Soviet destroyer Dzerzhinsky
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Dzerzhinsky (Дзержинский) was one of eight Fidonisy-class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. She was originally named Kaliakria (Калиакрия) before she was renamed Dzerzhinsky in 1926.
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Russian Empire | |
Name | Kaliakria (Калиакрия) |
Namesake | Battle of Cape Kaliakra |
Ordered | 17 March 1915 |
Builder | Naval Shipyard, Nikolayev |
Laid down | 29 October 1915 |
Launched | 14 August 1916 |
Commissioned | 30 October 1917 |
Fate | Joined the Bolsheviks, 16 December 1918 |
Soviet Union | |
Namesake | Felix Dzerzhinsky |
Acquired | 16 December 1918 |
Commissioned | 28 August 1929 |
Renamed | Dzerzhinsky (Дзержинский), 24 November 1926 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fidonisy-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 93.26 m (306 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 9.05 m (29 ft 8 in) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 steam turbines |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 1,450 nmi (2,690 km; 1,670 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 136 |
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