Soviet destroyer Gnevny (1936)

Aerial view of sister ship Razumny, March 1944
History
Soviet Union
NameGnevny (Гневный (Angry))
Ordered2nd Five-Year Plan
BuilderShipyard No. 190 (Zhdanov), Leningrad
Laid down8 December 1935
Launched13 July 1936
Completed23 December 1938
FateSunk by aircraft, 26 June 1941
General characteristics (Gnevny as completed, 1938)
Class and typeGnevny-class destroyer
Displacement1,612 t (1,587 long tons) (standard)
Length112.8 m (370 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draft4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range2,720 nmi (5,040 km; 3,130 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement197 (236 wartime)
Sensors and
processing systems
Mars hydrophone
Armament

Gnevny (Russian: Гневный, lit.'Angry') was the lead ship of her class (officially known as Project 7) of 29 destroyers built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1938, she was assigned to the Baltic Fleet and played a minor role in the 1939–1940 Winter War when the Soviet Union invaded Finland. A few days after the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941, the ship struck a German mine and was badly damaged. After taking off the survivors, the Soviets failed to sink Gnevny with gunfire before they withdrew and the abandoned wreck drifted until she was sunk by German bombers three days later.