Russian destroyer Grom

	Sister ship Artem
History
Russian Empire
Name	Grom
Builder	Metal Works, Saint Petersburg
Fate	Sunk during the Battle of Moon Sound, 14 October 1917
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Orfey-class destroyer
Displacement	1,260 long tons (1,280 t)
Length	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam	9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power	4 Vulcan-Thornycroft boilers; 30,000 shp (22,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 steam turbines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	1,250 nmi (2,320 km; 1,440 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	167
Armament	4 × single 102 mm (4 in) guns; 1 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA gun; 3 × triple 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;

Grom (Russian: Гром) was one of eight Orfey-class destroyers built for the Russian Imperial Navy during World War I. Completed in 1916, she served with the Baltic Fleet and was sunk on 14 October 1917 during the Battle of Moon Sound.

Bibliography[edit]

Budzbon, Przemysław (1985). "Russia". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 291–325. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.