Soviet destroyer Zheleznyakov explained
Zheleznyakov was one of eight
Fidonisy-class destroyers built for the
Imperial Russian Navy during
World War I. She was originally named
Korfu (Russian:
Корфу) before she was renamed
Petrovsky (Russian:
Петровский) in 1925 and
Zheleznyakov (Russian:
Железняков) in 1939 after anarchist
Anatoli Zhelezniakov.
Design and description
See main article: Fidonisy-class destroyer. The Fidonisy-class ships were designed as an improved version of the with an additional 102mm gun. Korfu displaced 1326LT normal and 1580LT at full load with an overall length of 92.51m (303.51feet), a beam of 9.05m (29.69feet), and a draft of 3.2m (10.5feet) at full load.[1] She was propelled by two Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller, designed to produce a total of 29000shp using steam from five 3-drum Thorneycroft boilers for an intended maximum speed of 33kn. During her sea trials, the ship reached a speed of . Korfu carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of 2050nmi at . Her crew numbered 136.[2] [3]
The Fidonisy-class ships mounted a main armament of four single 102 mm Pattern 1911 Obukhov guns, one on the forecastle and three aft; one of these latter guns was superfiring over the other two. Anti-aircraft defense for Korfu and her sisters that were completed after the war was provided by a single 76.2mm Lender gun on the stern, a 37sp=usNaNsp=us Maxim cannon, and four 7.62mm M-1 machine guns. The destroyers mounted four triple 450sp=us1sp=us torpedo tube mounts amidships with two reload torpedoes and could carry 80 M1908 naval mines. They were also fitted with a Barr and Stroud rangefinder and two 60sp=usNaNsp=us searchlights.
Bibliography
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- Book: Berezhnoy, Sergey. Крейсера и миноносцы. Справочник. Voenizdat. 2002. 5-203-01780-8. Moscow. ru. Guide to Cruisers and Destroyers.
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- Book: Chernyshev, Alexander. Русские суперэсминцы. Легендарные "Новики". Yauza/Eksmo. 2011. 978-5-699-53144-8. 2nd. Moscow. ru. Russian Superdestroyers: Legendary Noviks.
- Book: Hill, Alexander . 2018 . Soviet Destroyers of World War II . Oxford, UK. Osprey Publishing. 978-1-4728-2256-7. New Vanguard. 256.
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- Book: Verstyuk. Anatoly. Gordeyev. Stanislav. Корабли Минных дивизий. От "Новика" до "Гогланда". 2006. Voennaya Kniga. Moscow. 5-902863-10-4 . ru. Torpedo Division Ships: From Novik to Gogland. amp.
Further reading
- Book: Budzbon, Przemysław . Gray. Randal. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 . 1985 . Annapolis, Maryland. Naval Institute Press . 0-85177-245-5 . 291–325. Russia.
- Book: Budzbon, Przemysław. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Chesneau . Conway Maritime Press . Greenwich, UK. 1980. 0-85177-146-7 . 318–346. Soviet Union. Roger.
- Book: Budzbon . Przemysław . Radziemski . Jan . Twardowski . Marek . Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939–1945 . 2022 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis, Maryland . 978-1-68247-877-6. I: Major Combatants. amp.
- Book: Likachev . Pavel Vladimirovich . ru:Эскадренные миноносцы типа "Новик" в ВМФ СССР 1920-1955 гг . Novik-class Destroyers in the Soviet Navy 1920-1955 . 2005 . ISTFLOT . Samara, Russia . 978-5-98830-009-0 . ru.
- Book: Rohwer, Jürgen. Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis, Maryland. 2005. Third Revised. 978-1-59114-119-8. Jürgen Rohwer.
- Book: Watts, Anthony J.. The Imperial Russian Navy. Arms and Armour. London . 1990 . 978-0-85368-912-6.
- Book: Whitley, M. J.. Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis, Maryland. 1988. 978-0-87021-326-7. Michael J. Whitley.
Notes and References
- Apalkov, p. 136
- Verstyuk & Gordeyev, p. 116
- Berezhnoy, pp. 324–325
