Russian destroyer Steregushchiy (1903)

	Photograph purportedly of Steregushchiy from a series of post cards depicting warships of the Imperial Russian Navy, although the name on her bow indicates a name starting with "P" (Cyrillic "П"), suggesting it is a photograph of a different Sokol-class destroyer, perhaps Prozorliviy.
History
Russian Empire
Name	Kulik
Namesake	Curlew
Builder	Nevsky Works, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down	1900
Launched	June 1902
Renamed	Steregushchiy
Namesake	Guardian
Commissioned	August 1903
Fate	Sunk 10 March [O.S. 26 February] 1904
General characteristics
Type	Sokol-class destroyer
Displacement	258 long tons (262 t)
Length	57.91 m (190 ft 0 in)
Beam	5.67 m (18 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 x vertical triple expansion steam engines, 8 x Yarrow boilers, 3,800 hp (2,834 kW), 2 shafts, 60 tons coal
Speed	25.75 knots (47.69 km/h; 29.63 mph)
Range	660 nautical miles (1,200 km; 760 mi)
Complement	52 (4 officers, 48 enlisted men)
Armament	1 × 75 mm gun; 3 × 47 mm guns; 2 × single 381 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes, 2 x torpedoes (as built); 2 x single 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes, 2 x torpedoes (1905);
Service record
Operations:	Russo-Japanese War; Battle of Port Arthur;

Steregushchiy (Стерегущий, English "Guardian") was a Sokol-class destroyer built for the Imperial Russian Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. She served in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), seeing action in the Battle of Port Arthur before she was sunk in 1904.

History
Photograph purportedly of Steregushchiy from a series of post cards depicting warships of the Imperial Russian Navy, although the name on her bow indicates a name starting with "P" (Cyrillic "П"), suggesting it is a photograph of a different Sokol-class destroyer, perhaps Prozorliviy.
Russian Empire
Name	Kulik
Namesake	Curlew
Builder	Nevsky Works, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down	1900
Launched	June 1902
Renamed	Steregushchiy
Namesake	Guardian
Commissioned	August 1903
Fate	Sunk 10 March [O.S. 26 February] 1904
General characteristics
Type	Sokol-class destroyer
Displacement	258 long tons (262 t)
Length	57.91 m (190 ft 0 in)
Beam	5.67 m (18 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 x vertical triple expansion steam engines, 8 x Yarrow boilers, 3,800 hp (2,834 kW), 2 shafts, 60 tons coal
Speed	25.75 knots (47.69 km/h; 29.63 mph)
Range	660 nautical miles (1,200 km; 760 mi)
Complement	52 (4 officers, 48 enlisted men)
Armament	1 × 75 mm gun 3 × 47 mm guns 2 × single 381 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes, 2 x torpedoes (as built) 2 x single 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes, 2 x torpedoes (1905)
Service record
Operations:	Russo-Japanese War Battle of Port Arthur