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Besshumny Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Кит [Kit], 3.1902- Бдительный [Bditelnyy]		657	Schichau, Elbing, Germany	3.1899	30.11.1899	6.1900	scuttled 2.1.1905
Скат [Skat], 3.1902- Беспощадный [Besposhchadnyy]		658	Schichau, Elbing, Germany	3.1899	24.10.1899	7.1900	interned by China 12.8.1904 - 11.1905, captured by Japan 30.6.1918
Дельфин [Delfin], 3.1902- Бесстрашный [Besstrashnyy]		659	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
Касатка [Kasatka], 3.1902- Бесшумный [Besshumnyy]		660	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

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	350
Displacement full, t	445
Length, m	63.5
Breadth, m	7.01
Draught, m	2.72 - 2.87
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 Schichau boilers
Power, h. p.	6000
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	coal 80
Endurance, nm(kts)	1500(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 5 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 3 x 1 - 381 TT
Complement	64

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Project history

Project of Schichau under Russian requirements. Rated as torpedo boats, since September, 1907 as destroyers.

Modernizations

1912, all survived: - 5 x 1 - 47/40, 3 x 1 - 381 TT; + 1 x 1 - 75/48 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.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.