Russian destroyer Pronzitelny (1914)

History
Russian Empire
Name	Pronzitelny
Builder	Naval Yard, Nikolayev
Laid down	18 October 1913
Launched	12 March 1914
Completed	29 October 1914
Fate	Scuttled, 18 June 1918
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 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 80 mines

Pronzitelny (Russian: Пронзительный) was a Derzky-class destroyer 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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