| Derzky-class destroyer | |
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| Class overview | |
| Operators: |
 Russian Navy Soviet Navy |
| Preceded by: | Novik |
| Succeeded by: | Fidonisy class destroyer |
| In commission: | 1913–1941 |
| Completed: | 9 |
| Lost: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: |
1,100 long tons (1,100 t) standard 1,320 long tons (1,340 t) full load |
| Length: | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft Brown Boverei turbines 5 boilers 25,500 hp |
| Speed: | 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) |
| Complement: | 125 |
| Armament: |
• 3 × 4 in (100 mm) guns • 2 × 47 mm AA guns • 4 × machine guns • 10 × 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes, (5×2) • 80 mines |
| Service record | |
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| Part of: | Black Sea Fleet |
The Derzky- or Bespokoiny-class destroyers were built for the Imperial Russian Navy just before World War I. Nine ships were built for the Black Sea Fleet These ships were a derivative of the Novik, but were slightly smaller. These ships were popular with the Russians and effective particularly in the Black Sea, where the Ottoman Navy had no similar ships.
Ships[]
| Ship | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bespokoiny (Turbulent) |
Nikolayev Navy Yard | 31 October 1913 | Interned in Bizerte with Wrangel's fleet and scrapped 1924 |
| Derzky (Impertinent) |
Nikolayev Navy Yard | 15 March 1914 | Interned in Bizerte and scrapped 1924 |
| Gnevny (Furious) |
Nikolayev Navy Yard | 31 October 1913 | Interned in Bizerte and scrapped 1924 |
| Pronzitelny (Shrill) |
Nikolayev Navy Yard | 15 March 1914 | Scuttled 18 June 1918 near Novorosiysk |
| Bystry (Rapid) - renamed Frunze |
Metal works, Kherson | 7 June 1914 | Scuttled to avoid capture in 1919 and raised and repaired by the Soviet Navy. Sunk by Stuka dive bombers on 21 September 1941 |
| Gromki (Loud) |
Metal works, Kherson | 18 December 1913 | Scuttled 18 June 1918 near Novorosiysk |
| Pospeshny (Hasty) |
Nikolayev Navy Yard | 4 April 1914 | Interned in Bizerte and scrapped 1924 |
| Pylki (Ardent) |
Metal works, Kherson | 28 July 1914 | Interned in Bizerte and scrapped 1924 |
| Schastlivy (Happy) |
Putilov yard (Nikolayev) | 29 March 1914 | Grounded 24 October 1919 while being towed to internment |
Pospeshnyy
Pylkiy
See also[]
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References[]
- Conway's All the world's Fighting Ships 1906-1922
- M.J Whitley, Destroyers of World War 2, 1988 Cassell Publishing ISBN 1-85409-521-8
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