Svetlana-class cruiser

	Chervona Ukraina
Class overview
Name	Svetlana
Operators	Soviet Navy
In commission	21 March 1927 - 1958
Completed	8 (3 completed as cruisers)
General characteristics (Original Svetlana, 1912 draft)
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 6,800 tons (standard); 7,400 tons (full load)
Length	158.4 m overall
Beam	15.35 m
Draft	5.7 m
Propulsion	16 Yarrow oil boilers, 4 Parsons turbines, 50,000 shaft horsepower (37,000 kW)
Speed	29.5 knots (54.6 km/h) @ 50,000 shp (37,000 kW)
Range	1,490 nautical miles (2,760 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	878
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); 15×130/55 guns; 4×64 mm anti-aircraft guns; 4× machine guns; 2 450 mm torpedo launchers
Armour	list error: <br /> list (help); 75 mm main belt; 20+25 mm deck; 120 mm conning tower

The "Svetlana" class was the first and only series of light cruisers of the Russian Empire. 8 were laid down as part of 1912-1916 shipbuilding program, intended for scouting service with Gangut and Maria-class battleship formations and leading destroyer flotillas.

Construction was interrupted by World War I and Russian revolution of 1917. Three hulls were completed by the Soviet Union as cruisers (including heavily modified Krasny Kavkaz), two were completed as tankers, the rest three scrapped.

Original program

Svetlana, the first true light cruiser of Russian navy, was heavily dependent on pre-war cruiser designs. 6 out of 15 single-mount guns were placed in casements, 9 on the deck. Despite good experience with 152-mm Canet guns, Navy standard since 1892,^[1] Svetlana employed smaller and inferior 130-mm guns.

The concept was formulated in 1912 by Alexei Krylov. Hull was designed by colonel Sasinovsky and refined by John Brown and Company shipyards in Clydebank who ran a series of scale model tests. Superstructure was initially designed to resemble both Gangut class battleships Novik class destroyers; tripod masts with raised rangefinders were added in 1920s. Specifications were continuously changed throughout WW1, adding two flying boats, roll dampers etc.

Original name	In Soviet service	Laid down^[2]	Launched^[2]	Commissioned^[2]	Fate^[2]
Baltic Fleet Group
Svetlana , Светлана	Profintern, Krasny Krym, Красный Крым	11.11.1913	28.11.1915	01.07.1928	Converted to a blockship 18.03.1958, scrapped 1959
Admiral Butakov, Адмирал Бутаков		23.07.1916	1917		Cancelled, scrapped in early 1950s
Admiral Spiridov, Адмирал Спиридонов	completed as tanker	16.11.1913	27.08.1916	1926	1941
Admiral Greig, Адмирал Грейг	completed as tanker	24.11.1913	26.11.1916	1926	Beached by a storm and broke in two 23.12.1937 in Tuapse harbor, scrapped.
Black Sea Fleet Group
Admiral Nakhimov , Адмирал Нахимов	Chervona Ukraina, Червона Украина	18.10.1913	25.10.1915	21.03.1927	Sunk by German air raid 12.11.1941. Salvaged in 1947, used as target until 1952
Admiral Kornilov, Адмирал Корнилов		July 1914			Cancelled, never launched, scrapped in 1920s
Admiral Istomin, Адмирал Истомин		July 1914			Cancelled, never launched, scrapped in 1920s
Admiral Lazarev	Krasny Kavkaz	18.10.1913	15.05.1916	25.01.1932	Sunk as target 1952, scrapped 1958

Post-WWI completion

References

^ Russian 152-mm Canet gun [1]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dates as in: Ю. В. Апальков. Российский Императорский Флот 1914 -1917 гг. Справочник по корабельному составу // Морская коллекция, 1998 N. 4 Cite error: The named reference "APA" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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[1] Russian 152-mm Canet gun [1]

[APA-2] Dates as in: Ю. В. Апальков. Российский Императорский Флот 1914 -1917 гг. Справочник по корабельному составу // Морская коллекция, 1998 N. 4 Cite error: The named reference "APA" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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