Soviet destroyer Dzerzhinsky

	A postwar view of sister ship Zheleznyakov
History
Russian Empire
Name	Kaliakria (Калиакрия)
Namesake	Battle of Cape Kaliakra
Ordered	17 March 1915
Builder	Naval Shipyard, Nikolayev
Laid down	29 October 1915
Launched	14 August 1916
Commissioned	30 October 1917
Fate	Joined the Bolsheviks, 16 December 1918
Soviet Union
Namesake	Felix Dzerzhinsky
Acquired	16 December 1918
Commissioned	28 August 1929
Renamed	Dzerzhinsky (Дзержинский), 24 November 1926
Fate	Scuttled, 18 June 1918; Refloated, 4 October 1925; Sunk, 13 May 1942;
General characteristics
Class & type	Fidonisy-class destroyer
Displacement	1,460 long tons (1,480 t) (normal); 1,780 long tons (1,810 t) (full load);
Length	93.26 m (306 ft 0 in)
Beam	9.05 m (29 ft 8 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	5 Thornycroft boilers; 29,000 shp (22,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	1,450 nmi (2,690 km; 1,670 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	136
Armament	4 × single 102 mm (4 in) guns; 2 × single 57 mm (2.2 in) AA guns; 4 × single 7.62 mm (0.3 in) machine guns; 4 × triple 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes; 80 mines;

44°18′N 33°04′E / 44.3°N 33.07°E / 44.3; 33.07

Dzerzhinsky (Дзержинский) was one of eight Fidonisy-class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. She was originally named Kaliakria (Калиакрия) before she was renamed Dzerzhinsky in 1926.