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The Yelnia class are Russia's first Class A destroyers, laid down in 1937 and completed in 1938. A total of 13 were built, 12 for the Northern Fleet at Murmansk, and one for the Caspian Sea, funded entirely by the Armenian government.
This ship, Gift of Armenia, is the flagship of Russia's Caspian Sea Flotilla.

Yelnia class, Russian Destroyer laid down 1937

Displacement:
2,125 t light; 2,246 t standard; 2,557 t normal; 2,805 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
393.57 ft / 383.86 ft x 35.10 ft x 14.44 ft (normal load)
119.96 m / 117.00 m x 10.70 m x 4.40 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1937 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1937 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1937 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
4 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1937 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 495 lbs / 225 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
8 - 20.9" / 530 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 52,857 shp / 39,432 Kw = 35.00 kts
Range 4,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 559 tons

Complement:
179 - 233

Cost:
£1.620 million / $6.479 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 53 tons, 2.1 %
Armour: 13 tons, 0.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 13 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,274 tons, 49.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 748 tons, 29.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 432 tons, 16.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 37 tons, 1.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
674 lbs / 306 Kg = 10.1 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.34
Metacentric height 1.7 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 11.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.67
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.460
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.93 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.31 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 68 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 19.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.22 ft / 8.60 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.01 ft / 6.10 m
- Mid (49 %): 20.01 ft / 6.10 m (11.81 ft / 3.60 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.81 ft / 3.60 m
- Stern: 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Average freeboard: 16.58 ft / 5.06 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 179.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 88.4 %
Waterplane Area: 9,005 Square feet or 837 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 75 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 39 lbs/sq ft or 192 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 2.19
- Overall: 0.58
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is crampe

This destroyer is optimized for fleet air defense, though she can conduct other duties. Twelve will be laid down.

Pechora class, Russian Destroyer laid down 1940

Displacement:
2,106 t light; 2,241 t standard; 2,540 t normal; 2,779 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
409.99 ft / 393.70 ft x 37.40 ft x 15.09 ft (normal load)
124.96 m / 120.00 m x 11.40 m x 4.60 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1940 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
4 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1940 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 495 lbs / 225 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300
8 - 20.9" / 530 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 49,907 shp / 37,231 Kw = 35.00 kts
Range 4,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 538 tons

Complement:
178 - 232

Cost:
£1.746 million / $6.983 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 63 tons, 2.5 %
Armour: 13 tons, 0.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 13 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,176 tons, 46.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 753 tons, 29.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 434 tons, 17.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 101 tons, 4.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
644 lbs / 292 Kg = 9.6 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 1.4 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 13.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.74
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.53 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 70
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27.89 ft / 8.50 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Mid (49 %): 19.36 ft / 5.90 m (11.15 ft / 3.40 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.15 ft / 3.40 m
- Stern: 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Average freeboard: 16.09 ft / 4.90 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 174.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 94.5 %
Waterplane Area: 9,407 Square feet or 874 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 77 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 40 lbs/sq ft or 197 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.86
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Air search radar - 10 tons
Extra machinery and ammo for twin automatic 130mm DP mounts - 30 tons
Asdic - 10 tons
ASW weapons and torpedos - 51 tons