The Leytenant Burakov class () consisted of 11 destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in France during the first decade of the 20th century. They served in the Baltic Fleet and participated in the First World War.
Design and description The Leytenant Burakov-class ships displaced at normal load. They measured long overall with a beam of , and a draft of . The ships were propelled by two 4-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam from four Normand boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of for an intended maximum speed of . During the ships' sea trials, they generally exceeded this figure, reaching up to . The ships normally carried of coal, but could carry a maximum of . Range figures varied widely between the ships, but and had ranges of at . Their crew numbered 67 officers and men.Apalkov, pp. 65–66
The main armament of the Leytanant Burakov class consisted of two 50-caliber guns, one gun each on the roofs of the forward and rear conning towers. They were also equipped with six machine guns. The ships were fitted with two single torpedo tubes. The forward mount was positioned between the funnels and the rear one was aft of the rear pair of funnels.Campbell, p. 208Apalkov, p. 66Berezhnoy, p. 268
Ships + Construction dataNameLaid downApalkov, p. 65LaunchedEntered ServiceFate190420 June 1905December 1905Sunk, 12 August 1917190524 June 19051906Scrapped, 21 November 192515 September 1905January 1906Scrapped, 192510 March 1905December 1905Scrapped, 192311 July 1905January 1906Scrapped, 192230 July 1905Sunk, 12 December 191424 August 19051906Scrapped, 192527 September 1905September 1906Scrapped, 192415 October 1905April 1906Scrapped, 192516 November 1905Capsized, 12 December 191413 December 1905Scrapped, 21 November 1925
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