Derzky-class destroyer explained
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, 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 |
|---|
(Turbulent) | Nikolayev Navy Yard | 31 October 1913 | Interned in Bizerte with Wrangel's fleet and scrapped 1924 |
(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 |
(Happy) | Putilov Yard (Nikolayev) | 29 March 1914 | Grounded 24 October 1919 while being towed to internment | |
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