Among the destroyers, later referred to as the Lejtienant Iljin subclass, was to be a vessel named Kapitan II ranga Kingsbergen (Russian: Капитан 2-го ранга Кингсберген, lit.

[6] Due to the looming threat of war, the planned Kapitan II ranga Kingsbergen was renamed on 22 June 1914,[b] as the previous name was considered unpatriotic, sounding German.

[6][7] Most of the ship's components – hull, boilers, steam turbines, and torpedo launchers – were manufactured by the Putilov works, which collaborated on this task with Blohm+Voss.

[3] These contacts were severed due to the outbreak of World War I, and similar situations occurred with other foreign suppliers from Central Powers and neutral countries.

However, due to experiences from mid-1915 – specifically the engagement of Novik with two Kaiserliche Marine destroyers – the number of torpedo tubes was reduced to 9 to enhance the ship's artillery strength.

This idea did not please the Bolsheviks, who, after arresting division commander A. Shchastny (executed for counter-revolution), began agitation for the official stance of the authorities.

Shortly after the skirmish began, both destroyers attempted to flee, but mechanical failures after reaching maximum speed led to their being overtaken and damaged by shellfire, forcing their surrender.

[29] The ship never reached its mission's target, as it encountered a Royal Navy squadron led by Commodore Thesiger en route.

[31] To investigate the loss of both ships, the Revolutionary Military Council (Russian: Революционный Военный Совет) appointed a special commission.

[32] Reconnaissance relied solely on a single mission by the submarine Tur, leading to a lack of awareness of the Royal Navy's presence in the Gulf of Finland.

Later publications cite other factors such as the poor technical condition of the ships, the politicization of the crews, betrayals by Tsarist officers, Raskolnikov's voluntarism and lack of experience, and the commissars' attitudes.

Since the most popular name, Lembit, was already taken, they chose Vambola – the legendary leader of the Estonians who fought against German invaders in the first quarter of the 13th century.

Raskolnikov tried to avoid arrest by posing as an ordinary sailor whose documents he had acquired but was recognized by the White officer Oskar Festa, who had attended a course with him.

[37] The captured destroyer required repairs, so on January 3, it transferred its supplies to Avtroil, renamed Lennuk in its new service, and the next day it was sent to the Noblessner port.

They laid a total of 202 mines at a depth of 2.4 m. This minefield took its toll in November 1919, when the Red destroyers Gavriil, Konstantin, and Svoboda sank on it.

They fought on the northwestern front, collaborating with the minesweepers Kalew and Olev on the Luga river to capture the village of Kuziomkino, but did not stop there.

[43] Due to the anti-Bolshevik uprising in the Krasnaya Gorka and Seryaya Loshad forts, which began on June 13, the Estonian command decided that the destroyers' support was no longer needed in that area.

With the reduction in personnel, discipline among the crew deteriorated, as evidenced by numerous financial penalties and, in extreme cases, arrests for tardiness.

[55] However, due to allied obligations to Finland, Estonian defense minister Herman von Salza decided the only acceptable option was to sell the destroyers to the Finns.

An offer of 1.55 million Estonian kroons was made, but the Finns declined due to economic constraints, choosing to invest in air and land forces instead.

[58] Multiple offers followed, but to avoid angering the British, Estonia rejected China's proposal and proceeded with negotiations with Colombia and Peru.

The Italian newspaper Il Popolo d’Italia published information about the transaction, claiming that the intermediary firm Ludwig Bing u.Ko made $340,000 from the deal.

When this information reached Estonia, Dmitri Lebediev, the intermediary representative, fled the country but was quickly arrested in Riga by the Estonian police.

[65] Initially, to prevent these units from reaching Colombian shores, there were plans to send the new ships to patrol the Caribbean Sea from French or British supply bases.

Instead of heading to the Peruvian coast, the ships were directed to Iquitos to support the gunboat[j] Lima and the torpedo boat Tennente Rodriguez operating there.

During the voyage, the main problem of the destroyers became apparent: the lack of a cooling chamber and poor ventilation, which were not issues in their original service conditions, but overall, the opinion of the new acquisitions was positive.

On that day, the ship was ordered to attack an Ecuadorian convoy heading to Puerto Bolivar, shielded from the sea by the islands of the Jambelí Archipelago.

The destroyer left Puerto Pizarro at 7:29 AM, crossed into enemy territorial waters at 10:55 AM, and seven minutes later, the crew spotted a vessel moving north from the channel separating the islands from the mainland.

[69] As the ship approached shallow waters, the captain of Villar maneuvered to avoid running aground while trying to find a favorable position to fire.

[72] From July 30 to September 18, 1941, Almirante Villar participated with other Peruvian ships in patrolling border waters from Talara in the south to the northern end of the Jambelí Archipelago.