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Soviet destroyer Bditelny (1937)
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Bditelny was one of 29 Gnevny-class destroyers (officially known as Project 7) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1939, she was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. After the German invasion of the Soviet Union began in 1941, the ship provided naval gunfire support during the Siege of Odessa. Frequently under repair due to running aground in 1941, Bditelny was unable to support the defenders of Sevastopol until early 1942 when she began to ferry supplies and troops there while also bombarding German positions outside the besieged city. She was sunk during a German airstrike in July when some of her torpedoes exploded. Her wreck was salvaged for scrap between 1948 and 1952.
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Name | Bditelny |
Ordered | 2nd Five-Year Plan |
Builder | Shipyard No. 200 (named after 61 Communards), Nikolayev |
Laid down | 23 August 1936 |
Launched | 29 June 1937 |
Completed | 2 October 1939 |
Commissioned | 22 October 1939 |
Fate | Sunk by aircraft, 2 July 1942 |
General characteristics (Gnevny as completed, 1938) | |
Class and type | Gnevny-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,612 t (1,587 long tons) (standard) |
Length | 112.8 m (370 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range | 2,720 nmi (5,040 km; 3,130 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 197 (236 wartime) |
Sensors and processing systems | Mars hydrophone |
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