BAP ''Almirante Guise'' was a destroyer that served in the

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, Estonian, and

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navies during period from 1917 to 1954. She was a rebuilt type of the . Originally named ''Avtroil'' while in Russian service, in 1918 she was captured by

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and handed over to Estonia where she was renamed ''Lennuk''. The ship participated in

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, and served in Estonian navy until 1933, when she was sold to Peru where she was renamed ''Almirante Guise''.

Service history

Following the collapse of the

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and the intervention into the

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by the Allies, ''Avtroil'', then under

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control, was captured by

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cruisers and destroyers in the Baltic in December 1918. The ship was transferred to

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, from whom she was purchased by the Peruvian Navy in 1933. The ship was renamed ''Almirante Guise'' and served with the Peruvian navy until she was scrapped in 1954.

References

* * * * ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1938'', p. 388.

External links

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