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TORPEDO SHIPS
BOYKIY torpedo boats (1902 - 1907)
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Leytenant Pushchin
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Бойкий [Boykiy] (ex-Акула [Akula]) | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 1901 | 24.8.1901 | 8.1902 | interned by China 1.1.1905 - 11.1905, captured by Japan 30.6.1918 | ||
| Бурный [Burnyy] (ex-Макрель [Makrel]) | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 1901 | 12.10.1901 | 8.1902 | wrecked 11.8.1904 | ||
| Буйный [Buynyy] (ex-Бычок [Bychok]) | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 1901 | 24.8.1901 | 9.1902 | scuttled 28.5.1905 | ||
| Бравый [Bravyy] (ex-Налим [Nalim]), 9.1923- Анисимов [Anisimov] | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 1901 | 12.10.1901 | 9.1902 | captured by Japan 30.6.1918, re-captured 10.1922, stricken 11.1925 | ||
| Быстрый [Bystryy] (ex-Плотва [Plotva]) | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 1901 | 9.11.1901 | 1902 | wrecked 28.5.1905 | ||
| Блестящий [Blestyashchiy] (ex-Окунь [Okun`]) | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | early 1901 | 9.11.1901 | 9.1902 | scuttled 28.5.1905 | ||
| Бодрый [Bodryy] (ex-Пескарь [Peskar`) | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 1901 | 17.5.1902 | 9.1902 | interned by China 4.6.1905 - 11.1905, captured by Japan 30.6.1918 | ||
| Бедовый [Bedovyy] (ex-Кета [Keta]) | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 1901 | 17.5.1902 | 10.1902 | captured by Japan 28.5.1905 (皐月 [Satsuki]) | ||
| Безупречный [Bezuprechnyy] (ex-Палтус [Paltus]) | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 1901 | 14.6.1902 | late 1902 | sunk 28.5.1905 | ||
| Видный [Vidnyy] (ex-Сиг [Sig]) | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 1901 | 1904 | 8.1905 | interned by Germany 12.4.1918 - 5.1918, stricken 3.1922 | ||
| Жаркий [Zharkiy] | Nikolayev Admiralty | 1902 | 5.1904 | 1905 | captured by Germany 19.6.1918, to White Army 12.1918, interned by France 29.12.1920 | ||
| Живой [Zhivoy] | Nikolayev Admiralty | 1902 | 10.4.1903 | 2.1906 | captured by Germany 19.6.1918 (R12), to White Army 12.1918, foundered 15.11.1920 | ||
| Живучий [Zhivuchiy] | Nikolayev Admiralty | 1902 | 5.1904 | 1906 | sunk 25.4.1916 | ||
| Жуткий [Zhutkiy] | Nikolayev Admiralty | 1902 | 5.1904 | 1905 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 | ||
| Заветный [Zavetnyy] | Naval, Nikolayev | 7.1901 | late 1901 | 1903 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 | ||
| Завидный [Zavidnyy] | Naval, Nikolayev | 1902 | Spring 1903 | late 1903 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 (R13) | ||
| Зоркий [Zorkiy] | Naval, Nikolayev | 1.1904 | 10.1904 | 8.1905 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 (R10), to White Army 10.1920, interned by France 29.12.1920 | ||
| Звонкий [Zvonkiy] | Naval, Nikolayev | 1.1904 | 11.1904 | 8.1905 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 (R11), to White Army 9.1919, interned by France 29.12.1920 | ||
| Лейтенант Пущин [Leytenant Pushchin] (ex-Задорный [Zadornyy]) | Naval, Nikolayev | 1.1904 | 11.1904 | 8.1907 | sunk 9.3.1916 | ||
| Грозный [Groznyy] | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 6.1903 | 19.7.1904 | Autumn 1904 | captured by Japan 30.6.1918 | ||
| Громкий [Gromkiy] | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | Summer 1903 | Spring 1904 | 10.1904 | scuttled 28.5.1905 | ||
| Громящий [Gromyashchiy] | Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | interned by Germany 12.4.1918 - 5.1918, stricken 1924 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 427 - 445 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 520 - 530 |
| Length, m | 64.0 |
| Breadth, m | 6.40 |
| Draught, m | 2.39 - 2.54 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 VTE, 4 Yarrow boilers Zavetnyy, Zavidnyy, Zorkiy, Zvonkiy, Leytenant Pushchin: VTE, 4 Normand boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 5700 |
| Max speed, kts | 26 |
| Fuel, t | coal 80 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1200(12) |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 5 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 1 - 381 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 381 TT, 18 mines |
| Complement | 62 - 69 |
Standard scale images
Boykiy 1913
Graphics
Leytenant Pushchin
Bedovyy and Bravyy
Zavetnyy
Project history
Differed from a prototype by strengthened hull construction, arrangement of superstructures and internal compartments. By the moment of the beginning of WWI they were morally become outdated and had no the big battle value. Rated as torpedo boats, since September, 1907 as destroyers.
Modernizations
1909, Boykiy, Bravyy, Bodryy, Vidnyy, Gromyashchiy; 1911, Zvonkiy; 1912, Zhivuchiy, Zhutkiy, Zorkiy, Leytenant Pushchin; 1913, Zhivoy, Groznyy; 1914, Zavetnyy, Zavidnyy; 1916, Zharkiy: - 5 x 1 - 47/40, 1 - 381 TT, 2 x 1 - 381 TT; + 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 6 x 1 - 7.6/94, 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Naval service
Burny was wrecked 11.8.1904 off Shangtung beacon (Yellow Sea) and blown up by crew. Buynyy expended all fuel in battle off Tsushima and was sunk by gunfire of cruiser Dmitriy Donskoy 28.5.1905 in 70nm S of Dajelet Island. Bystry 28.5.1905 after Tsushima battle ran aground at Korean Coast and blown up by crew. Blestyashchiy and Gromkiy were badly damaged by Japanese ships 28.5.1905 and scuttled by own crews in Sea of Japan. Bedovy after Tsushima battle 28.5.1905 surrendered to Japanese in Tsushima Strait and was commissioned by IJN as Satsuki. Bezuprechnyy was sunk by Japanese cruiser Chitose 28.5.1905 in Tsushima Strait.
Boykiy, Grozny and Bodry were captured by Japanese at Vladivostok 30.6.1918, in 1922 destroyed by White Army and never repaired. Bravy was also captured by Japanese at Vladivostok by 30.6.1918 but after liberation by Red Army 25.10.1922 returned to fleet list. Leytenant Pushchin and Zhivuchiy were lost respectively at 9.3.1916 Varna and 25.4.1916 off Sevastopol on mines. Zavetny was scuttled by crew by order of Bolsheviks. Zhivoy was sunk during a storm at Sevastopol 15.11.1920. Zharkiy, Zvonkiy and Zorkiy were withdrawn to Bizerte in November, 1920 and in late 1920s sold for scrap by Soviet Government. Zavidny and Zhutkiy were abandoned by Whites, but never commissioned by Soviet Navy.
