Soviet destroyer Bystry (1936)
Aerial view of sister ship Razumny, March 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Bystry (Быстрый (Fast)) |
| Ordered | 2nd Five-Year Plan |
| Builder | Shipyard No. 198 (Andre Marti (South)), Nikolayev |
| Laid down | 17 April 1936 |
| Launched | 5 November 1936 |
| Completed | 27 January 1939 |
| Commissioned | 7 March 1939 |
| Fate | |
| General characteristics (Gnevny as completed, 1938) | |
| Class & type | Gnevny-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,612 t (1,587 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 112.8 m (370 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Range | 2,720 nmi (5,040 km; 3,130 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement | 197 (236 wartime) |
| Sensors & processing systems | Mars hydrophone |
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Bystry (Russian: Быстрый, lit. 'Fast') was one of 29 Gnevny-class destroyers (officially known as Project 7) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1939, she was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. When the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) began in June 1941, the ship was under repair. Bystry struck a mine and sank in July. Her wreck was raised, but was too badly damaged for immediate repairs. She was later sunk by German bombs and her wreck had the bow salvaged to repair one of her sisters.