Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina
Chervona Ukraina before her 1939–1941 refit
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Name | Chervona Ukraina |
Builder | Russud Dockyard, Nikolayev |
Laid down | 31 October 1913 |
Launched | 6 November 1915 |
Commissioned | 21 March 1927 |
Out of service | Sunk by aircraft, 13 November 1941 |
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General characteristics (after 1939–1941 refit) | |
Class and type | Admiral Nakhimov-class light cruiser |
Displacement | 8,400 t (8,300 long tons; 9,300 short tons) |
Length | 166.7 m (546 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 15.7 m (51 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines |
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 |
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Armour |
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Chervona Ukraina (
Description
Chervona Ukraina displaced 8,400
The ship's main armament consisted of fifteen 55-calibre 130 mm (5.1 in)B7 Pattern 1913 guns in single mounts, six of which were mounted in casemates. Her anti-aircraft armament consisted of four 64-millimetre (2.5 in) guns. Chervona Ukraina also mounted twelve above-water 457-millimetre (18 in) torpedo tubes in triple swivelling mounts.[1]
Chervona Ukraina's waterline
Service history
She was laid down on 3 October 1913 as Admiral Nakhimov after
At the start of the Russian Civil War, the ship was run aground at the fitting dock in Nikolayev by the shipyard workers to hinder the evacuation by the Whites in 1919. The ship was raised by the Soviets in 1920 pending a decision on her disposition. The ship was renamed to Chervona Ukraina on 7 December 1922. It was decided to finish her in 1923 and the job was completed in 1927 to nearly the original design. She was modified to handle aircraft by adding cranes on either side of the middle funnel and a parking area was built for them between the central and rear funnels, although no catapult was ever fitted. The original internal torpedo tubes were replaced by four triple 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes mounted on the deck abaft the rear funnel.[4]
Chervona Ukraina made a number of port visits to Turkey, Greece and Italy before World War II.[5] She was extensively overhauled between 26 August 1939 and 1 May 1941[6] where her aircraft equipment was removed and she was fitted with new fire control equipment. The ship was given three Italian Minizini twin-gun 50 caliber 100 mm (3.9 in) anti-aircraft mounts, one was placed on the forecastle, in front of the forward 130 mm (5.1 in) B7 Pattern 1913 gun and the other two on each side of the quarterdeck. One torpedo tube mount was removed from each side and four single mounts for the semi-automatic 45 mm (1.8 in) 21-K gun were fitted as well as seven 12.7 mm (0.50 in) DShK heavy machine guns.[7][8]
World War II
Chervona Ukraina, in company with the cruisers
She was raised on 3 November 1947, repaired, and used as a training
See also
- Chervona Ukraina, a Slava-class cruiser commissioned in 1989 and since renamed Varyag
Notes
- ^ a b c Breyer, p. 118
- ^ Breyer, p. 117
- ^ Шрамченко Святослав. Українська воєнна Фльота 1919–1920 рр.//Історія українського війська (від княжих часів до 20х років ХХ ст.) / Крип'якевич І., Гнатевич Б., Стефанів З. Та ін. 4те вид. Змін. І доп. Львів: Світ, 1992, C. 433–446
- ^ Breyer, pp. 117, 165
- ^ "Chervona Ukraina" (in Russian). Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ "Type Svetlana" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 October 2002. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ Breyer, p. 165
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84486-041-8.
- ^ Rohwer, pp. 80–81
- ^ Rohwer, pp. 97, 100
- ^ Rohwer, pp. 105, 108
- ^ a b "Light cruiser Chervona Ukraine" (in Russian). Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ Rohwer, pp. 111–112, 114
- ^ Budzbon, p. 326
- ^ "Skeleton of the cruiser" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
References
- Breyer, Siegfried (1992). Soviet Warship Development: Volume 1: 1917–1937. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 168. ISBN 0-85177-604-3.
- Budzbon, Przemysław (1980). "Soviet Union". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 318–346. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Budzbon, Przemysław; Radziemski, Jan & Twardowski, Marek (2022). Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939–1945. Vol. I: Major Combatants. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-68247-877-6.
- ISBN 1-59114-119-2.