Russian destroyer Gromki (1913)

History
Russian Empire
Name	Gromki
Builder	Nevsky Shipyard, Saint Petersburg (built) Vaddon, Kherson (assembled)
Laid down	30 September 1913
Launched	5 December 1913
Completed	21 April 1915
Fate	Scuttled, 18 June 1918
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Derzky-class destroyer
Displacement	1,320 long tons (1,340 t)
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 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes 80 mines

Gromki (Russian: Громкий) was a Derzky-class destroyer built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. Completed in 1915, she served with the Black Sea Fleet.

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