Besstrashnyy 1904
Besshumnyy 1914
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Кит <Kit>, 3/1902- Бдительный <Bditelnyy> | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 3/1899 | 30/11/1899 | 6/1900 | scuttled 2/1/1905 | |
| Скат <Skat>, 3/1902- Беспощадный <Besposhchadnyy> | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 3/1899 | 24/10/1899 | 7/1900 | interned by China 12/8/1904 - 11/1905, captured by Japan 30/6/1918 | |
| Касатка <Kasatka>, 3/1902- Бесшумный <Besshumnyy> | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 1898 | 17/3/1900 | 7/1900 | interned by China 12/8/1904 - 11/1905, captured by UK 3/1918, re-captured 2/1920, stricken 6/1924 | |
| Дельфин <Delfin>, 3/1902- Бесстрашный <Besstrashnyy> | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 3/1899 | 13/8/1900 | 9/1900 | interned by China 12/8/1904 - 11/1905, captured by UK 3/1918, re-captured 2/1920, stricken 6/1924 |
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Displacement normal, t |
350 |
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Displacement full, t |
445 |
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Length, m |
63.5 |
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Breadth, m |
7.01 |
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Draught, m |
2.72 - 2.87 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 4 Schichau boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6000 |
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Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 80 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1500(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/50 Canet, 5 x 1 - 47/43 Hotchkiss, 3 x 1 - 381 TT |
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Complement |
64 |
Ship project history: Project of Schichau under Russian requirements. Rated as torpedo boats, since September, 1907 as destroyers.
Modernizations: 1912, all survived: - 5 x 1 - 47/43, 3 x 1 - 381 TT; + 1 x 1 - 75/50 Canet, 6 x 1 - 7.6/94, 3 x 1 - 450 TT
Naval service: Bditelnyy was scuttled by own crew 2/1/1905 in Port Arthur harbour to avoid capture by Japanese. Besposhchadny was captured by Japanese 30/6/1918 at Vladivostok, later she was destroyed by Whites in 1922 and never repaired. Besshumny and Besstrashny were captured by British troops at Arkhangelsk in March, 1918 but re-captured by Red Army 21/2/1920 and commissioned by Red Navy.
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