Chervona Ukraina
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Chervona Ukraina (from Ukrainian: "Червона Україна" — "Red Ukraine") was a Soviet Svetlana-class light cruiser attached to the Black Sea Fleet. Laid down on October 3, 1913 as Admiral Nakhimov (renamed to Chervona Ukraina on December 7, 1922), launched on November 6, 1915 and commissioned on March 21, 1927. Several Soviet naval commanders have served on the ship: Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, N. Nesvitskiy, and Y. Panteleyev. The cruiser was destroyed by German bombers during the battle of Sevastopol on November 12, 1941.
[edit] General characteristics
- Displacement: 7600 tons standard, 8400 tons full load
- Length: 158.4 m (max)
- Beam: 15.7 m
- Draft: 6.6 m
- Machinery: 4 shaft geared turbines, 4 boilers, 55,000 hp
- Speed: 29,5 knots
- Range: 3700 nm at 14 knots, 2900 tons oil fuel
- Armament:
- fifteen 130 mm guns,
- eight 100 mm AA guns,
- 12 torpedo tubes
- 100 mines
- Armour:
- 75 mm main belt,
- 30 mm deck,
- 75 mm conning tower
- Aircraft: 1
- Crew: 850
[edit] See also
- Sovietskaya Ukraina, a half-built battleship captured by the Germans in 1941
- Chervona Ukraina, a Slava class cruiser commissioned in 1989 and since renamed Varyag
[edit] External links
- Wreck of "Chervona Ukraina" (in Russian)
- Cruiser "Chrvona Ukraina" from Black Sea fleet (in Russian, with photos)
- - article from encyclopedia of ships in Russian
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