Soviet destroyer Nezamozhnik

A postwar view of sister ship Zheleznyakov
History
Russian Empire
NameZante (Занте)
NamesakeRussian capture of Zakynthos
Ordered30 March [O.S. 17 March] 1915
BuilderRussud Shipyard, Nikolayev
Laid downMay 1916
Launched3 April [O.S. 21 March] 1917
Fate
Armed Forces of South Russia
NameZante
CapturedJuly 1919
FateWrecked in storm, February 1920
Soviet Union
Acquired1922 (raised September 1920)
Commissioned7 November 1923
Renamed
  • Nezamozhny (Незаможный), 12 June 1923
  • Nezamozhnik (Незаможник), 29 April 1926
ReclassifiedAs a target ship, 1949
Honours and
awards
Order of the Red Banner
FateSunk, early 1950s
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeFidonisy-class destroyer
Displacement
Length92.75 m (304 ft 4 in)
Beam9.07 m (29 ft 9 in)
Draft3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range1,560 nmi (2,890 km; 1,800 mi) at 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Complement137
Armament
A profile view of sister ship Shaumyan, showing the position of her 102 mm guns

Nezamozhnik (Russian and Ukrainian: Незаможник, Ukrainian romanization: Nezamozhnyk, lit.'poor peasant') was one of eight Fidonisy-class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. Originally named Zante (Занте), the ship was left unfinished during the Russian Revolution in 1917 and later captured by Ukrainian and White forces. The mostly complete destroyer was towed from her shipyard by retreating White forces and wrecked during a storm in 1920. She was refloated by the Soviets following their victory in the Russian Civil War and completed in 1923 as Nezamozhny (Незаможный).

Serving with the Black Sea Fleet, she was renamed Nezamozhnik and made several international port visits. Refitted twice during the interwar period, the destroyer served in the Black Sea during World War II, helping to evacuate Odessa, supply besieged Soviet forces in Sevastopol, and support several amphibious operations during the Kerch–Feodosia Offensive and the Battle of the Caucasus. The ship saw no combat after October 1943 after three destroyers were sunk by German aircraft in a single action. She received the Order of the Red Banner for her actions during the war. Nezamozhnik was converted into a target ship at the end of the 1940s and sunk during the early 1950s.