Soviet destroyer Svoboda
 Vladimir and her sister ship Mikhail under construction in 1916
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| History | |
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 Russian Empire | |
| Name | Vladimir |
| Builder | Russo-Baltic Shipyard, Reval, Governorate of Estonia |
| Laid down | 24 November 1913 |
| Launched | 5 August 1915 |
| Completed | 9 October 1917 |
| Renamed | Svoboda, 30 August 1917 |
| Fate | Seized by the Bolsheviks, November 1917 |
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| Acquired | November 1917 |
| Fate | Mined and sunk, 21 October 1919 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Orfey-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,260 t (1,240 long tons) |
| Length | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 9.34 m (30 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) (deep load) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam turbines |
| Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
| Range | 1,680 nmi (3,110 km; 1,930 mi) at 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Complement | 150 |
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Svoboda (Russian: Свобода) was an Orfey-class destroyer built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. She was renamed Svoboda from her original name of Vladimir (Russian: Владимир) before she was completed in 1917, serving in the Baltic Fleet. The ship was taken over by the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution in 1917. She was sunk in 1919 in a British minefield during their intervention in the Russian Civil War.
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