Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina

Chervona Ukraina before her 1939–1941 refit
History
Soviet Union
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
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 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	14 Yarrow boilers 55,000 shp (41,000 kW)
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
Armament	15 × 1 – 130 mm (5.1 in)/55 B7 Pattern 1913 guns 3 × 2 – 100 mm (3.9 in) / 47 caliber 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 in) torpedo tubes 60–100 mines
Armour	Upper and lower armoured deck:s: 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") 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.