Pronzitelny (Russian: Пронзительный) was a built for the Imperial Russian Navy shortly before World War I. Completed in 1914, 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 . 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.Verstyuk & Gordeyev, pp. 76, 93–94
Prozitelny was one of the OSNiV-designed ships. They normally displaced Apalkov, p. 134 and at full load.Berezhnoy, pp. 305–307 They measured long overall with a beam of , and a draft of . The ships were propelled by two Boveri-Brown-Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam from five Vulkan-Thornycroft boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of for an intended maximum speed of . During Prozitelnys sea trials, she only reached from . The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them an estimated range of at . Their crew numbered 111.Verstyuk & Gordeyev, p. 80
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 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 machine guns,Verstyuk & Gordevey, pp. 80, 99 with most ships receiving another pair of guns during the war. A pair of 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 searchlights.Apalkov, pp. 132, 134
Construction and career Prozitelny was laid down by OSNiV on 18 October 1913. Completed in 1914, she was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. Her crew joined the Bolsheviks on 16 December 1917. She was scuttled by her crew on 17 June 1918; her wreck was refloated in 1965 and subsequently scrapped.Berezhnoy, p. 307
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