Soviet destroyer Zheleznyakov

{{Main|Fidonisy-class destroyer}}

The Fidonisy-class ships were designed as an improved version of the {{sclass|Derzky|destroyer|4}} with an additional {{convert|102|mm|in|0|sp=us|adj=on}} gun. Korfu displaced {{convert|1326|LT|t}} normal and {{convert|1580|LT|t}} at full load with an overall length of {{convert|92.51|m|ftin|sp=us}}, a beam of {{convert|9.05|m|ftin|sp=us}}, and a draft of {{convert|3.2|m|ftin|sp=us}} at full load.Apalkov, p. 136 She was propelled by two Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller, designed to produce a total of {{convert|29000|shp|lk=on}} using steam from five 3-drum Thorneycroft boilers for an intended maximum speed of {{convert|33|kn|lk=on}}. During her sea trials, the ship reached a speed of {{convert|30.9|kn}}. Korfu carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of {{convert|2050|nmi||lk=in}} at {{convert|19|kn|}}. Her crew numbered 136.Verstyuk & Gordeyev, p. 116Berezhnoy, pp. 324–325

The Fidonisy-class ships mounted a main armament of four single 102 mm Pattern 1911 Obukhov guns, one on the forecastle and three aft; one of these latter guns was superfiring over the other two. Anti-aircraft defense for Korfu and her sisters that were completed after the war was provided by a single 76 mm air-defense gun M1914/15 on the stern, a QF 1-pounder pom-pom, and four {{convert|7.62|mm|in|sp=us|adj=on|1}} M-1 machine guns. The destroyers mounted four triple {{convert|450|mm|1|sp=us|adj=on}} torpedo tube mounts amidships with two reload torpedoes and could carry 80 M1908 naval mines. They were also fitted with a Barr and Stroud rangefinder and two {{Convert|60|cm|in|sp=us|adj=on}} searchlights.

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