Gnevny-class destroyer

For the Project 57 class destroyers also known as the Gnevny class, see Kanin-class destroyer.

Aerial view of Razumny, March 1944
Class overview
Operators	Soviet Navy People's Liberation Army Navy
Succeeded by	Template:Sclass-
Subclasses	Template:Sclass-
Built	1935–1942
In service	1938–1990
Planned	36
Completed	30
Cancelled	6
Lost	7
Retired	23
General characteristics (Gnevnyi as completed, 1938)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,612 t (1,587 long tons) (standard) 2,039 t (2,007 long tons) (deep load)
Length	112.8 m (370 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power	48,000 shp (36,000 kW) 3 water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	38.3 knots (70.9 km/h; 44.1 mph)
Range	2,640 nmi (4,890 km; 3,040 mi) at 19.83 knots (36.73 km/h; 22.82 mph)
Complement	197 (236 wartime)
Sensors and processing systems	Arktur hydrophone
Armament	4 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 2 × single 76.2 mm (3.0 in) AA guns 2 × single 45 mm (1.8 in) AA guns 2 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) AA machineguns 2 × triple 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 60–95 mines 25 depth charges

The Gnevny class were a group of destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s into the early 1940s. They are sometimes known as the Gremyashchiy class and the official Soviet designation was Project 7. These ships fought in World War II.

In the early 1930s the Soviets felt able to restart construction of fleet destroyers and forty-eight ships were ordered under the Second Five-Year Plan.

The design was produced with Italian assistance despite ideological differences between the Soviets and Fascist Italy. They resembled contemporary destroyers built in Italy for the Greek and Turkish navies.

They suffered from some of the same weaknesses of contemporary Italian ships with structural weakness and limited seaworthiness. There were also significant machinery problems in the earliest ships. The design flaws were apparent after trials of the first units in 1936/37 and production stopped after 30 ships. A modified design was then placed into production as the Type 7U.

Four surviving ships from the Pacific Fleet were transferred to the People's Liberation Army Navy and served as the Template:Sclass-s.

Ships

Black Sea Fleet

Ship	Builder	Launched	Completed	Fate
Bodry – Бодрый (Brisk)	Marti Yard, Nikolaev	1936	1938	scrapped 1950s
Bystry – Быстрый (Rapid)	Marti Yard, Nikolaev	1936	Nov 1938	sunk 1 July 1941 by magnetic mine
Bezuprechny – Безупречный (Irreproachable)	61 Kommunar yard, Nikolaev	1936	1938	sunk 26 June 1942
Bditelny – Бдительный (Watchful)	61 Kommunar yard, Nikolaev	1936	1938	sunk 2 July 1942 by KG 76
Boiky – Бойкий (Spry / bold)	Marti Yard, Nikolaev	29 Oct 1936	1 May 1939	scrapped 1958
Bezposhchadny – Беспощадный (Merciless)	Sevastopol Navy Yard	1937	Sept 1939	sunk 6 October 1943, bombing by Stukas

Baltic Fleet

Ship	Builder	Launched	Completed	Fate
Gnevny (Wrathful)	Zhdanov Yard, Leningrad	13 June 1936	31 jan 1939	sunk 23 June 1941 by mines
Gordy (Proud)	Baltic yard, Leningrad	1936	1938	transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1941, scrapped 1950s
Gromky (Loud)	Baltic yard, Leningrad	6 Dec 1937	23 Feb 1939	transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1941, scrapped 1960
Grozny (Terrible)	Zhdanov yard, Leningrad	31 July 1936	1939	transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1941, used as a target for nuclear testing 1957, near Novaya Zemlya
Gremyashchiy (Thunderous)	Zhdanov yard, Leningrad	12 March 1937	1939	transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1941, used as a target for nuclear testing 1957, near Novaya Zemlya
Grozyashtchi (Menacing)	Zhdanov yard, Leningrad	18 Aug 1936	1939	During the first day of the Winter War, captured small Finnish steamer Auvo and took it as prize to Paldiski. Damaged by bombing near Leningrad, scrapped 1950s
Sokrushitel'nyy (Destructive)	Zhdanov yard, Leningrad	15 Aug 1936	1939	transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1941 sunk in a storm 22 November 1942, after stern broke off, 35 dead
Steregushchy (Alert)	Zhdanov yard, Leningrad	1937	1939	bombed and sunk 21 September 1941 near Kronstadt, salvaged in 1944 and returned to service 1948, Scrapped 1959
Stremitelny (Impetuous)	Zhdanov yard, Leningrad	1936	1938	transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1941 sunk 20 July 1941 by German Bombers in Ekatirinskaya Bay, Murmansk, partially raised in 1942 and cannibalised for spare parts to repair Raz'yaryonny

Pacific Fleet

All the Pacific Fleet ships were built by Dalzavod, Komsomolsk na Amure and towed to Vladivostok for fitting out due to the shallow depth of the Amur River. One unit, Reshitelny (i), was lost by stranding on passage 7 November 1938, being damaged beyond repair. The material for these ships was assembled in Nikolayev and then shipped east via the Trans-Siberian railway.

Ship	Launched	Completed	Fate
Reshitelnyy Решительнвй (decisive)	1937	Not completed	Lost while being towed between Sovetskaya Gavan and Vladivostok for final fitting out
Rezvyy Резвый (Frisky)	1937	Dec 1939	Scrapped 1950s
Ryanyy Рьяный (Spirited)	Oct 1937	1940	Sunk as target 8 January 1961 in the Sea of Japan
Rastoropnyy Расторопный (prompt)	1939	1941	Scrapped 1950s
Redkiy Редкий (rare)		1941	Scrapped 1962
Razyashchyy Разящий (furious)	1938	1941	sunk as target ship 1961
Reshitelnyy (ii) Решительный (decisive)	1939	1941	sold to China 1955 first as ChangChun
Retivyy Ретивый (ardent)	1940	1941	sold to China 1955 as Chi Lin(Jilin) and then renamed to TaiYuan
Revnostnyy Ревностный (fervent)	1940	1941	scrapped 1950s
Razyaryonnyy Разъяренный (enraged)	May 1941	Dec 1941	transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1942, target ship 1958
Razumnyy Разумный (sensible)	1940	1941	transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1942, foundered 1960s
Rekordnyy Рекордный (record breaking)	1940	1941	sold to China 1955 as An'Shan
Rezkiy Резкий (Brusque)	1940	1942	sold to China 1954 as FuShun

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