| Fidonisy-class destroyer | |
|---|---|
| File:Dzerzhinskiy 01.jpg | |
| Class overview | |
| Operators: |
 Russian Navy Soviet Navy Bulgarian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Derzky-class destroyer |
| In commission: | 1916–1956 |
| Completed: | 8 |
| Lost: | 7 |
| Retired: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: |
1,326 long tons (1,347 t) standard 1,700 long tons (1,700 t) full load |
| Length: | 102 m (334 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft Parsons type turbines 5 boilers 32,500 hp |
| Speed: | 33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
| Range: | 1,800 nmi (3,330 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 168 |
| Armament: |
• 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns • 1 × 40 mm AA gun • 4 × machine guns • 12 × 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes, (4×3) • 80 mines |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: | Black Sea Fleet |
The Fidonisy- or Kerch-class were a group of destroyers built for the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were a slightly enlarged version of the Derzky-class destroyer, with an extra 4-inch (102 mm) gun and more torpedo tubes. These ships fought in World War I, The Russian Civil war and World War II.
Ships[]
All ships were built by Rossud shipbuilding Nikolayev, and were originally named after battles in wars between Russia and Ottoman Turkey
| Ship | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|
| Fidonisi | 31 May 1916 | Scuttled 16 June 1918 |
| Gadzhibei | 27 August 1916 | Scuttled 16 June 1918 |
| Kaliakria - renamed Dzerzhinski | 27 August 1916 | Scuttled in 1918, raised and repaired by the Soviet Navy 1925, Sunk 13 May 1942 |
| Kerch | 31 May 1916 | Scuttled 16 June 1918 |
| Korfu - renamed Zhelezniakov | 1924 | Broken up 1956 |
| Levkas - renamed Shaumyan | 1924 | lent to the Bulgarian Navy after World war II, Broken up 1950s |
| Tserigo | 1917 | Interned in Bizerte with Wrangel's fleet and scrapped 1924 |
| Zante renamed Nyezamozhnik | 1917 | Sunk 10 April 1942 |
See also[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gadzhibey class destroyer. |
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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