Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina
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For other ships with the same name, see Russian ship Admiral Nakhimov and Russian cruiser Varyag (1983).
Chervona Ukraina (Ukrainian: "Червона Україна") 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.
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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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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) |
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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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