Gnevny-class destroyer

Aerial view of Razumny, March 1944
Class overview
Operators	Soviet Navy  People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by	Gogland class (planned) Fidonisy class (actual)
Succeeded by	Storozhevoy class
Subclasses	Anshan class
Built	1935–1942
In service	1938–1990
Planned	36
Completed	29[1]
Cancelled	6
Lost	7
Retired	23
Preserved	3
General characteristics (Gnevny as completed, 1938)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,612 t (1,587 long tons) (standard)
Length	112.8 m (370 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power	48,000 shp (36,000 kW) 3 water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	38.3 knots (70.9 km/h; 44.1 mph)
Range	2,640 nmi (4,890 km; 3,040 mi) at 19.83 knots (36.73 km/h; 22.82 mph)
Complement	197 (236 wartime)
Sensors and processing systems	Arktur hydrophone
Armament	4 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 2 × single 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns 2 × single 45 mm (1.8 in) AA guns 2 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) AA machineguns 2 × triple 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 60–95 mines 25 depth charges

The Gnevny class (Russian: тип “Гневный”) were a group of 29 destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s. They are sometimes known as the Gremyashchiy class and the official Soviet designation was Project 7. These ships fought in World War II.

In the early 1930s the Soviets felt able to restart construction of fleet destroyers and forty-eight ships were ordered under the Second Five-Year Plan.

The design was produced with Italian assistance despite ideological differences between the Soviets and Fascist Italy. They resembled contemporary destroyers built in Italy for the Greek and Turkish navies.

They suffered from some of the same weaknesses of contemporary Italian ships with structural weakness and limited seaworthiness. There were also significant machinery problems in the earliest ships. The design flaws were apparent after trials of the first units in 1936–1937 and production stopped after 29 ships. A modified design was then placed into production as the Type 7U.

Four surviving ships from the Pacific Fleet were transferred to the People's Liberation Army Navy and served as the Anshan-class destroyers.