List of Imperial Russian navy destroyers

1877–1917

The format is: Name, launch year, place of construction (if foreign), commissioning fleet (BF = Baltic Fleet

Baltic Fleet

The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...

, BSF = 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....

, CF = Caspian Flotilla

Caspian Flotilla

The Caspian Flotilla is the oldest Russian military flotilla, stationed in the Caspian Sea. It was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1945.-Establishment:...

, SF = Siberian Flotilla, POF = Pacific Ocean Fleet), fate = BU.

Note on official classification. First small ships with a mine or torpedo — (pole mines or Whitehead torpedoes) — appeared in the Russian Navy in 1877 during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). They were classified "minnyi kater", "минный катер" ("mine/torpedo launch"). One large seagoing ship, the Vzryv ("Взрыв", 1877, 160 tons) with torpedo armament was originally called "minnoye sudno", "минное судно" ("mine/torpedo vessel"). A large series of 133 20-30-ton ships followed in 1878; they were classified "minonoska", "minonosnaya lodka", "миноноска" (literally, "mine/torpedo boat"). It usually translates as "torpedo boat, 2nd class". Following torpedo ships, which Russia had built or bought since 1880 and classified as "minonosets", "миноносец" (literally, "mine/torpedo carrier"). This designation includes relatively large ships. It therefore translates into English as either "torpedo boat 1st class

Torpedo boat

A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created to counter battleships and other large, slow and...

" or "destroyer

Destroyer

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" depending on a displacement of more or less than 200 tons. Starting in 1907 and still used today, all sufficiently large torpedo armed ships are classified as EM (ЭМ), "eskadrennyi minonosets", "эскадренный миноносец" (literally, "squadron torpedo carrier"), which usually translates as "destroyer

Destroyer

Sokol class (240-300 tons), 27 ships

Russia was the second nation, after Great Britain, to build Torpedo Boat Destroyers (TBDs), basing their first ones upon the Yarrow

Yarrow

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design. The Sokol which was built for Russia by Britain's Yarrow

Yarrow

shipbuilding firm was laid down in 1894 and completed in January 1895; she was 190 feet long, displaced 220 tons, and attained a speed of over 30 knots during her trials. The Sokol was followed by 26 similar TBDs built in Russian yards between 1896 and 1903. This first series of 'classic' class ships were originally organized as torpedo boats («minonosets»), then were later reclassified as destroyers («eskadrennyi minonosets») in 1907. Pacific destroyers were built in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, transported in sections by railway to Port Arthur and assembled. They subsequently participated in the Russo-Japanese War

Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea...

of 1904–1905; those that had escaped from Port Arthur, later served in the Siberian Flotilla. Baltic destroyers participated in World War I, the Russian Civil War

Russian Civil War

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(1917–1923) and the Finnish Civil War

Finnish Civil War

The Finnish Civil War was a part of the national, political and social turmoil caused by World War I in Europe. The Civil War concerned control and leadership of The Grand Duchy of Finland as it achieved independence from Russia after the October Revolution in Petrograd...

(1918) as minesweepers

Minesweeper (ship)

A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...

and avisos. Black Sea destroyers also participated in World War I and the Russian Civil War.

During the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), 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...

destroyers were armed with 15" torpedoes and 3 pounder guns. Combat experience during that war resulted in the IRN switching to 18" torpedoes and 11 pounder guns for their destroyers after the war.

Sokol ("Сокол", 1895, Glasgow
Glasgow
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, BF) - Renamed the Prytkiy ("Прыткий") in 1902, she was reclassified as a minesweeper in 1915, transferred to the Volga River
Volga River
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and the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea
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in 1918, and broken up (BU) in 1922
Yastreb ("Ястреб", 1898, BF) - the Prochnyi ("Прочный") 1902, she was reclassified as a minesweeper 1913, transferred to the Volga and the Caspian in 1918, BU in 1922
Korshun ("Коршун", 1898, BF) - the Poslushnyi ("Послушный") 1902, reclassified as a minesweeper in 1913, BU in 1922
Nyrok ("Нырок", 1898, BF) - the Porazhayushchiy ("Поражающий"), an aviso in 1913, she was transferred to the Volga and the Caspian Sea in 1918, BU in 1925
Voron ("Ворон", 1899, BF) - the Rezvyi ("Резвый") 1902, reclassified as a minesweeper in 1913, BU in 1922
Gagara ("Гагара", 1899, BF) - the Prozorlivyi ("Прозорливый") 1902, reclassified as a minesweeper in 1913, delivered to the Finnish Red Army
Red Guards (Finland)
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in 1918, she served in Finland and was wrecked in 1925
Filin ("Филин", 1900, BF) - the Retivyi ("Ретивый") 1902, she was reclassified as a minesweeper in 1913, transferred to the Volga and the Caspian Sea in 1918 and BU in 1922
Sova ("Сова", 1900, BF) - the Ryanyi ("Рьяный") 1902, reclassified as a minesweeper in 1913, delivered to the Finnish Red Army in 1918, served as a patrol ship and target vessel in Finland, BU in 1939
Albatros ("Альбатрос", 1901, BF) - the Podvizhnyi ("Подвижный") 1902, delivered to the Finnish Red Army in 1918, served in Finland, she was decommissioned in 1939 (she was preserved until 1943)
Berkut ("Беркут", 1898, CF) - the Pronzitel‘nyi ("Пронзительный") 1902, decommissioned in 1911
Krechet ("Кречет", 1898, CF) - the Pylkiy ("Прыткий") 1902, hulked in 1911
Lebed‘ ("Лебедь", 1901, BSF) - became theStrogiy ("Строгий") in 1902 and the Marti ("Марти") 1922, BU in 1929
Pelikan ("Пеликан", 1901, BSF) - the Smetlivyi ("Сметливый") 1902, scuttled to avoid capture at Tsemes Bay
Tsemes Bay
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on 18 June 1918
Pavlin ("Павлин", 1901, BSF) - became the Svirepyi ("Свирепый") in 1902, the destroyer № 204 in 1918, the Svirepyi ("Свирепый") in 1919 and the Leitenant Schmidt ("Лейтенант Шмидт") in 1922, BU in 1927
Fazan ("Фазан", 1901, BSF) - the Stremitel‘nyi ("Стремительный") in 1902, she was scuttled to avoid capture at Tsemes Bay on 18 June 1918
Kondor ("Кондор"), ex-Baklan ("Баклан", 1901, POF) - the Reshitel‘nyi ("Решительный") 1902, captured by Japan in Chefoo (China)
Yantai
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in 1904, renamed the Akatsuki in 1905, participated in the Battle of Tsushima
Battle of Tsushima
The Battle of Tsushima , commonly known as the “Sea of Japan Naval Battle” in Japan and the “Battle of Tsushima Strait”, was the major naval battle fought between Russia and Japan during the Russo-Japanese War...

where she collided with a Japanese torpedo boat which sank, renamed the Yamabiko in 1906, she was decommissioned in 1917
Bekas ("Бекас", 1901, POF) - Serdityi ("Сердитый") 1902, BU in 1923
Smelyi ("Смелый"), ex-Gorlitsa ("Горлица") (1902, POF) - BU in 1923
Skoryi ("Скорый"), ex-Perepel ("Перепел") (1903, POF) - BU in 1923
Statnyi ("Статный"), ex-Shchegol ("Щегол") (1903, POF) - BU in 1923
Steregushchiy ("Стерегущий"), ex-Kulik ("Кулик") (1903, POF) - sunk in battle in 1904 (49 men were lost)
Strashnyi ("Страшный", ex-Skvorets ("Скворец") (1903, POF) - On 13 April 1904 while returning from patrol, and attempting to re-enter Port Arthur, Strashnyi was suddenly engaged by IJN
IJN
The abbreviation IJN may refer to:* International Justice Network or IJNetwork, a Human Rights Organization* Imperial Japanese Navy, the navy of Japan from 1868 until it was dissolved in 1947* Institut Jean Nicod, a French interdisciplinary research center...

torpedo boat destroyers, and was sunk during the surface engagement, 59 crewmen were lost.
Storozhevoy ("Сторожевой"), ex-Grach ("Грач") (1903, POF) - struck a mine and was scuttled in 1904
Sil‘nyi ("Сильный"), ex-Baklan ("Баклан"), ex Kondor ("Кондор") (1903, POF) - After successfully sinking the IJN block ship (aka fireship) Chiyo Maru with a torpedo, she duelled with IJN torpedo boat destroyers shortly afterwards, and was driven onto a sandbank on 27 March 1904. She was subsequently refloated by Japan in 1905, renamed the Fumizuki, she was decommissioned in 1913
Stroynyi ("Стройный"), ex-Strizh ("Стриж") (1903, POF) - struck a mine in 1904 (2 men lost)
Razyashchiy ("Разящий"), ex-Drozd ("Дрозд") (1903, POF) - struck a mine and was scuttled in 1904
Rastoropnyi ("Расторопный"), ex-Diatel ("Дятел") (1903, POF) - scuttled in 1904

Hǎi Lóng (海龙) class (ex-Chinese) (312 tons), 1 ship

Leitenant Burakov (1898, Elbing
Elblag
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(in modern northern Poland), ex-Chinese Hǎi Huā — 海花) - captured at the Taku Forts
Taku Forts
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during the Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
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(17 June 1900), renamed the Taku ("Таку"), in 1901 – Leitenant Burakov ("Лейтенант Бураков"); she was the fastest Russian torpedo boat (33,6 kn.) during the siege of Port Arthur, she served as an aviso. Badly damaged by a Japanese torpedo launch, she was scuttled by her crew in 1904

Kit class (350 tons), 4 ships

Torpedo boats participated in the Russo-Japanese War

Russo-Japanese War

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of 1904–1905. Three of them later served in the Siberian Flotilla, they were reclassified as destroyers in 1907

Kit ("Кит", 1899, Elbing POF) - Renamed the Bditel‘nyi ("Бдительный") 1902, she struck a mine and was scuttled in 1904
Del‘fin ("Дельфин", 1899, Elbing, POF) - Besstrashnyi ("Бесстрашный") 1902, she was transferred to the Arctic Sea Flotilla
Arctic Sea Flotilla
The Arctic Sea Flotilla , was a Russian military flotilla stationed in Murmansk and Iokanga.In September 1916, the Russians began to form ASF from ships transferred from Vladivostok, or acquired abroad. It included 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 6 destroyers, 2 submarines and other ships...

in 1917 and BU in 1924
Skat ("Скат", 1899, Elbing, POF) - Besposhchadnyi ("Беспощадный") 1902, BU in 1923
Kasatka ("Касатка", 1900, Elbing, POF) - Besshumnyi ("Бесшумный") 1902, transferred to the Arctic Sea Flotilla in 1917, BU in 1924

Forel class (312/346 tons), 5 ships

Officially classified as torpedo boats, they participated in the Russo-Japanese War. Two later served in the Siberian and Arctic Flotillas.

Forel‘ ("Форель", 1900, Le Havre
Le Havre
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, POF) - Renamed the Vnimatelnyi ("Внимательный") 1902, wrecked in 1904
Sterliad‘ ("Стерлядь", 1901, Le Havre, POF) - Vynoslivyi ("Выносливый") 1902, struck a mine in 1904 (12 men lost)
Osiotr ("Осётр", 1901, Le Havre, POF) - Vnushitelnyi ("Внушительный") 1902, scuttled in 1904
Kefal‘ ("Кефаль", 1901, Le Havre, POF) - Vlastnyi ("Властный") 1902, transferred to the Arctic Sea Flotilla 1917, BU in 1921
Losos‘ ("Лосось", 1902, Le Havre, POF) - Grozovoi ("Грозовой") 1902, transferred to the Arctic Sea Flotilla 1917, BU in 1923-24

Som class torpedo boat (350 tons), 1 ship

Som ("Сом", 1899, Birkenhead
Birkenhead
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, POF) - Boevoy ("Боевой") since 1902, sunk by Japanese Torpedo Destroyer in 1904

Buinyi class (350/450 tons), 10 ships

Two Pacific ships participated in the defence of Port Arthur in 1904, those destined for the Baltic (except for the uncompleted Vidnyi) were sent to the Far East

Far East

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and fought in the Battle of Tsushima

Battle of Tsushima

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(1905). The survivors were reclassified as destroyers in 1907

Buinyi ("Буйный"), ex-Bychiok ("Бычёк") (1901, BF) - scuttled in 1905
Boikiy ("Бойкий"), ex-Akula ("Акула") (1901, POF) - after the war she served with the Siberian Flotilla, BU in 1925
Burnyi ("Бурный"), ex-Makrel‘ ("Макрель") (1901, POF) - wrecked and scuttled in 1904
Bystryi ("Быстрый"), ex-Plotva ("Плотва") (1901, BF) - scuttled in 1905
Bravyi ("Бравый"), ex-Nalim ("Налим") (1901, BF) - after the war she served in the Siberian Flotilla, she was renamed the Anisimov ("Анисимов") in 1923, BU in 1925
Blestyashchiy ("Блестящий"), ex-Okun‘ ("Окунь") (1901, BF) - scuttled in 1905 (6 men lost)
Bedovyi ("Бедовый"), ex-Keta ("Кета") (1902, BF) - captured by Japan with the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian squadron, Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky was an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. He was in command of the Second Pacific Squadron in the Battle of Tsushima, during the Russo-Japanese War....

in 1905, she was renamed the Satzuki and BU in 1922
Bodryi ("Бодрый"), ex-Peskar‘ ("Пескарь") (1902, BF) - after the war she served with the Siberian Flotilla, BU in 1925
Bezuprechnyi ("Безупречный"), ex-Paltus ("Палтус") (1902, BF) - sunk in battle in 1905 (73 men lost)
Vidnyi ("Видный"), ex-Sig ("Сиг") (1904, BF) - BU in 1925

Groznyi class / Project of 1903 (420 tons), 3 ships

Originally classified as torpedo boats. The first two were sent to the Far East and took part in the Battle of Tsushima in 1905.

Groznyi ("Грозный", 1904, BF) - after the war she served in the Siberian Flotilla, she was classified as a destroyer in 1907, BU in 1925
Gromkiy ("Громкий", 1904, BF) - sunk in battle in 1905 (23 men lost)
Gromiashchiy ("Громящий", 1904, BF) - classified as a destroyer in 1907, BU in 1925

Leitenant Pushchin class / «Z» and «Zh» class (350/440 tons), 9 ships

Classified as destroyers in 1907. Participated in World War I and the Russian Civil War.

Zavetnyi ("Заветный"), ex-Karp ("Карп") (1903, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918, scuttled by her crew in 1919
Zavidnyi ("Завидный"), ex-Beluga ("Белуга") (1903, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918 (renamed R 13), destroyed by British troops in 1919
Zhivoy ("Живой"), ex-Rybets ("Рыбец") (1903, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918 (R 14), captured by Britain and delivered to the White Army in 1918-19, renamed the Zhivoy ("Живой"), wrecked in 1920 (250 men lost: crew and evacuees)
Zhutkiy ("Жуткий", ex-Ugor‘ ("Угорь") (1904, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918 (R 12), destroyed by British troops in 1919
Zharkiy ("Жаркий"), ex-Shchuka ("Щука") (1904, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918, captured by Britain and delivered to the White Army in 1919, interned by France in Bizerte
Bizerte
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in 1920, returned to Soviet Russia and BU in 1924
Zhivuchiy ("Живучий"), ex-Karas‘ ("Карась") (1904, BSF) - struck a mine in 1916 (48 men lost)
Leitenant Pushchin ("Лейтенант Пущин"), ex-Zadornyi ("Задорный") (1904, BSF) - struck a mine in 1916 (56 men lost)
Zvonkiy ("Звонкий") (1904, BSF) - captured by Germany 1918 (R 11), captured by Britain and delivered to Greece (Doxa) in 1918, delivered to the White Army in 1919, renamed the Zvonkiy ("Звонкий"), interned by France in Bizerte
Bizerte
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in 1920, returned to Soviet Russia and BU after 1924
Zorkiy ("Зоркий", 1904, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918 (R 10), captured by Britain and delivered to Italy in 1918, delivered to the White Army in 1919, renamed the Zorkiy ("Зоркий"), interned by France in Bizerte
Bizerte
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in 1920, returned to Soviet Russia and BU after 1924

Leitenant Burakov class (237/320 tons), 11 ships

Afer completion all ships were reclassified as destroyers, they participated in World War I in the Baltic Sea for patrol, cruiser's and minelaying purposes. Some units participated in the Russian Civil War

Russian Civil War

Leitenant Burakov ("Лейтенант Бураков", 1905, Le Havre, BF) - aviso 1912, struck a mine in 1917 (23 men lost)
Metkiy ("Меткий", 1905, Le Havre, BF) - BU in 1922
Molodetskiy ("Молодецкий", 1905, Le Havre, BF) - BU in 1923
Moshchnyi ("Мощный", 1905, Le Havre, BF) - BU in 1926
Iskusnyi ("Искусный", 1905, La Seyne
La Seyne-sur-Mer
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, BF) - BU in 1924
Ispolnitelnyi ("Исполнительный", 1905, La Seyne, BF) - wrecked in 1914 (64 men lost)
Krepkiy ("Крепкий", 1905, La Seyne, BF) - training destroyer Roshal‘ ("Рошаль") in 1922, BU in 1924
Liogkiy ("Лёгкий", 1905, La Seyne, BF) - training vessel in 1920, BU in 1924
Lovkiy ("Ловкий", 1905, Le Havre, BF) - BU in 1925
Letuchiy ("Летучий", 1905, Le Havre, BF) - wrecked in 1914 (65 men lost)
Likhoy ("Лихой", 1905, Le Havre, BF) - BU in 1922

Tverdyi class torpedo boats (300-310 tons), 5 ships

They were built in St. Petersburg, transported in pieces by railway to Vladivostok

Vladivostok

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, launched and commissioned

Tviordyi ("Твёрдый", 1906, SF) - Renamed Lazo ("Лазо") 1923, BU in 1927
Tochnyi ("Точный", 1906, SF) - Renamed Potapenko ("Потапенко") 1923, BU in 1927
Trevozhnyi ("Тревожный", 1906, SF) - BU in 1923
Inzhener-mekhanik Anastasov ("Инженер-механик Анастасов", 1907, SF) - BU in 1923
Leitenant Maleev ("Лейтенант Малеев", 1907, SF) - BU in 1923

Kapitan Yurasovskiy class (450 tons), 10 ships

Classified as torpedo boats until 1907. A pair of Siberian destroyers were built in Germany, delivered to Vladivostok

Vladivostok

in parts and launched

Kapitan Yurasovskiy ("Капитан Юрасовский" in 1907, Elbing
Elblag
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, SF) - transferred to the Arctic Sea Flotilla in 1917, BU in 1924
Leitenant Sergeev ("Лейтенант Сергеев" in 1907, Elbing
Elblag
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, SF) - transferred to the Arctic Sea Flotilla in 1917, BU in 1924
Inzhener-mekhanik Zverev ("Инженер-механик Зверев" in 1906, Elbing
Elblag
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, BF) - minesweeper in 1922, Zhemchuzhin ("Жемчужин") in 1925, BU in 1930
Inzhener-mekhanik Dmitriev ("Инженер-механик Дмитриев", in 1905, Elbing
Elblag
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, BF) - minesweeper in 1922, Roshal‘ ("Рошаль") in 1925, BU in 1929
Bditelnyi ("Бдительный", 1906, Elbing, BF) - struck a mine in 1917 (60 men lost)
Boevoi ("Боевой" in 1905, Elbing, BF) - BU in 1925
Burnyi ("Бурный" in 1906, Elbing, BF) - BU in 1925
Vnimatelnyi ("Внимательный" in 1906, Elbing, BF) - minesweeper in 1921, BU in 1925
Vynoslivyi ("Выносливый" in 1906, Elbing, BF) - minesweeper in 1921, Artemyev ("Артемьев") 1925, decommissioned 1932, BU in 1953
Vnushitelnyi ("Внуштельный" in 1906, Elbing, BF) - minesweeper in 1921, Martynov ("Мартынов") 1925, BU in 1940

Deyatelnyi class / Project of 1904 (382 tons), 8 ships

The last series of Havock-class torpedo boat destroyers. They participated in World War I in the Baltic Sea and in the Russian Civil War (1917–1923) on that country's rivers and lakes.

Sil‘nyi ("Сильный", 1905, BF) - BU in 1924
Storozhevoy ("Сторожевой", 1906, BF) - transferred to Lake Onega
Lake Onega
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and the Caspian Sea in 1919, BU in 1925
Stroinyi ("Стройный", 1906, BF) - sunk by a bomb in 1917
Razyashchiy ("Разящий", 1906, BF) - BU in 1924
Rastoropnyi ("Расторопный", 1907, BF) - transferred to the Caspian Sea in 1918, BU in 1925
Del‘nyi ("Дельный", 1907, BF) - transferred to the Caspian Sea in 1918, BU in 1922
Deyatel‘nyi ("Деятельный", 1907, BF) - transferred to the Caspian Sea in 1918, BU in 1925
Dostoinyi ("Достойный", 1907, BF) - transferred to Lake Onega and the Caspian Sea in 1919, BU in 1925

Finn class / Project Letter «Sh» (Schichau) (570/650 tons), 4 ships

They were until 1907, classified as 'torpedo cruisers' and built with public donations, then named after the most lavish donors. They participated in World War I in the Baltic Sea and in the Russian Civil War on that country's rivers and lakes.

Emir Bukharskiy ("Эмир Бухарский", 1904, BF) - transferred to Lake Ladoga
Lake Ladoga
Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, not far from Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe, and the 14th largest lake by area in the world.-Geography:...

and the Caspian Sea in 1918, renamed the Yakov Sverdlov ("Яков Свердлов") in 1919, BU in 1925
Finn ("Финн", 1905, BF) - transferred to the Caspian Sea in 1918, renamed the Karl Liebknecht ("Карл Либкнехт") in 1919, BU in 1925
Moskvityanin ("Москвитянин", 1905, BF) - transferred to the Caspian Sea in 1918, sunk in a battle with a British flotilla in 1919
Dobrovolets ("Доброволец", 1905, BF) - struck a mine in 1916 (37 men lost)

Vsadnik class (570/750 tons), 4 ships

Classified as 'torpedo cruisers' until 1907. Participated in World War I in the Baltic Sea and in the Russian Civil War on that country's lakes.

Vsadnik ("Всадник", 1905, Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

, BF) - renamed Sladkov ("Сладков") 1922, BU in 1928
Gaidamak ("Гайдамак", 1905, Kiel, BF) - BU in 1927
Amurets ("Амурец", 1905, Kiel, BF) - Zhelezniakov ("Железняков") 1922, aviso in 1926, hulked in 1938
Ussuriets ("Уссуриец", 1907, Kiel, BF) - Roshal‘ ("Рошаль") 1922, wrecked in 1924

Okhotnik class (615/750 tons), 4 ships

Classified as 'torpedo cruisers' until 1907. Actively participated in World War I in the Baltic Sea and the Russian Civil War on that country's lakes.

General Kondratenko ("Генерал Кондратенко", 1905, BF) - BU 1924
Sibirskiy strelok ("Сибирский стрелок", 1905, BF) - reclassified as a test ship in 1921, renamed the Konstruktor ("Конструктор") in 1926, a corvette (patrol ship) in 1941, combat service on Lake Ladoga in 1941–1944 during World War II, sunk by Finnish aircraft in 1941 (200 men lost: crew and evacuees), rasied and repaired as a gunboat in 1943, test ship 1945, BU in 1957
Okhotnik ("Охотник", 1906, BF) - struck a mine in 1917 (52 men lost)
Pogranichnik ("Пограничник" 1906, BF) - BU in 1924

Ukrayna class / Project Letter «V» (Vulcan) (630-730 tons), 8 ships

Built with public donations and named after the most lavish donors, they were classified as 'torpedo cruisers' until 1907. They participated in World War I and in the Russian Civil War on the Baltic and Caspian Seas.

Ukrayna ("Украйна", 1904, BF) - transferred to the Caspian Sea in 1919, she was renamed the Karl Marx ("Карл Маркс") in 1920, the Ukrayna ("Украйна") in 1920, the Markin ("Маркин") in 1922, the Ukrayna ("Украйна") in 1923 and the Bakinskiy Rabochiy ("Бакинский рабочий") in 1924. She was a gunboat in 1926, a training ship in 1949 and sunk as a target vessel in 1961
Voiskovoy ("Войсковой", 1904, BF) - transferred to the Caspian Sea in 1919, she was renamed the Friedrich Engels ("Фридрих Энгельс") in 1920, the Voiskovoy ("Войсковой") in 1920 and the Markin ("Маркин") in 1923. She became a gunboat in 1926, a training ship in 1949 and was BU in 1958
Trukhmenets ("Трухменец", 1905, BF) - Turkmenets-Stavropol‘skiy ("Туркменец-Ставропольский") 1908, she was transferred to the Caspian Sea in 1919, renamed the Mirza Kuchak ("Мирза Кучук") in 1920, the Turkmenets-Stavropol‘skiy ("Туркменец-Ставропольский") also in 1920, the Altfater ("Альтфатер") in 1922 and the Sovetskiy Dagestan ("Советский Дагестан") in 1945. She was classified as a gunboat in 1926, a training ship in 1949 and was BU in 1962
Kazanets ("Казанец", 1905, BF) - torpedoed by a German submarine in 1916 (45 men lost)
Steregushchiy ("Стерегущий", 1905, BF) - BU in 1924
Strashnyi ("Страшный", 1905, BF) - BU in 1924
Donskoy Kazak ("Донской казак", 1906, BF) - BU in 1924
Zabaykalets ("Забайкалец", 1906, BF) - BU in 1923

Leitenant Shestakov class (635 tons), 4 ships

During their construction they were classified as 'torpedo cruisers'. They actively participated in World War I and in the Russian Civil War in the Black Sea. Distinguishing features of this series were the 120-mm guns.

Leitenant Shestakov ("Лейтенант Шестаков", 1907, BSF) - scuttled in Tsemes Bay
Tsemes Bay
The Tsemes Bay is an ice-free bay located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, in Krasnodar Krai of Russia. It takes its name from the Tsemes River which flows into the bay. The depth of the sea varies from 21 to 27 meters...

to avoid capture on 18 June 1918
Kapitan Saken ("Капитан Сакен"), ex-Leitenant Pushchin ("Лейтенант Пущин") (1907, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918 (renamed R 04), then captured by France (R 2), delivered to the White Army in 1919 and renamed the Kapitan Saken ("Капитан Сакен"), interned by France in Bizerte in 1920, returned to Soviet Russia and BU after 1924
Kapitan-leitenant Baranov ("Капитан-лейтенант Баранов", 1907, BSF) - scuttled in Tsemes Bay to avoid capture on 18 June 1918
Leitenant Zatsarionnyi
Russian destroyer Leytenant Zatsarenni
Leytenant Zatsarenni was an Imperial Russian Navy destroyer of the four-strong Leitenant Shestakov class ....

("Лейтенант Зацарённый", 1907, BSF) - struck a mine in 1917 (37 men lost)

(1260–1620 tons), 49 ships

A large series of slightly differing destroyers, which took an active part in World War I. Some were completed in postrevolutionary Russia by using parts from other ships. The Baltic destroyers mostly waited through the Revolution and the Russian Civil War in Kronstadt

Kronstadt

Kronstadt , also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt |crown]]" and Stadt for "city"); is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland. Population: It is also...

. Later reconditioned, they took part and were lost in World War II. Black Sea ships mostly shared the fate of the Russian Black Sea Fleet

Black Sea Fleet

of 1918–1920.

Novik subclass (1280 tons)

} ("Новик", 1911, BF) - fastest warship in the world at the time of completion (37,3 kn.), renamed Yakov Sverdlov ("Яков Свердлов") in 1926, struck a mine in 1941

Derzkiy/Novik subclass (1180/1405 tons), 4 ships
- Bespokoinyi ("Беспокойный", 1913, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918, captured by France (renamed R 1), delivered to the White Army in 1919 and renamed Bespokoinyi ("Беспокойный"). She was interned by France in Bizerte in 1920, she returned to Soviet Russia and was BU in 1933
- Gnevnyi (1913, BSF) - she was captured by Germany in 1918 (R 03). Captured by Britain, she was delivered to the White Army in 1919, interned by France in Bizerte in 1920, she was returned to Soviet Russia and BU in 1930
- Derzkiy ("Дерзкий", 1914, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918, she was also captured by Britain, delivered to the White Army in 1919 and interned by France in Bizerte in 1920. She returned to Soviet Russia and was BU in 1933
- Pronzitelnyi ("Пронзительный", 1914, BSF) - was scuttled in Tsemes Bay to prevent capture on 18 June 1918

Shchastlivyi/Novik subclass (1110/1460 tons), 5 ships
- Gromkiy ("Громкий", 1913, BSF) - she was scuttled in Tsemes Bay to prevent capture on 18 June 1918
- Pospeshnyi ("Поспешный", 1914, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918, captured by Britain, she was delivered to the White Army in 1919 and interned by France in Bizerte in 1920. She returned to Soviet Russia and was BU after 1924
- Shchastlivyi ("Счастливый", 1914, BSF) - captured by Germany in 1918 (renamed R 01), captured by Britain, she was wrecked in 1919

- Bystryi ("Быстрый", 1914, BSF) - in 1918-20, being under repair, she passed from hand to hand until the Red Army
  Red Army
  The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
  
  took possession. Repaired and renamed the Frunze ("Фрунзе") in 1925, she was sunk by German aircraft in 1941
- Pylkiy ("Пылкий", 1914, BSF) - captured by Germany 1918, delivered to the White Army by the British in 1919, she was interned by France in Bizerte in 1920. She returned to Soviet Russia and was BU in 1933

Orfey/Novik subclass (1260 tons), 8 ships
- Pobeditel ("Победитель", 1914, BF) - renamed Volodarskiy ("Володарский") 1922, struck a mine in 1941 (c.140 men lost)
- Zabiyaka ("Забияка", 1914, BF) - renamed Uritskiy ("Урицкий") in 1922, she was transferred to the Northern Fleet in 1933. Refitted as the training vessel Reut ("Реут") in 1951, she was sunk as a target ship in 1958
- Grom ("Гром", 1915, BF) - sunk in battle, 13 October 1917
- Orfey ("Орфей", 1915, BF) - damaged of undermining 1917, BU in 1931
- Letun ("Летун", 1915, BF) - damaged of undermining 1916, BU in 1927
- Desna ("Десна", 1915, BF) - renamed the Engels ("Энгельс") in 1922, she struck a mine in 1941
- Azard ("Азард", 1916, BF) - renamed the Zinovyev "Зиновьев") in 1922 and the Artiom ("Артём") in 1928, she struck a mine in 1941
- Samson ("Самсон", 1916, BF) - renamed the Stalin ("Сталин") 1922, she was transferred to the Pacific Ocean Fleet in 1936, refitted to the training vessel Samson ("Самсон") 1946, hulked as a floating barracks 1951 and BU in 1956

Gavriil/Novik subclass
Orfey class destroyer
The Orfey-class destroyers were built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were modified versions of the Novik and the Derzky-class destroyers. These ships were larger, had triple torpedo tubes and an extra gun. Fourteen ships were completed in 1914 - 1917 and fought in World...

(1260 tons), 14 ships
- Leitenant Ilyin ("Лейтенант Ильин", 1914, BF) - renamed the Garibaldi ("Гарибальди") in 1919, the Trotsky ("Троцкий") in 1922 and the Voikov ("Войков") in 1928. She was transferred to the Pacific Ocean Fleet in 1936, she became a training ship in 1949 and was BU in 1956
- Kapitan Izylmetyev ("Капитан Изыльметьев" in 1914, BF) - renamed the Lenin ("Ленин") in 1922, she was scuttled to prevent capture whilst under repair at Liepāja
  Liepaja
  Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...
  
  in 1941
- Gavriil ("Гариил". 1914, BF) - struck a mine in 1919
- Kapitan Belli ("Капитан Белли" 1915, completed in 1928, BF) - renamed the Karl Liebknecht ("Карл Либкнехт") in 1922, she was transferred to the Northern Fleet in 1933 and hulked in 1955
- Kapitan 1 ranga Miklukho-Maklay ("Капитан 1 ранга Миклухо-Маклай"), ex-Kapitan Kingsbergen ("Капитан Кингсберген") (1915, BF) - renamed the Spartak ("Спартак") in 1918, captured by the British in 1918 in Tallinn
  Tallinn
  Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
  
  and under the name Vambola, she was delivered to the Estionan Navy and sold on to Peru
  Peru
  Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
  
  in 1933, where she was named the Almirante Villar and BU in 1955
- Kapitan Kern ("Капитан Керн" 1915, completed in 1927, BF) - renamed the Rykov ("Рыков") in 1922, transferred to the Northern Fleet in 1933, renamed the Valerian Kyibyshev ("Валериан Куйбышев") in 1937, converted to a target and test vessel in 1955, BU in 1958
- Konstantin ("Константин", 1915, BF) - struck a mine in 1919
- Vladimir ("Владимир", 1915, BF) - renamed the Svoboda ("Свобода") 1917, struck a mine in 1919
- Kapitan Konon Zotov ("Капитан Конон Зотов", 1915, BF) - BU without being completed in 1922
- Kapitan Crown ("Капитан Кроун", 1916, BF) - BU without being completed in 1922
- Leitenant Dubasov ("Лейтенант Дубасов", 1916, BF) - BU without being completed in 1924
- Mikhail ("Михаил", 1916, BF) - BU without being completed in 1922
- Sokol (1917, BF) - BU without being completed in 1922
- Mecheslav ("Мечеслав"), ex-Leitenant Lombard ("Лейтенант Ломбард") (1917, BF) - BU without being completed in 1922

Izyaslav/Novik subclass (1390 tons), 5 ships
- Izyaslav ("Изяслав"), ex-Gormonosets ("Громоносец") (1914, BF) - renamed Karl Marx ("Карл Маркс") 1922, sunk by German aircraft in 1941
- Avtroil ("Автроил", 1914, BF) - captured by the British in 1918 by Tallinn
  Tallinn
  Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
  
  and under the name Lennuk she was delivered to the Estionan Navy. She was sold to Peru
  Peru
  Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
  
  in 1933, named the Almirante Guisse and BU in 1948
- Pryamislav ("Прямислав", 1915, completed 1927, BF) - renamed Kalinin ("Калинин") 1925, struck a mine in 1941
- Bryachislav ("Брячислав", 1914, BF) - wrecked in 1923, BU in 1924
- Fiodor Stratilat ("Фёдор Стратилат", 1917, BF) - BU without being completed in 1924

"Ushakov victories"/Novik subclass
Fidonisy class destroyer
The Fidonisy- or Kerch-class were a group of destroyers built for the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were a slightly enlarged version of the Derzky-class destroyer, with an extra gun and more torpedo tubes...

(1320–1760 tons), 7 ships
- Gadzhibey ("Гаджибей", 1916, BSF) - scuttled at Tsemes Bay on 18 June 1918
- Fidonisi ("Фидониси", 1916, BSF) - scuttled at Tsemes Bay on 18 June 1918
- Kerch ("Керчь", 1916, BSF) - scuttled at Tsemes Bay on 19 June 1918.
- Kaliakriya ("Калиакрия", 1916, BSF) - scuttled at Tsemes Bay on 18 June 1918. Raised in 1925 and renamed the "Dzerzhinsky" ("Дзержинский"), struck a mine in 1942
- Zante ("Занте", 1917, completed 1923, BSF) - renamed the Nezamozhnyi ("Незаможный") in 1923 and the Nezamozhnik ("Незможник") in 1926, became a training ship in 1945, was rebuilt as a target vessel in 1949
- Korfu ("Корфу", 1917, completed 1925, BSF) - renamed the Petrovskiy ("Петровский") in 1925 and the Zhelezniakov ("Железняков") in 1939, she served in the Bulgarian Navy from 1947 to 1949, she was hulked as a floating barracks in 1953 and BU in 1957
- Levkas ("Левкас", 1917, completed 1925, BSF) - renamed the Shaumian ("Шаумян") in 1925 and wrecked in 1942
- Tserigo ("Цериго", 1917, BSF) - transferred incomplete by the White Army to Bizerte, interned by France, sold for BU in 1923

Gogland/Novik subclass destroyers, later — Mod. Gogland class squadron minesweepers (1350 tons), 4 ships
- Gogland ("Гогланд", BF) - BU without being completed in 1922
- Kulm ("Кульм", BF) - BU without being completed in 1922
- Grengamn ("Гренгамн", BF) - BU without being completed in 1922
- Patras ("Патрас", BF) - BU without being completed in 1922

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