Admiral Nakhimov-class cruiser
Chervona Ukraina in 1935
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Russud Shipyard, Nikolayev |
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 Soviet Navy
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| Preceded by: | Svetlana class |
| Succeeded by: | Kirov class |
| Built: | 1913–1932 |
| In commission: | 1927–1952 |
| Planned: | 4 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Scrapped: | 3 |
| General characteristics (as designed) | |
| Type: | Light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 7,600 long tons (7,700 t) |
| Length: | 535 ft 6 in (163.2 m) |
| Beam: | 51 ft 6 in (15.7 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft 3 in (5.6 m) |
| Installed power: | 55,000 shp (41,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) |
| Range: | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 630 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 seaplane |
The Admiral Nakhimov-class cruisers were a group of four light cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy just before World War I began in 1914. Construction was interrupted by the Russian Revolution and only two of the ships were eventually completed well after the end of the Russian Civil War by the Soviets. Chervona Ukraina was the first ship completed and was built to essentially the original design. Krasnyi Kavkaz was much modified and completed five years after Chervona Ukraina. Both ships participated in the Sieges of Odessa and Sevastopol after the Germans invaded Russia in June 1941. They ferried troops into the cities, evacuated wounded and bombarded the besieging German troops. Chervona Ukraina was bombed and sunk by dive bombers in November during one of these missions and Krasny Kavkaz was badly damaged by the same type of aircraft in January 1942. After her lengthy repairs were completed, the ship transported reinforcements to cities on the Black Sea coast during the Battle of the Caucasus. She was reclassified as a training ship in 1947 before she was sunk as a target in 1956. Chervona Ukraina was salvaged in 1947 and then became a hulked. She became a target ship in 1950.
The ships were essentially enlarged versions of the Svetlana-class cruisers, modified after consultations with the Scottish firm of John Brown & Company.
As designed, the ships displaced 7,600 long tons (7,700 t). They had an length at the waterline of 535 ft 6 in (163.2 m), a beam of 51 ft 6 in (15.7 m) and a mean draft of about 18 ft 3 in (5.6 m). They were powered by four Brown-Curtis steam turbines, each driving one shaft, which developed a total of 55,000 shaft horsepower (41,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph). The engines were powered by 14 Yarrow water-tube boilers. Four were coal-fired while the rest were mixed-firing. The ship carried a maximum of 540 long tons (550 t) of coal and an additional 690 long tons (700 t) of fuel oil that was sprayed on the coal to increase its burn rate in the mixed-firing boilers. At full capacity, she could steam for 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). The ships' crew numbered 630 officers and men.
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