Izyaslav, Prymyslav, Bryachislav and Fedor Stratilat. Laid down by Reval Shipbuildin Company, Reval [nowadays Tallinn] iin November 1913, launched on 13 January 1915, completed in 1917, renamed Lennuk in Estonian service 1917-1933 and Almirante Guise in Peruvian service 1933-1954 (broken up).
2. Wambola, laid down by Putilov, St. Petersburg, Russia in November 1914, launched on 27 August 1915 and completed in December 1917.
