Druzki 1914>
Smeli 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Дръзки [Druzki] | Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône, France | 1907 | 10.8.1907 | 1.1908 | captured by USSR 9.9.1944 (TS Ингул [Ingul]), returned 7.1945, stricken 1954 | ||
| Смели [Smeli] | Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône, France | 1907 | 10.8.1907 | 1.1908 | foundered 19.5.1943 | ||
| Храбри [Khrabri] | Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône, France | 1907 | 10.8.1907 | 1.1908 | captured by USSR 9.9.1944 (TS Вычегда [Vychegda]), returned 7.1945, stricken 1954 | ||
| Строги [Strogi] | Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône, France | 1907 | 6.4.1908 | 8.1909 | captured by USSR 9.9.1944, returned 7.1945, stricken 1954 | ||
| Летящи [Letyashchi] | Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône, France | 1907 | 6.4.1908 | 8.1909 | wrecked 28.11.1918 | ||
| Шумни [Shumni] | Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône, France | 1907 | 6.4.1908 | 8.1909 | sunk 11.9.1916 |
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Displacement normal, t |
97.5 |
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Displacement full, t |
? |
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Length, m |
38.0 |
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Breadth, m |
4.40 |
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Draught, m |
1.30 mean 2.40 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 Normand water-tube boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1950 |
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Max speed, kts |
26 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 11 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 500(16) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 47/50 M1902, 1 x 2 - 450 TT (TT were directed to opposing sides), 1 - 450 TT (bow) |
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Complement |
27 - 32 |
Project history: Standard torpedo boats of 38m type. Drzki, Khrabri and Strogi in the late 1919 were repaired with removing of TTs (on peace treaty conditions; actually since 1925 TTs were secretly temporarily installed on ships for exercises) and installation of minesweeping equipment. In the winter 1923-1924 also Smeli was commissioned again with the same armament.
Modernizations: late 1919, Druzki, Khrabri, Strogi; 1924, Smeli: - 1 - 450 TT, 1 x 2 - 450 TT; + mechanical minesweeping gear
1934, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 47/50; + 2 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 2 - 450 TT
1942, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 37/80; + 2 x 1 - 47/50 M1902, DCR
Naval service: Shumni was lost on Russian mine 11.9.1916 off Varna, Letyashchi already after an armistice wrecked on rocks 28.11.1918. Druzki 15.10.1942 was sunk at Varna as a result of internal explosion, but salvaged and in 1945 commissioned again. Smeli 19.5.1943 capsized during a storm between Varna and Burgas and was lost. Druzki, Khrabri and Strogi 9.9.1944 were captured at Varna by Soviet troops, thus last two boats were commissioned by Soviet Navy as TSs Ingul and Vychegda. All three were returned to Bulgaria in July, 1945. Druzki is stored todayas a monument in Varna.
Druzki
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