Soviet destroyer Frunze
Frunze was a built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I under the name of Bystry. Completed in 1915, she served with the Black Sea Fleet.
Design and description
In 1911, the Imperial Russian Navy conducted a design competition for destroyers to serve with the Black Sea Fleet based on the successful design of the. The Navy selected the design submitted by the Putilov Shipyard, but only awarded a contract for one ship to Putilov. Contracts for two ships were given to St. Petersburg Metal Works and Nevsky Shipyard. All three of these shipyards were in Saint Petersburg and would have to assemble their ships on the Black Sea. The Navy awarded four destroyers to OSNiV in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, based on a promise of early delivery. It also allowed the company to alter the design as necessary.Bystry was one of the Putilov-designed ships. They normally displaced and at full load. They measured long overall with a beam of, and a draft of. The ships were propelled by two AEG-Curtis-Vulkan steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam from five Vulkan-Yarrow boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of for an intended maximum speed of. from. The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of at. Their crew numbered 111.
The main armament of the Dzerky-class ships did not vary between the two designs. It consisted of three single four-inch (102 mm) Pattern 1911 Obukhov guns and ten torpedo tubes in five twin mounts. One of these guns was mounted on the forecastle and a superfiring pair on the stern, aft of the torpedo tubes. All of the ships were initially fitted with two machine guns, with most ships receiving another pair of guns during the war. A pair of [QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss|] anti-aircraft (AA) guns were also added during the war. The ships could carry 80 M1912 naval mines. They were also fitted with a Barr and Stroud rangefinder and two searchlights.