Russian destroyer Gnevny (1913)

Gnevny aground and partially submerged off Sevastopol, May 1918
History
Russian Empire
Name	Gnevny
Builder	Naval Yard, Nikolayev
Laid down	1912
Launched	18 October 1913
Completed	16 October 1914
Fate	Captured by German Empire, 1 May 1918
German Empire
Acquired	1 May 1918
Renamed	R-3
Fate	Turned over to the United Kingdom, November 1918
United Kingdom
Acquired	November 1918
Fate	Turned over to Wrangel's fleet, September 1919
White Army
Name	Gnevny
Operator	Wrangel's Fleet
Acquired	September 1919
Out of service	29 December 1920
Fate	Scrapped, early 1930s
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Derzky-class destroyer
Displacement	1,320  t (1,300 long tons)
Length	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam	9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) (deep load)
Installed power	5 Vulkan-Thornycroft boilers 25,500  shp (19,000  kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 steam turbines
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	1,800  nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	125
Armament	3 × single 102 mm (4 in) guns 1 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA gun 5 × twin 45 mm (1.8 in) torpedo tubes 80 mines

Gnevny (Russian: Гневный) was a Derzky-class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy shortly before World War I. Completed in 1914, she served with the Black Sea Fleet.

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