The Derzky or Bespokoiny-class destroyers was a class of destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy just before World War I. Nine ships were built for the Black Sea Fleet. These ships were a derivative of the , but were slightly smaller.
Similar to the earlier Novik, the Derzky class used steam turbines powered by oil-fired boilers, enabling speeds of approximately 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). The class carried a comparatively heavy torpedo armament for vessels of its size, effective for its intended role in patrol, escort, and torpedo attack operations in the Black Sea during World War I. Although more lightly armed than other destroyers of the time, the ships’ speed and maneuverability made them well suited for coastal operations and fleet support duties.
Ships Ship Builder Launched Fate (Turbulent) Nikolayev Navy Yard 31 October 1913 Interned in Bizerte with Wrangel's fleet and scrapped 1924 (Impertinent) Nikolayev Navy Yard 15 March 1914 Interned in Bizerte and scrapped 1924 (Furious) Nikolayev Navy Yard 31 October 1913 Interned in Bizerte and scrapped 1924 (Shrill) Nikolayev Navy Yard 15 March 1914 Scuttled 18 June 1918 near Novorosiysk Bystry(Rapid) - renamed Frunze Metal works, Kherson 7 June 1914 Scuttled to avoid capture in 1919 and raised and repaired by the Soviet Navy. Sunk by Stuka dive bombers on 21 September 1941 (Loud) Metal works, Kherson 18 December 1913Scuttled 18 June 1918 near Novorosiysk (Hasty)Nikolayev Navy Yard4 April 1914Interned in Bizerte and scrapped 1924 (Ardent) Metal works, Kherson28 July 1914Interned in Bizerte and scrapped 1924 (Happy) Putilov Yard (Nikolayev)29 March 1914 Grounded 24 October 1919 while being towed to internment
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