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of 840 meters per second (2,800 ft/s). The guns had a maximum elevation of 30 degrees, which allowed them to engage targets out to 17,600 m (19,200 yd). They were supplied with 1,040 rounds of ammunition, for 130 shells per gun. The ships also carried two
765:. The German Navy regarded the ships as good sea boats, having gentle motion. The ships were highly maneuverable and had a tight turning radius, but lost speed going into a turn. In hard turns, they lost up to sixty percent speed. The ships were also stern-heavy.
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anti-aircraft guns mounted on the centerline astern of the funnels. These guns fired a 10 kg (22 lb) shells at a muzzle velocity of 750 to 770 m/s (2,500 to 2,500 ft/s). She was also equipped with four 50 cm (19.7 in)
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was initially 150 t (150 long tons; 170 short tons), and could be similarly increased to 500 t (490 long tons; 550 short tons). At a cruising speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), the ships could steam for approximately 4,850
851:(8,980 km; 5,580 mi). At a higher speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph), the range fell considerably, to 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi). Electrical power was provided by two turbo generators and one
1033:, which did minimal damage but started a serious fire. The British broke off the attack when the German battleships arrived on the scene, after which the Germans also withdrew. All four ships participated in
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was boarded by
British sailors who beached her before she could be completely sunk. After being refloated, she was ceded to France and used as a test ship for explosives before being broken up in 1926.
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were still available. This was a result of personnel shortages in the design staff and the closure of the Navy's Ship
Testing Institute, which prevented the development of a new design.
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s trials figures are not recorded. The trials were conducted in shallow water due to the war; in deep water, the ships would have exceeded 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph).
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was outfitted with two sets of high-pressure geared turbines. The turbines for all four ships were powered by ten coal-fired boilers and two oil-fired double-ended
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Coal storage was 350 t (340 long tons; 390 short tons) as designed, though up to 1,340 t (1,320 long tons; 1,480 short tons) could be carried.
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had 100 mm (3.9 in) thick sides and a 20 mm thick roof. The main battery guns were protected with 50 mm (2 in) thick
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619:, followed her sister at AG Weser, also in 1914. She was launched on 1 February 1916 and commissioned into the fleet on 16 December 1916.
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of 5.96 m (19 ft 7 in) forward and 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) aft. The ships had a designed displacement of 5,440
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before transferring to Scapa Flow, where they would be interned. Most of the High Seas Fleet's ships, including
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and served with the French Navy until 1933. She was ultimately broken up for scrap in 1936.
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was successfully sunk. The other two ships were beached by
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generator, with a total output of 300 kilowatts at 220
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aft. These guns fired a 45.3-kilogram (100 lb) shell at a
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reached 50,216 shp (37,446 kW) and 27.7 kn;
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that extended for forty-five percent of the length of the
1765:] (in German). München: Bernard & Graefe Verlag.
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Cruisers 1903–1918: The Bremen Through Cöln Classes
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on 20 July 1920 and ceded to France. She was renamed
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class took the names of four of these lost cruisers.
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1539:. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 134–189.
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Class of light cruisers of the German Imperial Navy
1757:Koop, Gerhard & Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2004).
1614:Koop, Gerhard & Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2014).
1597:"Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy 1888–1918
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1536:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
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390:(Imperial Navy) shortly before the end of
2741:List of ships of the Imperial German Navy
2732:Building for the Netherlands when seized
1976:German naval ship classes of World War I
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1120:and then on several other battleships
324:8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 guns
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979:. Along with two other cruisers from
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713:General characteristics and machinery
470:forced the cancellation of the plan.
318:15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 guns
220:151.40 m (496 ft 9 in)
1742:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
1716:Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (2020).
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1580:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
1516:Naval Battles of the First World War
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1935:List of light cruisers of Germany
1720:. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
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1618:. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
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977:Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
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877:15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45
427:15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45
246:31,000 shp (23,000 kW)
210:: 7,125 t (7,012 long tons)
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2776:Ship classes of the French Navy
2771:World War I cruisers of Germany
1740:The Kaiser's Cruisers 1871–1918
1654:Jutland: The German Perspective
1578:A Naval History of World War I
894:8.8 cm (3.5 in) L/45
328:4 × 50 cm (19.7 in)
1:
2426:Small / Coastal torpedo boats
1694:. London: Arthur Barker Ltd.
1635:Battle for the Baltic Islands
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1198:instead remained in Germany.
636:and laid down in 1915 at the
453:was hit by a shell from the
45:-class cruisers en route to
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2039:Pre-dreadnought battleships
1738:; Nottelmann, Dirk (2021).
1599:. Amherst: Humanity Books.
1095:were to bombard targets in
768:The propulsion systems for
283:27.5 knots (50.9 km/h)
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1158:to negotiate with Admiral
1099:, to draw out the British
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1576:Halpern, Paul G. (1995).
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1690:Woodward, David (1973).
1595:Herwig, Holger (1998) .
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1652:Tarrant, V. E. (1995).
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2708:Single ship of class
2055:Kaiser Friedrich III
1633:Staff, Gary (2008).
1204:Friedrich der Grosse
924:Krupp cemented steel
516:and commissioned as
468:revolts in the fleet
86:Imperial German Navy
1426:, pp. 280–282.
1349:Koop & Schmolke
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1201:The unruly crew of
745:and incorporated a
658:, was laid down as
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530:The design for the
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1831:Kaiserliche Marine
1150:took Rear Admiral
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386:Kaiserliche Marine
251:water-tube boilers
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1749:978-1-68247-745-8
1727:978-1-5267-4198-1
1701:978-0-213-16431-7
1673:The Grand Scuttle
1663:978-0-304-35848-9
1644:978-1-84415-787-7
1606:978-1-57392-286-9
1587:978-1-55750-352-7
1568:978-0-87021-790-6
1546:978-0-85177-245-5
1525:978-1-84415-300-8
1512:Bennett, Geoffrey
1215:Versailles Treaty
1190:Ludwig von Reuter
981:II Scouting Group
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640:Kaiserliche Werft
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2215:
2206:
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2202:Light cruisers
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2197:
2195:
2194:
2186:
2179:
2172:
2169:Prinz Adalbert
2165:
2162:Prinz Heinrich
2157:
2154:Fürst Bismarck
2148:
2146:
2140:
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2089:
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1611:
1605:
1592:
1586:
1573:
1567:
1551:
1545:
1530:
1524:
1506:
1503:
1501:
1500:
1498:, p. 222.
1488:
1486:, p. 256.
1476:
1474:, p. 147.
1464:
1462:, p. 282.
1452:
1450:, p. 448.
1440:
1438:, p. 252.
1428:
1416:
1414:, p. 116.
1404:
1402:, p. 152.
1392:
1390:, p. 377.
1380:
1378:, p. 250.
1368:
1366:, p. 140.
1353:
1341:
1339:, p. 113.
1310:
1308:, p. 162.
1293:
1291:, p. 205.
1278:
1265:
1263:
1260:
1250:naval register
1168:Firth of Forth
1140:Following the
1075:Thames estuary
943:
940:
868:
865:
849:nautical miles
788:steam turbines
714:
711:
553:light cruisers
527:
524:
496:, though only
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1049:
1039:Gulf of Riga
1023:
1015:minesweepers
997:
991:
962:
922:composed of
920:armored belt
911:
873:main battery
870:
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767:
723:long overall
716:
699:Reichsmarine
691:
678:
675:
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632:
615:
594:shipyard in
582:
567:
557:commissioned
549:displacement
547:and greater
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458:
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367:
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188:Displacement
124:
111:
27:
15:
2720:Conversions
2183:Scharnhorst
2119:Derfflinger
2076:Deutschland
2062:Wittelsbach
2048:Brandenburg
1986:battleships
1983:Dreadnought
1881:French Navy
1496:van der Vat
1472:van der Vat
1152:Hugo Meurer
1107:Großadmiral
1101:Grand Fleet
988:battleships
985:dreadnought
932:gun shields
901:with eight
735:metric tons
650:fitting-out
464:Grand Fleet
392:World War I
301:17 officers
107:Preceded by
99:French Navy
39:One of the
2755:Categories
2296:Königsberg
2233:Königsberg
1895:Königsberg
1841:Königsberg
1812:Königsberg
1505:References
1245:Königsberg
1195:Königsberg
1156:Scapa Flow
1147:Königsberg
1053:Königsberg
1030:Königsberg
1004:Königsberg
966:Königsberg
958:Scapa Flow
915:Königsberg
881:forecastle
815:Königsberg
771:Königsberg
761:, and two
686:Königsberg
570:Königsberg
562:Königsberg
533:Königsberg
509:Königsberg
490:Scapa Flow
450:Königsberg
434:Königsberg
397:Königsberg
370:Königsberg
266:propellers
264:2 × screw
259:Propulsion
64:Königsberg
47:Scapa Flow
42:Königsberg
2714:Cancelled
2477:Siegfried
2334:SMS
2289:Wiesbaden
2268:Karlsruhe
2261:Magdeburg
2210:SMS
2189:SMS
2160:SMS
2152:SMS
2126:Mackensen
2110:SMS
2095:SMS
2002:Helgoland
1911:Wiesbaden
1848:Karlsruhe
1222:Karlsruhe
1173:Karlsruhe
1142:Armistice
1117:Thüringen
1080:Karlsruhe
1022:HMS
1013:escorted
953:Karlsruhe
903:torpedoes
875:of eight
821:Karlsruhe
793:Karlsruhe
739:long tons
706:Karlsruhe
622:Karlsruhe
588:laid down
539:Wiesbaden
514:war prize
499:Karlsruhe
473:Karlsruhe
421:Wiesbaden
403:Karlsruhe
381:Germany's
208:Full load
202:long tons
149:Completed
144:1916–1933
136:1914–1917
112:Wiesbaden
72:Operators
2737:See also
2275:Graudenz
2247:Nautilus
2112:Seydlitz
1862:Nürnberg
1557:(1990).
1514:(2005).
1412:Woodward
1235:Nürnberg
1185:Nürnberg
1122:mutinied
1097:Flanders
1092:Graudenz
1086:Nürnberg
1010:Nürnberg
998:Kaiserin
983:and the
972:Nürnberg
844:Fuel oil
833:Nürnberg
790:, while
783:Nürnberg
763:dinghies
655:Nürnberg
600:launched
592:AG Weser
485:Nürnberg
447:, where
440:Nürnberg
415:Nürnberg
311:Armament
2495:U-boats
2303:Brummer
2254:Kolberg
2240:Dresden
2219:Gazelle
2191:Blücher
2029:L 20e α
1920:Brummer
1460:Tarrant
1448:Halpern
1424:Tarrant
1388:Halpern
1376:Bennett
1064:Dresden
1024:Repulse
798:boilers
737:(5,350
669:at the
590:at the
583:Gazelle
459:Repulse
358:: 60 mm
200:(5,350
165:Retired
125:Brummer
2668:UC III
2653:UB III
2353:Large
2282:Pillau
2226:Bremen
2104:Moltke
2023:Bayern
2009:Kaiser
1995:Nassau
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1436:Herwig
1337:Gröner
1289:Herwig
1274:Gröner
1182:, and
1089:, and
1077:while
1070:Pillau
1067:, and
992:Kaiser
861:rudder
853:diesel
780:, and
757:, two
755:cutter
683:, the
666:Thetis
661:Ersatz
628:Ersatz
616:Nymphe
611:Ersatz
596:Bremen
577:Ersatz
526:Design
504:Allies
482:, and
412:, and
217:Length
194:Normal
96:
83:
2683:UE II
2663:UC II
2648:UB II
2633:U 151
2628:U 142
2623:U 139
2618:U 135
2613:U 131
2608:U 127
2603:U 115
2407:1916M
2016:König
1922:class
1913:class
1855:Emden
1761:[
1400:Staff
1262:Notes
1228:Emden
1210:Emden
1179:Emden
1133:Emden
1044:Emden
907:mines
857:volts
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