Derzky class destroyer
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The Derzky- or Bespokoiny-class destroyers were built for the Imperial Russian Navy
Imperial Russian Navy
The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Tsarist fleets prior to the February Revolution.-First Romanovs:Under Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich, construction of the first three-masted ship, actually built within Russia, was completed in 1636. It was built in Balakhna by Danish shipbuilders from Holstein...

 just before World War I. Nine ships were built for the Black Sea Fleet
Black Sea Fleet
The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....

 These ships were a derivative of the Novik
Russian destroyer Novik (1913)
Novík was a destroyer of the Russian Imperial Navy, commissioned in 1913 where she served with the Baltic Fleet during World War I. She joined the Bolsheviks in November 1917 and was later renamed Yakov Sverdlov.-History:...

, but were slightly smaller. These ships were popular with the Russians and effective particularly in the Black Sea, where the Ottoman Navy
Ottoman Navy
The Ottoman Navy was established in the early 14th century. During its long existence it was involved in many conflicts; refer to list of Ottoman sieges and landings and list of Admirals in the Ottoman Empire for a brief chronology.- Pre-Ottoman:...

 had no similar ships.

Ships

Ship Builder Launched Fate
Bespokoiny
(Turbulent)
Nikolayev Navy Yard 31 October 1913 Interned in Bizerte
Bizerte
Bizerte or Benzert , is the capital city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia and the northernmost city in Africa. It has a population of 230,879 .-History:...

 with Wrangel's fleet
Wrangel's fleet
Wrangel's Fleet, the last remnant of the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy, existed from 1920 until 1924. This squadron was a "White" unit during the Russian Civil War...

 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
Kherson
Kherson is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry...

7 June 1914 Scuttled to avoid capture in 1919 and raised and repaired by the Soviet Navy
Soviet Navy
The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean...

. Sunk by Stuka
Junkers Ju 87
The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was a two-man German ground-attack aircraft...

 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
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...

)
29 March 1914 Grounded 24 October 1919 while being towed to internment
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