Soviet destroyer Frunze

History
Russian Empire
NameBystry
Builder
Laid down16 October 1913
Launched25 May 1914
Completed18 April 1915
FateCaptured by German Empire, 1 May 1918
German Empire
Acquired1 May 1918
RenamedR-2
FateTurned over to the United Kingdom, November 1918
United Kingdom
AcquiredNovember 1918
FateScuttled, 6 April 1919
Soviet Union
NamesakeMikhail Frunze
Acquired1922
Commissioned16 December 1927
RenamedFrunze, 5 February 1925
FateSunk by aircraft, 24 August 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeDerzky-class destroyer
Displacement1,110 t (1,090 long tons)
Length98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam9.3–9.36 m (30 ft 6 in – 30 ft 9 in)
Draught3.41–3.76 m (11 ft 2 in – 12 ft 4 in) (deep load)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 steam turbines
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range1,680 nmi (3,110 km; 1,930 mi) at 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement111
Armament

Frunze (Russian: Фрунзе) was a Derzky-class destroyer built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I under the name of Bystry (Russian: Быстрый). Completed in 1915, she served with the Black Sea Fleet.

Design and description

In 1911, the Imperial Russian Navy conducted a design competition for destroyers to serve with the Black Sea Fleet based on the successful design of the Novik. The Navy selected the design submitted by the Putilov Shipyard, but only awarded a contract for one ship to Putilov. Contracts for two ships were given to St. Petersburg Metal Works and Nevsky Shipyard. All three of these shipyards were in Saint Petersburg and would have to assemble their ships on the Black Sea. The Navy awarded four destroyers to OSNiV in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, based on a promise of early delivery. It also allowed the company to alter the design as necessary.[1]

Bystry was one of the Putilov-designed ships. They normally displaced 1,110 long tons (1,130 t)[2] and 1,410–1,460 long tons (1,430–1,480 t) at full load.[3] They measured 98 meters (321 ft 6 in) long overall with a beam of 9.3–9.36 meters (30 ft 6 in – 30 ft 9 in), and a draft of 3.41–3.76 meters (11 ft 2 in – 12 ft 4 in).[2] The ships were propelled by two AEG-Curtis-Vulkan steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam from five Vulkan-Yarrow boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of 23,000 shaft horsepower (17,000 kW) for an intended maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). from 24,000 shp (18,000 kW). The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 1,680 nautical miles (3,110 km; 1,930 mi) at 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). Their crew numbered 111.[2]

The main armament of the Dzerky-class ships did not vary between the two designs. It consisted of three single four-inch (102 mm) Pattern 1911 Obukhov guns and ten 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes in five twin mounts. One of these guns was mounted on the forecastle and a superfiring pair on the stern, aft of the torpedo tubes. All of the ships were initially fitted with two 7.62 mm (0.30 in) machine guns,[4] with most ships receiving another pair of guns during the war. A pair of 47 mm (1.9 in) anti-aircraft (AA) guns were also added during the war. The ships could carry 80 M1912 naval mines. They were also fitted with a Barr and Stroud rangefinder and two 60-centimeter (24 in) searchlights.[5]

Construction and career

Bystry was built by the St. Petersburg Metal Works and was assembled on the leased Vaddon shipyard in Kherson. Completed in 1915, she was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. Her crew joined the Bolsheviks in December 1917. The ship was captured by the German Empire in May 1918. The ship was turned over to the British by the Germans in November 1918 and was scuttled by them the following year to prevent her capture by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. The destroyer was refloated about 1922 and was renamed Frunze on 5 February 1925 while being refitted. She remained in service with the Soviet Black Sea Fleet when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 (Operation Barbarossa), and was sunk on 21 September by dive bombers with the loss of over 50 crewmen.[6]

Citations

  1. ^ Verstyuk & Gordeyev, pp. 76, 93–94
  2. ^ a b c Apalkov, p. 134
  3. ^ Berezhnoy, pp. 307–309
  4. ^ Verstyuk & Gordevey, pp. 80, 99
  5. ^ Apalkov, pp. 132, 134
  6. ^ Verstyuk & Gordeyev, pp. 96–98

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