Storozhevoi

In May 1915, the Technical Bureau at the Main Shipbuilding Department received an order to design small destroyers for coastal operations. Initially, it was planned to use Project D, with a displacement of 350 tons, as its basis. However, the standard displacement increased to 750 tons and more during the development process, which brought this project closer to the Novik-class destroyers that were already under construction, both in terms of displacement and cost. As a result, the Naval General Staff refused to build the ships under this project.