High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Novík was a destroyer of the Russian Imperial Navy, commissioned in 1913 where she served with the Baltic Fleet during World War I. She joined the Bolsheviks in November 1917 and was later renamed Yakov Sverdlov. The first ship of its class, Novik was completed in 1910 at the Putilovsky Plant. She was originally designed by AG Vulcan Stettin. The class included 52 other ships in four groups. Derzky class destroyer Orfey class destroyer Izijaslav class destroyer Fidonisy class destroyer Novik was one of the best ships of the type during the First World War. Novik class ships were the first destroyers to be powered by oil instead of coal. When first commissioned she was the fastest ship in the world.