Soviet destroyer Sokrushitelny (1937)

Aerial view of sister ship Razumny, March 1944
History
Soviet Union
NameSokrushitelny (Сокрушительный (Destructive))
Ordered2nd Five-Year Plan
BuilderShipyard No. 189 (Ordzhonikidze), Leningrad
Laid down29 October 1936
Launched23 August 1937
Completed13 August 1939
FateSunk during a storm, 21 November 1942
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
Speed37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) (designed)
Range1,670–3,145 nmi (3,093–5,825 km; 1,922–3,619 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement197 (236 wartime)
Sensors and
processing systems
Mars hydrophone
Armament

Sokrushitelny (Russian: Сокрушительный, lit.'Destructive') was one of 29 Gnevny-class destroyers (officially known as Project 7) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1939, she was initially assigned to the Baltic Fleet before she was transferred to the Northern Fleet in late 1939. After the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, the ship laid several minefields in the White and Barents Seas. Sokrushitelny spent most of her service escorting the Arctic Convoys, run by the British to provide weapons and supplies to the Soviets, or providing naval gunfire support to Soviet troops along the Arctic coast. The ship engaged a German ship just once, while defending Convoy QP 13 in early 1942. While escorting Convoy QP 15 in November, she sank during a severe storm after breaking in half. Most of her crew was rescued by other destroyers sent to her aid, although 35 crewmen were lost.