Fidonisy-class destroyer

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Class overview
Name	Fidonisy class
Builders	Russud Shipyard, Nikolaev
Operators	Imperial Russian Navy Soviet Navy Bulgarian Navy
Preceded by	Template:Sclass-
In commission	1916–1956
Planned	20
Completed	8
Cancelled	12
Lost	7
Scrapped	1
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,326 t (1,305 long tons) standard 1,580 t (1,560 long tons) full load
Length	95 m (311 ft 8 in)
Beam	9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power	29,000 shaft horsepower (22,000 kW) 5 Thornycroft boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	1,210 nmi (2,240 km; 1,390 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	168
Armament	4 × single 102 mm (4.0 in)/60 Pattern 1911 guns 2 × single 40 mm (2 in)/39 Vickers Automatic Model 1914 AA guns 4 × triple 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes 80 mines
General characteristics (1943)
Displacement	1,760 t (1,730 long tons) full load
Armament	4 × single 102 mm (4 in)/60 Pattern 1911 guns 2 × single 45 mm (2 in)/68 21-KM AA guns 5 × single 37 mm (1 in)/67 70-K AA guns 2 × single 20 mm (1 in)/70 Oerlikon Mark 3 AA guns 2 × single 12.7 mm (1 in) DShK machine guns 4 × triple 450 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 mm (4.0 in) gun and more torpedo tubes, of the Template:Sclass-s, a derivative of the Novik. These ships fought in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and World War II.

Design and description

The Fidonisy-class ships measured 92.5 metres (303 ft 6 in) long overall with a beam of 9.1 metres (29 ft 10 in) and had a maximum draft (ship) of 3.8 meters (12 ft 6 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	Transferred to Bulgaria in December 1947, returned in 1949, converted to barracks ship in 1953, 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

• Dzerzhinskiy
  Dzerzhinskiy
• Nezamozhnik
  Nezamozhnik
• Shaumyan
  Shaumyan

Bibliography

• Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
• Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
• Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• Hill, Alexander (2018). Soviet Destroyers of World War II. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472822567.
• Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.
• Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.

External links

Media related to Gadzhibey class destroyer at Wikimedia Commons