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The Derzky or Bespokoiny-class destroyers was a class of destroyers 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.
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Novik |
| Succeeded by | Fidonisy class |
| In commission | 1913–1941 |
| Completed | 9 |
| Lost | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shaft Brown Boverei turbines |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Complement | 125 |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | Black Sea Fleet |
Ships
edit| 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 |
Bibliography
edit- Breyer, Siegfried (1992). Soviet Warship Development: Volume 1: 1917–1937. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-604-3.
- Budzbon, Przemysław (1985). "Russia". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 291–325. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Budzbon, Przemysław (1980). "Soviet Union". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 318–346. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Budzbon, Przemysław; Radziemski, Jan & Twardowski, Marek (2022). Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939–1945. Vol. I: Major Combatants. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-68247-877-6.
- Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
- Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All Nations; An Illustrated Directory. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
- Hill, Alexander (2018). Soviet Destroyers of World War II. New Vanguard. Vol. 256. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-2256-7.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.
External links
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