Russian destroyer Steregushchiy (1903)

For other ships with the same name, see Russian destroyer Steregushchiy and Russian corvette Steregushchiy.
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
NameKulik
NamesakeCurlew
BuilderNevsky Works, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down1900
LaunchedJune 1902
RenamedSteregushchiy
NamesakeGuardian
CommissionedAugust 1903
FateSunk 10 March [O.S. 26 February] 1904
General characteristics
TypeSokol-class destroyer
Displacement258 long tons (262 t)
Length57.91 m (190 ft 0 in)
Beam5.67 m (18 ft 7 in)
Draught2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion2 x vertical triple expansion steam engines, 8 x Yarrow boilers, 3,800 hp (2,834 kW), 2 shafts, 60 tons coal
Speed25.75 knots (47.69 km/h; 29.63 mph)
Range660 nautical miles (1,200 km; 760 mi)
Complement52 (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:
Steregushchiy underway, from the Russian magazine Niva, No.11, 26 March [O.S. 13 March] 1904.

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.