Originally named Kit when launched from the Elbing Shipyards in 1899, she was renamed Bditelni in 1902. She and her 3 sister ships served in Russo-Japanese war where Bditelni met her end in 1904 after suffering damage from a mine strike and then scuttled by her crew to prevent capture.

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