Russian protected cruiser Pamiat’ Merkuria 1901-1918, Hetman Ivan Mazepa 1918-1922 and Komintern 1922-1942

Askold. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Bogatyr-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Bogatyr-class cruiser of which were 5 planned but 4 completed preceded by Askold succeeded by Novik. Laid down by Admiralty Wharf, Nikolayev, Russia [nowadays Ukraine] on 23 August 1901, launched on 20 May 1902, commissioned in 1905, crew choose the side of the Ukrainian People’s Republic on 12 November 1917, after the Red Army occupied the republic laid up without guns on 28 March 1918, captured by Germany and used as barracks on 1 May 1918, renamed Hetman Ivan Mazepa and handed over to Ukraine on 17 September 1918, in hands of the Soviet Union in 1920, renamed Komintern on 31 December 1922, commissioned in June 1923, decommissioned on 17 July 1942 and sunk as a breakwater in late 1942.