Russian cruiser Pamiat Merkuria

Pamyat' Merkuria
History
Russian Empire
Name:	Pamiat' Merkuria
Builder:	Admiralty Wharf, Nikolayev, Russian Empire
Laid down:	23 August 1901
Launched:	20 May 1902
Commissioned:	1905
Fate:	Integrated into the Soviet Navy
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Bogatyr-class protected cruiser
Displacement:	6,645 long tons (6,752 t)
Length:	134 m (439 ft 8 in)
Beam:	16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
Draught:	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Installed power:	16 Normand-type boilers 23,000 shp (17,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement:	589
Armament:	2 × 2, 8 × 1 - 6 in (152 mm) guns 12 × 1 - 11-pounder guns 8 × 1 -47 mm guns 2 × 1 - 37 mm guns 2 × 1 - 15 in (380 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Deck: 80 mm (3.1 in) Turrets: 127 mm (5.0 in) Casemates: 80 mm (3.1 in) Conning tower: 140 mm (5.5 in)
History
Soviet Union
Namesake:	Communist International
Acquired:	1920
Commissioned:	1923
Decommissioned:	17 July 1942
Renamed:	Komintern
Fate:	Sunk as breakwater, late 1942
General characteristics (after 1923 rebuild, where different)
Type:	Light cruiser
Displacement:	6,340 long tons (6,440 t)
Length:	134.9 m (442 ft 7 in)
Beam:	16.4 m (53 ft 10 in)
Draft:	6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
Installed power:	19,500 shp (14,500 kW) 16 Belleville boilers
Range:	2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	730
Armament:	14 × 1 – 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 2 × 1 – 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3 – 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:	deck: 76 mm (3.0 in) Casemates: 76 mm (3.0 in) Conning tower: 152 mm (6.0 in)

Komintern was a Soviet light cruiser originally named Pamiat' Merkuria (Memory of Mercury), a Bogatyr-class protected cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She saw service during World War I in the Black Sea and survived the Russian Civil War, although heavily damaged. She was repaired by the Soviet Navy and put into service as a training cruiser. In 1941 she was reclassified as a minelayer and provided gunfire support and transported troops during the Siege of Odessa, Siege of Sevastopol, and the Kerch-Feodosiya Operation in the winter of 1941—42. She was damaged beyond repair at Poti by a German air attack on 16 July 1942. Afterwards she was disarmed and hulked. At some point she was towed to the mouth of the Khobi river and sunk there as a breakwater on 10 October 1942.

Komintern normally displaced 6,340 long tons (6,440 t). The ship had an overall length of 134.9 metres (442 ft 7 in), a beam of 16.4 metres (53 ft 10 in) and a mean draft of about 6.8 metres (22 ft 4 in). She was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, which developed a total of 19,500 shaft horsepower (14,500 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph). The engines were powered by 16 coal-fired Belleville boilers. The ship had a range of 2,100 nautical miles (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at a speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). Komintern's crew consisted of 573 officers and men.

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