Fidonisy class destroyer
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The Fidonisy- or Kerch-class were a group of destroyers built for the Black Sea Fleet
Black Sea Fleet
The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....

 of the Imperial Russian Navy
Imperial Russian Navy
The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Tsarist fleets prior to the February Revolution.-First Romanovs:Under Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich, construction of the first three-masted ship, actually built within Russia, was completed in 1636. It was built in Balakhna by Danish shipbuilders from Holstein...

. They were a slightly enlarged version of the Derzky-class destroyer
Derzky class destroyer
The Derzky- or Bespokoiny-class destroyers were built for the Imperial Russian Navy just before World War I. Nine ships were built for the Black Sea Fleet These ships were a derivative of the Novik, but were slightly smaller...

, with an extra 4 inches (102 mm) gun and more torpedo tubes. These ships fought in World War I, The Russian Civil war and World War II.

Ships

All ships were built by Rossud shipbuilding Nikolayev, and were originally named after battles in wars between Russia and Ottoman Turkey
Ship Launched Fate
Fidonisi 31 May 1916 Scuttled 16 June 1918
Gadzhibei 27 August 1916 Scuttled 16 June 1918
Kaliakria - renamed Dzerzhinski 27 August 1916 Scuttled in 1918, raised and repaired by the Soviet Navy 1925, Sunk 13 May 1942
Kerch 31 May 1916 Scuttled 16 June 1918
Korfu - renamed Zhelezniakov 1924 Broken up 1956
Levkas - renamed Shaumyan 1924 lent to the Bulgarian Navy
Bulgarian Navy
The Bulgarian Navy is the navy of Republic of Bulgaria and forms part of the Bulgarian Armed Forces. It has been largely overlooked in the reforms that Bulgaria had to go through in order to comply with NATO standards, mostly because of the great expense involved and the fact that naval assaults...

 after World war II, Broken up 1950s
Tserigo 1917 Interned in Bizerte with Wrangel's fleet
Wrangel's fleet
Wrangel's Fleet, the last remnant of the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy, existed from 1920 until 1924. This squadron was a "White" unit during the Russian Civil War...

and scrapped 1924
Zante renamed Nyezamozhnik 1917 Sunk 10 April 1942
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