Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Russia yakanga iri nyika yechipiri, pashure peGreat Britain, kuvaka torpedo chikepe vanoparadza (TBDs), vachivakira avo vokutanga paYarrow design. "Sokol", iyo yakavakirwa Russia neBritish Yarrow Shipbuilders, yakaiswa muna 1894 uye yakapedzwa muna January 1895; yakanga yakareba mamita 190, yakadzinga matani 220, uye yakawana kukurumidza kweanopfuura 30 knots mukati mekuedzwa kwayo. "Sokol" yakateverwa ne26 yakafanana neTBD yakavakwa muzvikepe zveRussia pakati pa1896 na1903. Iyi nhevedzano yokutanga yengarava dze'chinyakare' pakutanga yakarongedzwa semabhoti e torpedo ("minonosets"), ipapo akazodzorerwazve kuva vaparadzi ("eskadrennyi minonosets") muna 1907. Vaparadzi vePacific vakavakwa muSaint Petersburg, vakaendeswa muzvikamu nechitima kuPort Arthur ndokuunganidzwa. Gare gare vakapinda muHondo yeRussia neJapan ya1904<unk>1905; avo vakanga vatiza kubva kuPort Arthur vakazoshanda muSiberian Flotilla. Vaparadzi veBaltic vakapinda muHondo Yenyika I, Hondo Yenyika yeRussia (1917<unk>1923) uye Hondo Yenyika yeFinland
(1918) sevanotsvaira zvimbambaira uye avisos. Vaparadzi vomugungwa reBlack Sea vakapindawo muHondo Yenyika I uye muHondo yeVanhu veRussia.