Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina

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"Chervona Ukraina" cruiser
Class overview
NameKrasny Kavkaz
BuildersRossud Dockyard , Nikolayev
Operators Soviet Navy
Succeeded byKrasny Kavkaz
Completed1
Lost1
General characteristics
Typecruiser
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7,480 tons standard
8,268 tons full load
Length166.7 m
Beam15.7 m
Draught6.2 m
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4 × shaft Parsons geared turbines
4 × boilers; 55,000 hp
Speed29 knots
Range3,700 nmi at 14 knots,2900 tons oil fuel
Complement850
Armament
  • 15 × 130 mm guns, in single mountings
  • 6 × 100 mm AA guns, (6×2)
  • 7 × 45 mm anti-aircraft guns in single mountings
  • 12 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 triple mountings)
  • 60–100 mines
Armour
  • 75 mm main belt,
  • 30 mm deck,
  • 75 mm conning tower
Aircraft carriedKOR-1 seaplanes
Aviation facilities1 catapult

Chervona Ukraina (from Ukrainian: "Червона Україна" — "Red Ukraine") was a Soviet Svetlana-class light cruiser attached to the Black Sea Fleet.

She was laid down on October 3 1913 as Admiral Nakhimov (renamed to Chervona Ukraina on December 7 1922), launched on 6 November 1915 and commissioned on 21 March 1927. The hull was about 80% complete at the start of the Russian Civil War and was scuttled by the Interventionists in Odessa harbour. The ship was raised by the Soviets in 1920 and towed to Nikolayev. It was decided to finish her in 1923 and the job was completed in 1927 to nearly the original design.

Several Soviet naval commanders have served on the ship: Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, N. Nesvitskiy, and Y. Panteleyev. She had an active career in the early part of the war being involved in the defece of Odessa and Sevastopol. The cruiser was destroyed by German bombers during the battle of Sevastopol on 12 November 1941.


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