Fidonisy-class destroyer

Class overview
Name: Fidonisy class
Builders: Russud Shipyard, Nikolaev
Operators:
Preceded by: Derzky class
In commission: 19161956
Planned: 20
Completed: 8
Cancelled: 12
Lost: 7
Scrapped: 1
General characteristics (as built)
Type: Destroyer
Displacement:
  • 1,329 long tons (1,350 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)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range: 1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement: 168
Armament:
  • 4 × single 102 mm (4 in) guns
  • 2 × single 40 mm AA gun
  • 4 × triple 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
  • 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 during World War I. They were a slightly enlarged version, with an extra 102-millimetre (4 in) gun and more torpedo tubes, of the Derzky-class destroyers, a derivative of the Russian destroyer Novik. These ships fought in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and World War II.

Design and description

The Fidonisy-class ships measured 102 metres (334 ft 8 in) long overall with a beam of 9.5 metres (31 ft 2 in) and had a maximum draft (ship) of 3 meters (9 ft 10 in). They displaced 1,329 metric tons (1,308 long tons) at normal load.

Ships

All ships were originally named after battles from the wars between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.

Ship Namesake Launched Fate
Fidonisi Battle of Fidonisi 31 May 1916 Scuttled 16 June 1918
Gadzhibei 27 August 1916 Scuttled 16 June 1918
Kaliakria - renamed Dzerzhinski Battle of Cape Kaliakra / Felix Dzerzhinski 27 August 1916 Scuttled in 1918, raised and repaired by the Soviet Navy 1925, Sunk 13 May 1942
Kerch Battle of Kerch Strait 31 May 1916 Scuttled 16 June 1918
Korfu - renamed Zheleznyakov Siege of Corfu 1924 Broken up 1956
Levkas - renamed Shaumyan Lefkada 1924 sunk 10 April 1942
Tserigo Cythera 1917 Interned in Bizerte with Wrangel's fleet and scrapped 1924
Zante, renamed Nyezamozhnik Zakynthos 1917 Scuttled 1919, refloated 1923, broken up 1950s

Bibliography

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