Terrible (destroyer)

On July 13, 1903, he was added to the lists of ships of the Baltic Fleet , in June 1903 he was laid down at the shipyard of the Nevsky Shipbuilding and Mechanical Plant in St. Petersburg , launched on July 6, 1904, and entered service in the autumn of 1904.

As part of the Second Pacific Squadron

He joined the “Catching Squad” of Captain 1st Rank L. F. Dobrotvorsky and on November 3, 1904 left Libau under the command of Captain 2nd Rank K. K. Andrzhievsky . During the passage at Skagen, the “Terrible” during the storm, was unchained, and it had to be repaired in Cherbourg . February 1, 1905 as part of the detachment joined with the main forces of the Second Pacific Squadron , becoming part of the 2nd division of destroyers.

During the Tsushima battle on May 14, he was kept on the left, non-firing side of Russian battleships. He took part in the rescue of people from the auxiliary cruiser " Ural ", taking on board 10 people. At dawn, Grozny, at the exit from the Korea Strait, joined the destroyer Bedov , on which was wounded Admiral 3. P. Rozhestvensky . Near the island of Dazhelet Russian destroyers were spotted from the Japanese "fighters" by the "Sazans" and "Kagero", who immediately rushed in pursuit. Having increased the course, “Grozny” approached the “Bedovoy”, from which the order to go to Vladivostok followed. To the question of the “Grozny” commander why not accept the battle, there was no answer. At that moment, Japanese ships opened fire, and the "Terrible" at 4 hours and 45 minutes began to move away from the enemy. The destroyer "Bedovy", raising the Red Cross flag and the white flag, surrendered to the enemy.

In pursuit of the "Terrible" went the Japanese destroyer "Kagero". A shootout ensued at a distance of about 6 thousand meters, then the distance decreased to 3800 meters. Despite a number of hits in the Russian destroyer, by 6 o’clock in the evening the distance again increased to 6 thousand meters and the Kagero refused to chase. According to Russian sources, the Kagero stopped the chase after several hits in it. According to eyewitnesses, a pipe was hit on it and there was a roll ^[1] . On Grozny there were 6 holes, of which one was underwater, 4 were killed and 3 people were injured, including the commander.

After the battle, Grozny set off for Vladivostok in an economic way, but there wasn’t enough coal and had to burn all the wooden things in the firebox — lockers, boats and even coal bags. On May 16, the destroyer arrived in Vladivostok, where it was met by the ships of the Vladivostok detachment . Thus, the “Terrible” became one of the three ships of the Second Pacific Squadron , which reached Vladivostok after the battle.

In September 1905, Grozny, as part of a detachment of Russian ships, met with a Japanese squadron for a meeting on the transition from martial law to peaceful.

As part of the Siberian Flotilla

On November 6, 1905, Grozny was transferred to the Siberian Flotilla . In 1910, there was a major overhaul of the hull and mechanisms in the Vladivostok port with the replacement of decking sheets and tubes in boilers. In 1913 he was rearmament. In November 1916, the destroyer Grozny was transferred to the reserve.

In the fall of 1917, together with the destroyer Boyky , he went abroad for training, escorting the auxiliary cruiser Orel with midshipmen on board.

December 12, 1917 became part of the Red Siberian Flotilla . Since the spring of 1918 was in storage in the Vladivostok military port. After the capture of Vladivostok, the Bolsheviks were not commissioned. On May 31, 1923, the Komgosfondov was commissioned for sale, and on November 21, 1925 it was excluded from the lists of the RKKF courts.

• 05/07/1904 - 06/13/1905 - captain of the 2nd rank Andrzhievsky, Konstantin Klitovich
• 08/01/1905 - 09/11/1907 - captain of the 2nd rank Tigerstedt, Pavel Gustavovich
• 06.1908-01.1909 - P.I. Krasheninnikov
• Yakubovsky

• Mine officer: Lieutenant Koptev, Sergey Dmitrievich
• Marine mechanic: KIMF staff captain Sno, Nikolai Alexandrovich
• Officer in charge: warrant officer Wilken, Victor Viktorovich (02.15.1905 transferred to the cruiser Dmitry Donskoy)
• Officer in charge : midshipman Dofeldt, Pyotr Pirsovich
• Officer in charge: midshipman Safonov, Dmitry Nikolaevich

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• Class "Terrible"
• The crew of the destroyer "Grozny"