Soviet cruiser Komintern

Pamyat' Merkuria
History
Russian Empire
NamePamiat' Merkuria
NamesakeBrig Mercury
BuilderAdmiralty Wharf, Nikolayev, Russian Empire
Laid down23 August 1901
Launched20 May 1902
Commissioned1905
FateShip's crew pledged its allegiance to the Ukrainian People's Republic
Ukrainian People's Republic
Name
  • Pamiat' Merkuria (1917)
  • Hetman Ivan Mazepa (1918)
Acquired12 November 1917
FateIntegrated into the Soviet Navy
Soviet Union
NameKomintern
NamesakeCommunist International
Acquired1920
CommissionedJune 1923
Decommissioned17 July 1942
FateSunk as breakwater, late 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeBogatyr-class protected cruiser
Displacement6,645 long tons (6,752 t)
Length134 m (439 ft 8 in)
Beam16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
Draught6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement589
Armament
Armour
General characteristics (after 1920s repair)
TypeLight cruiser
Displacement6,340 long tons (6,440 t)
Length134.9 m (442 ft 7 in)
Beam16.4 m (53 ft 10 in)
Draft6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
Installed power
Range2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement730
Armament
Armor

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 ship. In 1941 she was reclassified as a minelayer and provided naval gunfire support and transported troops during the sieges of Odessa, Sevastopol, and the Kerch–Feodosiya operation in the winter of 1941–1942. 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[1] she was towed to the mouth of the Khobi river and sunk there as a breakwater on 10 October 1942.

  1. ^ "Soviet Union protected cruiser Trida Bogatyr". warshipsww2.eu. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)