Soviet destroyer Frunze

Frunze (Russian: Фрунзе) was a Derzky-class destroyer built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I under the name of Bystry (Russian: Быстрый). Completed in 1915, she served with the Black Sea Fleet and was captured by the German Empire in 1918. The ship was turned over to the British by the Germans in November 1918 and was scuttled by them the following year to prevent her capture by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. The destroyer was refloated about 1922 and was renamed Frunze in 1925 while being refitted. She remained in service with the Soviet Black Sea Fleet when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 (Operation Barbarossa), and was sunk on 21 September by dive bombers with the loss of over 50 crewmen.

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• Destroyers of the Imperial Russian Navy
• Ships built in Russia
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