Chervona Ukraina -Червона
Україна
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Admiral
Nakhimov was
the first of the Admiral Nakhimov class light cruiser
laid down at Russud Dockyard in October 1913. She was
launched in November 1915. Due to the October Revolution
in 1917 she was not completed before many years later.
In January 1919 the work continued on the unfinished
cruiser and she was renamed Hetman Bigdan Khmelnitsky.
She was deliberately run aground under the Russian
Revolution, but was later raised and renamed Chervona
Ukraina in 1922. She was refitted in 1939 and 1941, just
in time before the German invasion of Russia in June
1941. She supported Soviet troops under the siege of
Odessa and Sevastapol, and was sunk 12. November 1941 by
German JU87 Stuka airplanes in Sevastapol bay. The wreck
was raised in 1947, and was used as a training ship
until the early 1950's. She was beached in shallow
waters outside Sterehusche in May 1952and
used as a target ship. The wreck is broken down, and her
battered remains of her rest today in shallow waters.
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| 45° 49′ 59.88″ N, 33° 9′ 0″ E  Picture: Chervona Ukraina in the late 1920's Courtesy of M. Aman, Public domain  Picture: Photo from the wreck in the late 2000's Courtesy of Vasilij Last updated: December 2020 |
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