The Stalin (formerly the Samson) was a Russian Uritski Class minelayer destroyer of 1150 tons displacement launched in 1915. The Stalin was powered by oil-fuelled Thornycroft boilers providing a top speed of 30 knots and carried a complement of 157. She was armed with four 3.9 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; one machine-gun; nine 18 inch torpedo tubes arranged in three triples and carried mines. Research Stalin
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