Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina

Chervona Ukraina before her 1939–1941 refit
History
Soviet Union
Name:	Chervona Ukraina
Builder:	Russud Dockyard , Nikolayev
Laid down:	31 Oct 1913
Launched:	6 November 1915
Commissioned:	21 March 1927
Out of service:	sunk 13 November 1941
Fate:	raised November 1947 used as a target from 30 October 1950
General characteristics (after 1939–1941 refit)
Class and type:	Admiral Nakhimov-class light cruiser
Displacement:	8,400 tonnes (8,300 long tons; 9,300 short tons)
Length:	166.7 m (546 ft 11.0 in)
Beam:	15.7 m (51 ft 6.1 in)
Draught:	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Installed power:	55,000 shp (41,000 kW)
Propulsion:	4 shafts, 4 Steam turbines 14 Yarrow boilers
Speed:	29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph)
Range:	3,700 nmi (6,900 km; 4,300 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement:	852
Armament:	15 × 1 – 130 mm (5.1 in)/55 B7 Pattern 1913 guns 3 × 2 – 100 mm (3.9 in) Minizini AA guns 4 × 1 – 45 mm (1.8 in) 21-K AA guns 7 × 1 – 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns 2 × 3 – 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes 60–100 mines
Armour:	Upper and lower armoured decks: 20 mm (0.79 in) each Gun shields: 25 mm (0.98 in) Lower armour belt: 76 mm (3.0 in) Upper armour belt: 25 mm (0.98 in) Conning tower: 76 mm (3.0 in)

Chervona Ukraina (Ukrainian: "Червона Україна" – "Red Ukraine") was an Admiral Nakhimov-class light cruiser of the Soviet Navy assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. During World War II, she supported Soviet forces during the Sieges of Odessa and Sevastopol before being sunk at Sevastopol on 12 November 1941 by German aircraft. She was raised in 1947 and was used as a training hulk before becoming a target ship in 1950.

Chervona Ukraina displaced 8,400 long tons (8,500 t) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 163.2 metres (535 ft 5 in), a beam of 15.7 metres (51 ft 6 in) and a mean draught of about 5.6 metres (18 ft 4 in). She was powered by four Curtiss-AEG 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). Chervona Ukraina was designed to carry about 630 officers and men.