Russian destroyer Novik

Novik as originally completed
History
Russian Empire
NameNovík
BuilderPutilovsky Plant, St. Petersburg
Laid down1 July 1910
Launched4 July 1911
Commissioned9 September 1913
FateJoined the Bolsheviks, November 1917
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 1,260 long tons (1,280 t) (normal)
  • 1,590 long tons (1,620 t)
Length102.4 m (335 ft 11 in)
Beam9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Draught7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts, steam turbines
Speed37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph) (trials)
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement142 men
Armament
Yakov Sverdlov
History
Soviet Union
NameYakov Sverdlov
NamesakeYakov Sverdlov
BuilderPutilovsky Plant, St. Petersburg
AcquiredNovember 1917
Out of service9 September 1918–1925
Renamed1923
Reclassified23 April 1940 as training ship
Refit28 November 1937–8 December 1940
Reinstated23 June 1941
FateSunk by a German mine on 28 August 1941
General characteristics after 1929 rebuild
TypeDestroyer
Displacement1,597 tonnes (1,572 long tons; 1,760 short tons)
Length102.4 m (335 ft 11 in)
Beam9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Draught3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 3 shaft AEG-Vulcan turbines
  • 6 Vulcan boilers
  • 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Endurance1,800 nmi (3,330 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement168 men
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
  • 4 × 1 – 102 mm (4.0 in) guns
  • 1 × 1 – 76.2 mm (3.00 in) AA gun
  • 3 × 3 – 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
  • 50 mines

Novík was a destroyer of the Russian Imperial Navy and Soviet Navy, commissioned in 1913 where she served with the Baltic Fleet during World War I. She joined the Bolsheviks in November 1917 and was renamed Yakov Sverdlov in 1923. She was a training ship when Operation Barbarossa began, but was recalled to active duty the following day. She struck a mine on 28 August 1941 and sank while escorting an evacuation convoy during the Soviet evacuation of Tallinn.