Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Krym

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The Krasnyi Krym (Красный Крым - Red Crimea) was a light cruiser of the Soviet Navy. She was originally laid down as the Svetlana for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1914 and completed in 1926. She was a near sister of the Chervona Ukraina. Initially named the Profintern ( Профинтерн) and based in the Baltic she was transferred to the Black Sea Fleet in 1929 together with the battleship Parizhskaya Kommunna. The Krasnyi Krym survived World War II and was scrapped in 1956.

Two sister ships the Admiral Spiridov and Admiral Greig were converted into tankers after the revolution. A fourth ship the Admiral Butakov was scrapped incomplete

[edit] General Characteristics

Displacement: 6700 tons standard, 8041 tons full load
Length: 158.4 m
Beam:15.4 m
Draught:6 m
Machinery: 4 shaft geared steam turbines, 13 boilers 59,000 hp
Speed: 29 knots (24 knots maximum in 1941)
Range: 3350 nm at 14 knots, 2900 tons of oil fuel
Armament:
- 15 - 130 mm guns (15 × 1),
- 4- 45 mm AA guns,
- 6 - 21 in torpedo tubes,
- 100 mines
- ( 6 100 mm AA guns, 3 × 2, added in 1938)
Armour:
- 75 mm main belt,
- 30 mm deck,
- 75 mm conning tower
Crew: 850