Soviet destroyer Zheleznyakov
Zheleznyakov was one of eight Fidonisy-class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. She was originally named Korfu before she was renamed Petrovsky in 1925 and Zheleznyakov in 1939 after anarchist Anatoli Zhelezniakov.
Design and description
The Fidonisy-class ships were designed as an improved version of the with an additional gun. Korfu displaced normal and at full load with an overall length of, a beam of, and a draft of at full load. She was propelled by two Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller, designed to produce a total of using steam from five 3-drum Thorneycroft boilers for an intended maximum speed of. During her sea trials, the ship reached a speed of. Korfu carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of at. Her crew numbered 136.The Fidonisy-class ships mounted a main armament of four single 102 mm Pattern 1911 Obukhov guns, one on the forecastle and three aft; one of these latter guns was superfiring over the other two. Anti-aircraft defense for Korfu and her sisters that were completed after the war was provided by a single Lender gun on the stern, a Maxim cannon, and four M-1 machine guns. The destroyers mounted four triple torpedo tube mounts amidships with two reload torpedoes and could carry 80 M1908 naval mines. They were also fitted with a Barr and Stroud rangefinder and two searchlights.