ET 1913 g Dalzavod Kinzhal class destroyer
| ET 1913 g Dalzavod Kinzhal class Destroyer | |
|---|---|
| Class overview | |
| Name | ET 1913 g Dalzavod Kinzhal class Destroyer |
| Operators | Far Eastern Imperial Navy, People's revolutionary navy |
| Class before | ET 1910 g Oniks class destroyer |
| Planned | 9 |
| Built | 9 |
| Active | 9 |
| Destroyed | 6 |
| Scrapped | 3 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 100.4 metres (329 ft) |
| Beam | 9.3 metres (31 ft) |
| Draught | 3.2 metres (10 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 Brown Boveri Steam turbines |
| Power |
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| Speed | 33.2 kts |
| Range | 2600 nm at 21 kts |
| Complement | 125 |
| Armament |
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Development
After the defeat in Far Eastern - Japanese war, the war experience and lessons were theraly analysed in the "Special committee of readjustment in naval affairs" which was formed after the humiliating defeat in the Tsusima straight. One of the main lessons of the war regarding torpedo ships were, that destroyers were far more versatile than just aggressive torpedo attackers. They performed vast range of different naval missions and thus the new requirement for future destroyers emphasized multipurpose capability. New type of destroyers were to operate in higher speeds and longer range with better sea keeping capabilities. This in return meant that the future destroyers would be considerably larger than the earlier ones. Novaya Verf build prototype ship for these new requirements called Oniks and after analyzing the performance of the new ship, a tender for total of 27 new destroyers were issued upon three shipyards; Novaya Verf in Dalny, Dalzavod in Vladivostok and Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod in Permskoye-na-Amure. Each shipyard were given set of design requirements but other than that, each company was responsible of designing their boats. It resulted 3 different group of relatively similar performance destroyers.
Dalzavod had some technical assistance from the British Thornycroft company and differences from the other ET 1913 g designs by having additional twin torpedo launcher. These were the slowest ones of the whole lot, making only 33.2 tops (Pika). Like with the other classes, members of the Dalzavod group also had additional 120mm guns in place of the torpedo launchers and the twin tubes were replaced with triple tubes. All units were modernized between 1935-38 with improved ASW and AA weapons.
Ships in class
| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launch Date | Entered Service | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinzhal | Dalzavov, Vladivostok | May 1913 | June 1914 | October 1915 | Sunk in 1943 |
| Kope | Dalzavov, Vladivostok | May 1913 | June 1914 | October 1915 | Sunk in 1945 |
| Palash | Dalzavov, Vladivostok | May 1913 | July 1914 | October 1915 | BU in 1946 |
| Pika | Dalzavov, Vladivostok | April 1914 | May 1915 | September 1916 | Sunk in 1944 |
| Pistolet | Dalzavov, Vladivostok | April 1914 | May 1915 | September 1916 | Sunk in 1944 |
| Pulya | Dalzavov, Vladivostok | April 1914 | May 1915 | October 1916 | BU in 1946 |
| Rapira | Dalzavov, Vladivostok | June 1915 | May 1916 | August 1917 | Sunk in 1944 |
| Sabliya | Dalzavov, Vladivostok | June 1915 | May 1916 | August 1917 | BU 1946 |
| Shashka | Dalzavov, Vladivostok | June 1915 | May 1916 | August 1917 | Sunk in 1942 |
See Also
Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920
Ships of Peoples Revolutionary Navy 1920-1945
