Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Destroyer class

Gnevny-class destroyer

Gnevny-class

The class in numbers

  • 36 Planned
  • 29 Completed
  • 6 Cancelled
  • 7 Lost
  • 2 Preserved

Design and service

Type
Destroyer
Built
1935–1942
Preceded by
Gogland-class destroyer (planned)
Builders
  • Shipyard No.198 (Marti) (15)
  • Shipyard No.190 (Zhdanov) (7)
  • Shipyard No.189 (Ordzhonikidze) (4)
  • Shipyard No.200 (61 Kommunar) (3)
  • Fitting Out Only
  • Shipyard No.199 (8)
  • Shipyard No.202 (5)
Subclasses
Anshan-class destroyer

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

Gnevny as completed, 1938
Displacement, standard
1,587 long tons (1,612 t)
Length
112.8 m (370.1 ft)
Speed
38.3 knots (70.9 km/h, 44.1 mph)
Complement
197
Main gun
130 mm (5.1 in)
Armament
  • 4 × single 130 mm guns
  • 2 × single 76.2 mm AA guns
  • 2 × single 45 mm AA guns
  • 2 × single 12.7 mm AA machineguns
  • 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 60–95 mines
  • 25 depth charges

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