List of Imperial Russian Navy destroyers

1877–1917

The format is: Name, launch year, place of construction (if foreign), commissioning fleet (BF = Baltic Fleet, BSF = Black Sea Fleet, CF = Caspian Flotilla, 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". Then came 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" or "destroyer" 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".

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''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 design. ''Sokol'', which was built for Russia by Britain's Yarrow Shipbuilders, 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. ''Sokol'' was followed by 26 similar TBDs built in Russian yards between 1896 and 1903. This first series of 'classic' 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, transported in sections by railway to Port Arthur and assembled. They subsequently participated in the Russo-Japanese War 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 (1917–1923) and the Finnish Civil War (1918) as minesweepers 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 destroyers were armed with 15-inch torpedoes and one 75 mm gun, as well as several 3-pounder QF guns. Combat experience during that war resulted in the Imperial Russian Navy switching to 18-inch torpedoes and two 75 mm guns for their destroyers after the war.
* ("Сокол", 1895, London, BF) – Renamed ''Prytkiy'' ("Прыткий") in 1902; she was reclassified as a minesweeper in 1915, transferred to the Volga River and the Caspian Sea in 1918, and broken up (BU) in 1922
* ''Yastreb'' ("Ястреб", 1898, BF) – ''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) – ''Poslushnyi'' ("Послушный") 1902, reclassified as a minesweeper in 1913, BU in 1922
* ''Nyrok'' ("Нырок", 1898, BF) – ''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) – ''Rezvyi'' ("Резвый") 1902, reclassified as a minesweeper in 1913, BU in 1922
* '' Gagara'' ("Гагара", 1899, BF) – ''Prozorlivyi'' ("Прозорливый") 1902, reclassified as a minesweeper in 1913, delivered to the Finnish Red Army in 1918; she served in Finland and was wrecked in 1925
* ''Filin'' ("Филин", 1900, BF) – ''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) – ''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) – ''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) – ''Pronzitel‘nyi'' ("Пронзительный") 1902, decommissioned in 1911
* ''Krechet'' ("Кречет", 1898, CF) – ''Pylkiy'' ("Прыткий") 1902, hulked in 1911
* ''Lebed‘'' ("Лебедь", 1901, BSF) – became ''Strogiy'' ("Строгий") in 1902 and the ''Marti'' ("Марти") 1922, BU in 1929
* ''Pelikan'' ("Пеликан", 1901, BSF) – ''Smetlivyi'' ("Сметливый") 1902, scuttled to avoid capture at Tsemes Bay on 18 June 1918
* ''Pavlin'' ("Павлин", 1901, BSF) – became ''Svirepyi'' ("Свирепый") in 1902, the destroyer ''№ 204'' in 1918, ''Svirepyi'' ("Свирепый") in 1919 and ''Leitenant Schmidt'' ("Лейтенант Шмидт") in 1922, BU in 1927
* ''Fazan'' ("Фазан", 1901, BSF) – ''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) – ''Reshitel‘nyi'' ("Решительный") 1902, captured by Japan in Chefoo (China) in 1904, renamed ''Akatsuki'' in 1905, participated in the Battle of Tsushima where she collided with a Japanese torpedo boat which sank, renamed ''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 Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) 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 ''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 (German Empire, now in modern northern Poland), ex-Chinese ''Hǎi Huā'' — 海華) – captured at the Taku Forts during the Boxer Rebellion (17 June 1900), renamed ''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 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 ''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 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, POF) – Renamed ''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, 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 and fought in the Battle of Tsushima (1905). The survivors were reclassified as destroyers in 1907. Originally named after various aquatic animals and fish, the ''Buinyi'' class were named after various "active" characteristics at the time of Tsushima, with all but one beginning with the Russian letter Б.
* ''Buinyi'' ("Буйный", "Wild" or "Exuberant"), ex-''Bychiok'' ("Бычёк", "Goby") (1901, BF) – scuttled in 1905
* ''Boikiy'' ("Бойкий", "Jaunty"), ex-''Akula'' ("Акула", "Shark") (1901, POF) – after the war she served with the Siberian Flotilla, BU in 1925
* ''Burnyi'' ("Бурный", "Stormy"), ex-''Makrel‘'' ("Макрель", "Mackerel") (1901, POF) – wrecked and scuttled in 1904
* ''Bystryi'' ("Быстрый", "Fast"), ex-''Plotva'' ("Плотва", "Roach") (1901, BF) – scuttled in 1905
* ''Bravyi'' ("Бравый", "Gallant" or "Dashing"), ex-''Nalim'' ("Налим", "Burbot") (1901, BF) – after the war she served in the Siberian Flotilla; she was renamed the ''Anisimov'' ("Анисимов") in 1923, BU in 1925
* ''Blestyashchiy'' ("Блестящий", "Brilliant"), ex-''Okun‘'' ("Окунь", "Perch") (1901, BF) – scuttled in 1905 (6 men lost)
* ''Bedovyi'' ("Бедовый", "Daring" or "Reckless"), ex-''Keta'' ("Кета", "Chum") (1902, BF) – captured by Japan with the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian squadron, Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky in 1905; she was renamed the ''Satsuki'' and BU in 1922
* ''Bodryi'' ("Бодрый", "Bouncy" or "Cheerful"), ex-''Peskar‘'' ("Пескарь", "Gudgeon") (1902, BF) – after the war she served with the Siberian Flotilla, BU in 1925
* ''Bezuprechnyi'' ("Безупречный", "Irreproachable" or "Perfect"), ex-''Paltus'' ("Палтус", " Halibut") (1902, BF) – sunk in battle in 1905 (73 men lost)
* ''Vidnyi'' ("Видный", "Prominent"), ex-''Sig'' ("Сиг", "Whitefish") (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 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 ''Zvonkiy'' ("Звонкий"), interned by France in Bizerte 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 ''Zorkiy'' ("Зоркий"), interned by France in Bizerte in 1920, returned to Soviet Russia and BU after 1924

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

After completion all ships were reclassified as destroyers; they participated in World War I in the Baltic Sea for patrol, cruiser and minelaying purposes. Some units participated in the 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, BF) – BU in 1924
* ''Ispolnitelnyi'' ("Исполнительный", 1905, La Seyne, BF) – wrecked in 1914 and found in 2014 (130 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 Saint Petersburg, transported in pieces by railway to Vladivostok, 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 in parts and launched
* ''Kapitan Yurasovskiy'' ("Капитан Юрасовский" in 1907, Elbing, SF) – transferred to the Arctic Sea Flotilla in 1917, BU in 1924
* ''Leitenant Sergeev'' ("Лейтенант Сергеев" in 1907, Elbing, SF) – transferred to the Arctic Sea Flotilla in 1917, BU in 1924
* ''Inzhener-mekhanik Zverev'' ("Инженер-механик Зверев" in 1906, Elbing, BF) – minesweeper in 1922, ''Zhemchuzhin'' ("Жемчужин") in 1925, BU in 1930
* ''Inzhener-mekhanik Dmitriev'' ("Инженер-механик Дмитриев", in 1905, Elbing, 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 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 and the Caspian Sea in 1918, renamed ''Yakov Sverdlov'' ("Яков Свердлов") in 1919, BU in 1925
* ''Finn'' ("Финн", 1905, BF) – transferred to the Caspian Sea in 1918, renamed ''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, 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. Designed with an unusually long hull to increase the number of guns and torpedo launchers that could be fitted, far in excess of most destroyers of the time.
* ''General Kondratenko'' ("Генерал Кондратенко", 1905, BF) – BU 1924
* ''Sibirskiy strelok'' ("Сибирский стрелок", 1905, BF) – reclassified as a test ship in 1921, renamed ''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), raised 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 ''Karl Marx'' ("Карл Маркс") in 1920, ''Ukrayna'' ("Украйна") in 1920, ''Markin'' ("Маркин") in 1922, ''Ukrayna'' ("Украйна") in 1923 and ''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 ''Friedrich Engels'' ("Фридрих Энгельс") in 1920, ''Voiskovoy'' ("Войсковой") in 1920 and ''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 ''Mirza Kuchak'' ("Мирза Кучук") in 1920, ''Turkmenets-Stavropol'skiy'' ("Туркменец-Ставропольский") also in 1920, ''Altfater'' ("Альтфатер") in 1922 and ''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.
* ("Лейтенант Шестаков", 1907, BSF) – scuttled in Tsemes Bay 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 ''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
* ("Лейтенант Зацарённый", 1907, BSF) – struck a mine in 1917 (37 men lost)

(1,260–1,620 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. 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 of 1918–1920.
* ''Novik'' subclass (1,280 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

* (1,180/1,405 tons), 4 ships
** ''Bespokoiny'' ("Беспокойный", 1913, BSF) – captured by Germany in 1918, captured by France (renamed ''R 1''), delivered to the White Army in 1919 and renamed ''Bespokoiny'' ("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 (1,110/1,460 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 took possession. Repaired and renamed ''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
* (1,260 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 by mine in 1917, BU in 1931
** ''Letun'' ("Летун", 1915, BF) – damaged by mine in 1916, BU in 1927
** ''Desna'' ("Десна", 1915, BF) – renamed ''Engels'' ("Энгельс") in 1922; she struck a mine in 1941
** ("Азард", 1916, BF) – renamed ''Zinovyev'' "Зиновьев") in 1922 and ''Artiom'' ("Артём") in 1928; she struck a mine in 1941
** ''Samson'' ("Самсон", 1916, BF) – renamed ''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 (1,260 tons), 14 ships
** ''Leitenant Ilyin'' ("Лейтенант Ильин", 1914, BF) – renamed ''Garibaldi'' ("Гарибальди") in 1919, ''Trotsky'' ("Троцкий") in 1922 and ''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 ''Lenin'' ("Ленин") in 1922; she was scuttled to prevent capture whilst under repair at Liepāja in 1941
** ("Гавриил". 1915, BF) – struck a mine in 1919
** ''Kapitan Belli'' ("Капитан Белли" 1915, completed in 1928, BF) – renamed ''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 ''Spartak'' ("Спартак") in 1918, captured by the British in 1918 in Tallinn and under the name ''Vambola''; she was delivered to the Estonian Navy and sold on to Peru in 1933, where she was named ''Almirante Villar'' and BU in 1955
** ''Kapitan Kern'' ("Капитан Керн" 1915, completed in 1927, BF) – renamed ''Rykov'' ("Рыков") in 1922, transferred to the Northern Fleet in 1933, renamed ''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 ''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

* (1,390 tons), 5 ships
** ''Izyaslav'' ("Изяслав"), ex-''Gormonosets'' ("Громоносец") (1914, BF) – renamed ''Karl Marx'' ("Карл Маркс")Two ships also served as minelayers from 1914, but mainly for the new communist party later on. These vessels were built to the designs of Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre.
* ''Karl Marx'' – ex-''Isyaslav''
* ''Kalinin'' – ex-''Priamislav'' 1922, sunk by German aircraft in 1941
** ''Avtroil'' ("Автроил", 1914, BF) – captured by the British in 1918 by Tallinn and under the name ''Lennuk'' she was delivered to the Estonian Navy. She was sold to Peru in 1933, named 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
* (1,320–1,760 tons), 7 ships
** ("Гаджибей", 1916, BSF) – scuttled at Tsemes Bay on 18 June 1918
** ("Фидониси", 1916, BSF) – scuttled at Tsemes Bay on 18 June 1918
** ("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 ''Dzerzhinsky'' ("Дзержинский"), struck a mine in 1942
** ''Zante'' ("Занте", 1917, completed 1923, BSF) – renamed ''Nezamozhnyi'' ("Незаможный") in 1923 and ''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 ''Petrovskiy'' ("Петровский") in 1925 and ''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 ''Shaumian'' ("Шаумян") in 1925 and wrecked in 1942
** ("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 (1,350 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

Footnotes

References

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* 2. Burov, B. N. ''Otechestvennoye voyennoye korablestroyenoye v tretyem stoletii svoyei istorii. – Sudostroyeniye'', St. Petersburg, 1995. (Native Naval Shipbuilding in 3rd century of its history .e. in the 20th century
* 3. Grant, R. Captain. ''Before Port Arthur In A Destroyer; The Personal Diary Of A Japanese Naval Officer.'' John Murray, London, 1907.
* 4. ''Korabli i vspomogatel'nye suda sovetskogo Voyenno-Morskogo Flota (1917–1927 gody)''. Spravochnik / Red. S. S. Berezhnoi i dr. – Voyenizdat, Moscow, 1981. (Ships and auxiliary vessels of the Soviet Navy in 1917–1927. Reference-book)
* 5. Lyon, David. ''The First Destroyers.'' Chatham Publishing, 1 & 2 Faulkner's Alley, Cowcross St, London, Great Britain, 1996. .
* 6. Moiseev, S. P. Spisok. ''Korabley Russkogo Parovogo i Bronenosnogo Flota (s 1861 po 1917 god)''. – Voyenizdat, Moscow, 1948. (List of Russian Ships of Steam and Armored Navy (from 1861 to 1917).

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