Admiral Nakhimov-class cruiser

Chervona Ukraina in 1935
Class overview
BuildersRussud Shipyard, Nikolayev
Operators Soviet Navy
Preceded bySvetlana class
Succeeded byKirov class
Built1913–1932
In commission1927–1952
Planned4
Completed2
Lost1
Scrapped3
General characteristics (as designed)
TypeLight cruiser
Displacement7,600 long tons (7,700 t)
Length535 ft 6 in (163.2 m)
Beam51 ft 6 in (15.7 m)
Draft18 ft 3 in (5.6 m)
Installed power
Propulsion4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph)
Range1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement630
Armament
Armor
Aircraft carried1 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 underwent heavy modifications and was 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.