ET 1917 g Shkval class destroyer

ET 1917 g Shkval class Destroyer
Class overview
Name	ET 1917 g Shkval class Destroyer
Operators	Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Planned	12
Building	12
General Characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1350 tons standard 1670 tons full load
Length	101.2 metres (332 ft)
Beam	9.3 metres (31 ft)
Draught	3.2 metres (10 ft)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 KhTGZ Steam turbines
Power	4 watertube boilers 38,500 ihp (28,700 kW)
Speed	35 kts
Range	3600 nm at 14 kts
Complement	135
Armament	4 × 120mm/45 KO 1913 g gun 3 × 2 533 mm torpedoes 20 mines

Development

This class was follow-on to the "1913" class destroyers. It was marginally larger and introduced few significant changes in overall performance compared to the earlier designs. Armament was strengthen all around. 4 120mm guns were fitted with new superfiring positions fore and aft. This was inspired by the British V-class destroyers. Torpedo tubes were of the new twin mount of 533mm caliber.

Ships in class

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launch Date	Entered Service	Fate
Shkval	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	February 1918	May 1919	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Shtil	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	February 1918	June 1919	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Shtorm	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	February 1918	June 1919	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Shmerch	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	July 1919	incomplete	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Sneg	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	July 1919	incomplete	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Taifun	Tikhookeanskaya verf, Vladivostok	July 1919	incomplete	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Tsiklon	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Permskoye-na-Amure	March 1918	May 1919	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Tucha	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Permskoye-na-Amure	March 1918	May 1919	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Uragan	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Permskoye-na-Amure	March 1918	July 1919	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Zarnitsa	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Permskoye-na-Amure	August 1919	incomplete	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Zarya	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Permskoye-na-Amure	August 1919	incomplete	incomplete	Under construction in 1920
Zub	Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Permskoye-na-Amure	August 1919	incomplete	incomplete	Under construction in 1920

See Also

Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920