"Lieutenant Burakov" - destroyer of the type "High Moon" of the Russian Imperial Fleet , the former destroyer of the fleet of the Qing Empire "Hai Hua" ("Sea Flower"). In the Russian Navy, received the name in honor of the officer of the gunboat " Korean ", who died in battle.
| "Lieutenant Burakov" until June 4, 1900 "Hai Hua" January 27, 1901 Taku | |
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 The destroyer "Lieutenant Burakov" shortly before his death, 1904. | |
| Service | |
 Qing Empire Russian empire | |
| Class and type of vessel | Destroyer |
| Port of registry | Port arthur |
| Organization | Qing Empire Navy → Siberian military flotilla → First Pacific Squadron |
| Manufacturer |  Shihau Shipyard, Elbing |
| Launched | 1898 year |
| Commissioned | 1899 year |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | 1904 year |
| Status | Blown up in Tae Bay July 29, 1904 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 280 tons |
| Length | 59.1 m |
| Width | 6.4 m |
| Draft | 2.6 m |
| Engines | 2 steam engines , 4 boilers |
| Power | 6000 l from. |
| Mover | 2 |
| Speed | 33.6 knots |
| Sailing range | 2000 nautical miles |
| Crew | 4 officers and 53 sailors |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 6 × 47 mm (according to some sources, in 1904 a 75 mm gun was installed) |
| Mine torpedo armament | Since 1899: 2 × 356 mm TA Schwarzkopf systems Since 1904: 1 × 381 mm TA |
Content
- 1 Construction
- 2 Design
- 3 Service
- 3.1 In the fleet of the Qing Empire
- 3.2 In the fleet of the Russian Empire
- 4 Famous people who served on the ship
- 4.1 Commanders
- 4.2 Other posts
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
Construction
In the fall of 1896, it was ordered by the Chinese government to the German company Shihau together with three ships of the same type (Hai Lun, Hai Qing, Hai Si). Construction began in 1897, factory number 611. The destroyer was launched in 1898, and after completion it was tested. In the tests, all four showed high speed, breaking previously set records. "Hai Hua" was officially transferred to China in 1899 and sent to the Far East under its own power [1] .
Design
The design of the destroyer was typical of the Shihau destroyers with all the typical structural solutions - a riveted housing made of galvanized steel, divided into nine waterproof compartments. Each vertical three-cylinder triple expansion machine with four water tube boilers of the Tornicroft system was located in its own compartment. The working vapor pressure was 12 atm, and the forced one was 16 atm. The mover was bronze screws with a diameter of 1.85 meters. Electricity was provided by a 4 kW steam dynamo [1] .
Service
As part of the Qing Empire fleet
The destroyer arrived in China at the beginning of the uprising of the “boxers” and was set up to defend the Taku forts .
On June 4, 1900, the Gilyak , Fame, and Whiting ships of the combined fleet advanced to the Taku raid where the Chinese destroyers Hai Lun, Hai Qing, Hai Si and Hai Hua were stationed. Since the ships were under repair and were not ready for battle, and the Qing sailors, after the destroyer commander Hai Hua and several sailors were killed in a shootout, simply surrendered, it was not difficult for the English landing force under the command of Lieutenant Roger Keyes destroyers. The Allies took the captured ships to Tangu, where they were all renamed “Taku” and divided between the British, Russians, French and Germans. When dividing "Hai Hua" on June 7, 1900 he moved to Russia [2] [3] .
In the fleet of the Russian Empire
The destroyer team was formed from officers and sailors from other ships of the squadron, and after correcting minor damage, on June 14, 1900, the Andreevsky flag was hoisted on the Taku and the ship launched a campaign. During the tests, the destroyer easily kept the 28-junction course for 8 hours, which made it the fastest ship-participant in the Russian-Japanese war [1] .
On January 27, 1901, the destroyer was named "Lieutenant Burakov", in honor of the artillery officer of the gunboat "Koreets" Burakov Evgeny Nikolaevich (1874 - 1900), who died in battle when taking the Taku forts on June 4, 1900 [4] [1] .
At the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, the destroyer was repaired and rearmed. Included in the First Squadron of the Pacific Fleet . During the campaigns, it was actively used as a patrol ship in Port Arthur and, being the fastest ship of the Port Arthur squadron, served as a messenger ship, broke through the Port Arthur blockade more than once and delivered documents to Yingkou and Chifu on instructions from the command.
To strengthen the artillery of Port Arthur forts and prepare for defense, according to order No. 78 of May 8, 1904, commander of the Pacific squadron, sailors from the 2nd rank cruiser Zabiyaka removed five 47-mm guns from Lieutenant Burakov and installed two guns at Fort No. 2 and at Fort No. 4, and one at Fort No. 3.
On the night of June 20, 1904, navigational officer E.S. Gernet, without the help of a pilot, led the destroyer past Japanese ships blocking Port Arthur and delivered the adjutant Count N.I. Gantimurov with an important report to Chifu, for which the last of June 21, 1904 received the Order of St. Anne 3rd degree with a bow and swords [5] . In the afternoon, the destroyer returned safely.
On July 23, 1904, "Lieutenant Burakov" and " Combat " were in Tae Bay on planned duty during the defense of Port Arthur . Both destroyers were attacked and badly damaged by Japanese mine boats from the squadron battleships Mikasa and Fuji [6] . In an explosion on a ship, two were killed and four were injured, and the engine room was flooded, as a result of which the ship lost speed. The destroyer " Stormy " began towing a heavily damaged destroyer to the shore, but hooking the ground with screws, it bent the propeller shafts and also lost speed. Further, "Lieutenant Burakov" was thrown into the sandbank, and during low tide the hull broke in half. Before the Japanese took Tache Bay, the “Lieutenant Burakov” removed valuable items and weapons, and the destroyer’s skeleton was blown up on July 29 [1] .
Famous people who served on the ship
Commanders
- 12.24.1901-01.01.1903 Lieutenant Korniliev Alexander Alekseevich
Other posts
- Zverev Vasily Vasilievich in 1901 - 1903 as an assistant to a senior mechanical engineer of the ship participated in hostilities in China and the assault of the Dagu forts. He was awarded the silver medal "For a trip to China" [7] .
- Midshipman Kolchak Alexander Alexandrovich - participated in the defense of Port Arthur, was awarded the Order of St. Anna of the 4th degree "for excellent discretion and courage . "
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Afonin, Balakin, 2000 .
- ↑ Myakishev, 1901 .
- ↑ Anniversary, 1901 .
- ↑ The Hai Lung Class Destroyers
- ↑ Bulgakov, 1906 .
- ↑ Kalmykov, 1999 , p. 40.42.
- ↑ List, 1902 , p. 188.
Literature
- Afonin N. N., Balakin S. A. “Attentive” and others (port-Arthur destroyers of foreign construction) // Marine Collection: supplement to the magazine. - M .: Model-Designer, 2000. - No. 5 .
- Myakishev. Capture of the Taku forts, June 4, 1900 // Marine collection: Journal. - 1901. - No. 2 . - S. 19-44 .
- Anniversary of the battle of Taku // Historical Gazette: Journal. - SPb. : Printing house of A. S. Suvorin, 1901. - No. 6 .
- Bulgakov F.I. Port Arthur. Japanese siege and Russian defense of it from the sea and land. - SPb. , 1906.
- Kalmykov D.I., Kalmykova I.A. Torpedo - pli !: History of small torpedo ships / Taras A.E. - Minsk: Harvest, 1999. - ISBN 985-433-419-8 .
- Divin V.A., Egorov V.G., Zemlin N.N., Kovalchuk V.M., Krovyakov N.S., Mazunin N.P., Novikov N.V., Nikulchenkov K.I., Nosov I V., Selyanichev A.K. Battle Annals of the Russian Fleet: Chronicle of the Most Important Events of the Military History of the Russian Fleet from the 9th Century to 1917 / Edited by N.V. Doctor of Naval Sciences, Captain 1st Rank N. - M .: Military Publishing House of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs / Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1948 .-- 492 p.
- Taras A.E. Ships of the Russian Imperial Navy 1892-1917 - Minsk: Harvest, 2000. - ISBN 9854338886 .
- List of generals, headquarters and chief officers of the corps: ship engineers, mechanical engineers and engineers of the marine building part. - SPb. : Printing house of the Ministry of the Sea, 1902. - T. V. - 433 p.