Soviet destroyer Zheleznyakov

Zheleznyakov, 1946
History
Russian Empire
NameKorfu (Корфу)
NamesakeSiege of Corfu
BuilderNaval Shipyard, Nikolayev
Laid down23 May 1916
Launched10 October 1917
FateCaptured by Germany, Ukrainian People's Army, and Red Army
Soviet Union
NameKorfu
NamesakeAnatoli Zhelezniakov
Acquired1920
Commissioned10 June 1925
Renamed
  • Petrovsky (Петровский), 5 February 1925
  • Zheleznyakov (Железняков), 25 June 1939
FateTransferred to Bulgarian Navy, 1947
History
Bulgaria
NameZheleznyakov
Acquired18 December 1947
FateReturned to the Soviet Navy, 15 September 1949
Soviet Union
Acquired15 September 1949
RenamedPKZ-62 (ПКЗ-62), 8 April 1953
ReclassifiedAs barracks ship, 8 April 1953
Stricken10 July 1956
FateScrapped, 1957
General characteristics
Class and typeFidonisy-class destroyer
Displacement
Length93.26 m (306 ft 0 in)
Beam9.05 m (29 ft 8 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range1,450 nmi (2,690 km; 1,670 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement136
Armament

Zheleznyakov was one of eight Fidonisy-class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. She was originally named Korfu (Корфу) before she was renamed Petrovsky (Петровский) in 1925 and Zheleznyakov (Железняков) in 1939 after anarchist Anatoli Zhelezniakov.


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