"Groznyj" – the Tsarist Russia destroyer

"Groznyj" (Russian: «Грозный» - menacing, cruel) type destroyers, a series of warships, built in 1904 at the Neva Shipbuilding and Mechanical Plant in St. Petersburg under the "For the needs of the Far East" program. It was the result of further development of the "Buyinyj" type ships, three destroyers were built in the series. It differed from the prototype in that the galley was placed on the upper deck between the navigator's cabin and the boiler room covers; the arrangement of the main and auxiliary mechanisms was different. The aft bridge was also redesigned and two machine guns were installed on it. The keel was laid in June 1903, on July 13 of the same year it was included in the lists of ships of the Baltic Fleet, launched on July 6, 1904, and entered service in the autumn of the same year. It was included in the composition of the "Chasing Squad" of 1st rank captain L. F. Dobrotvorsky and sailed from Libava on November 3, 1904 under the command of 2nd rank captain Andrzhievsky. While passing Skagen, the "Groznyj" broke away from the anchor during a storm and had to be repaired in Cherbourg. In February 1905, as part of the 1st detachment, it joined the main forces of the 2nd Pacific Escadre, where it was included in the 2nd Destroyer division. During the Battle of Tsushima on May 14, it kept to the left, non-firing flank of the Russian battleships. It participated in rescuing the crew of the auxiliary cruiser "Ural" - it took on 10 sailors. At dawn, finishing its passage through the Korea Strait, it joined the destroyer "Biedovyj", in which the wounded Admiral Z. P. Rozhdestvensky was sailing. Near Dazhelet Island, the Russian ships were spotted by the Japanese "destroyers" "Sazanami" and "Kagero", which immediately began to pursue them. The Russian ships decided to advance to Vladivostok, but "Biedovyj" quickly surrendered, and "Groznyj" was one of three ships of the Russian 2nd Pacific Escadre, that managed to reach this port after the battle. Later it was little used, and after the October Revolution from the spring of 1918 to November 21, 1925 it rusted in the port of Vladivostok. On that day it was given for cutting.

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