Russian destroyer Gadzhibey

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Sister ship Fidonisy in 1917
History
Russian Empire
NameGadzhibey (Гаджибей)
NamesakeBattle of Tendra
Ordered30 March [O.S. 17 March] 1915
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard, Nikolayev
Laid down11 November [O.S. 29 October] 1915
Launched27 August [O.S. 14 August] 1916
Commissioned24 September [O.S. 11 September] 1917
Fate
Scuttled
, 18 June 1918
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeFidonisy-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,326 long tons (1,347 t) (normal)
  • 1,580 long tons (1,610 t) (
    full load
    )
Length92.51 m (303 ft 6 in)
Beam9.05 m (29 ft 8 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power
  • 5
    Thornycroft boilers
  • 29,000 
    kW
    )
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement136
Armament
  • 4 × single
    102 mm (4 in) guns
  • 2 × single
    AA guns
  • 4 × single 7.62 mm (0.3 in) machine guns
  • 4 × triple 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
  • 80 mines

Gadzhibey (Гаджибей) was one of eight

scuttled there in June to avoid capture by German forces. Raised by the Soviet Union in the late 1920s, Gadzhibey was deemed uneconomical to repair and scrapped. Her propulsion machinery was used to refit a sister ship
.

Design and description

Main article: Fidonisy-class destroyer

The Fidonisy-class ships were designed as an improved version of the

kW) using steam from five 3-drum Thorneycroft boilers for an intended maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). During her sea trials, the ship reached a speed of 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) from 28,557 shp (21,295 kW). Gadzhibey carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of 1,450 nautical miles (2,690 km; 1,670 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). Her crew numbered 136.[2][3]

The Fidonisy-class ships mounted a main armament of four single

rangefinder and two 60-centimeter (24 in) searchlights.[2]

Construction and service

The eight Fidonisy-class destroyers were ordered on 30 March [

launched on 27 August [O.S. 14 August] 1916. She was moved to Sevastopol on 1 August [O.S. 19 July] 1917 for final completion and acceptance trials, and entered service on 24 September [O.S. 11 September] of that year[6] as part of the 3rd Division of the fleet's Torpedo Brigade.[7]

Gadzhibey did not see combat in

Ukrainian Central Rada, which included the raising of a Ukrainian flag on Gadzhibey by its Ukrainian sailors on 2 November [O.S. 20 October],[8] in solidarity with fellow Ukrainians on the destroyer Zavidny whom the Central Committee of the All-Russian Navy had ineffectually banned from flying the Ukrainian flag. Furthermore, the Ukrainian sailors of Gadzhibey put forward a resolution, appealing to the Russian sailors of the fleet "in the hope of finding sympathy in our natural desire for national identity."[9] Following the October Revolution, her crew sided with the Bolsheviks and shot all of their officers, including Captain 2nd rank V. Pyshnov, at the Malakhov Kurgan[10] on 28 December [O.S. 15 December],[11] in one of the first events of the Russian Civil War in Crimea.[12]

Crimea

The destroyer raised the Red flag on the next day, becoming part of the Red Black Sea Fleet,[3] before participating in the Soviet takeover of Yalta in January 1918.[13] At Yalta, her sailors landed on 22 January [O.S. 9 January] and engaged Crimean Tatar forces of the Crimean People's Republic. Assisted by her sisters Kerch and Fidonisy, a shore bombardment from all three destroyers enabled the wresting of the city from the Crimean Tatars, which was followed by executions of the latter by sailors and Red Guards.[14] Between 23 and 24 April, as German troops advanced into Crimea, she landed an amphibious detachment at Yalta, which, reinforced by local Red Guards, advanced on Alushta, held by Crimean Tatar rebels who welcomed the German advance. The destroyer bombarded Alushta before the city was captured by the amphibious detachment, who again shot Crimean Tatars in retaliation for killings of Russians by Crimean Tatars.[15]

Transferred from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk on 29 April 1918 after Germany issued an ultimatum on 25 April to the Soviet government demanding the handover of the Black Sea Fleet, she was scuttled there in Tsemes Bay at a depth of 32–38 meters (105–125 ft) on 18 June by the decision of the Soviet government to avoid capture by the former.[3][13] The ship was raised by the Black Sea team of EPRON on 6 December 1928. On 4 January 1929 she was towed to Nikolayev for reconditioning, and in 1930 was transferred to Rudmetalltorg for scrapping as extensive damage to her hull made repair impractical.[3] Her well-preserved main and auxiliary propulsion machinery was installed on her sister Petrovsky during the refit of the latter between 1930 and 1932.[13]

References

  1. ^ Apalkov, p. 136
  2. ^ a b Verstyuk & Gordeyev, p. 116
  3. ^ a b c d Berezhnoy, pp. 324–325
  4. ^ Verstyuk & Gordeyev, p. 100
  5. ^ Gribovsky, p. 72
  6. ^ Chernyshev, p. 39
  7. ^ Verstyuk & Gordeyev, p. 101
  8. ^ Zarubin & Zarubin, p. 191
  9. ^ Korolev, p. 14
  10. ^ Zarubin & Zarubin, p. 226
  11. ^ Chernyshev, p. 173
  12. ^ Korolev, p. 22
  13. ^ a b c Verstyuk & Gordeyev, p. 115
  14. ^ Zarubin & Zarubin, pp. 275–276
  15. ^ Zarubin & Zarubin, pp. 344–346

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