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opened fire at 12:12, initially with four guns, but only three guns remained in action after 12:42, two guns after 12:44, and one gun after 12:53. The two monitors did not respond until 12:31, once they had been anchored into their firing positions, and scored several serious hits that caused a major
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across one of the delta mouths on 10 November, though the German raider could still put to sea via other channels. Looff decided to move his ship further upriver, to make it more difficult for the
British to destroy her. In doing so, his ship would occupy a disproportionate number of British vessels
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and North Sea and later into the
Atlantic, that ended in early December. The ship then went into drydock over the winter of 1908–09 for periodic maintenance, emerging for service again in early February 1909. A typical training routine followed for the next two years, interrupted only by a collision
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Later that day, the crew returned to haul down the ship's flag and gave three cheers for the Kaiser. The guns and other usable equipment were salvaged from the wreck starting the following day. The guns were converted into field artillery pieces and coastal guns; together with the ship's crew, they
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were erected. These included positioning soldiers and field guns to defend the approaches to the cruiser and establishing a network of coast watchers and telegraph lines to watch for hostile ships. An improvised minefield was also laid in the delta to keep the
British ships from entering the river.
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The cruiser then returned to the Rufiji River so work could begin on overhauling her engines; the parts would need to be transported overland to the shipyard in Dar es Salaam where they could be rebuilt. While moored in the town of Salale, the ship was heavily camouflaged and defensive arrangements
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for the price of £200; he sent divers to extract non-ferrous scrap metal from the wreck and in turn sold the rights. Salvage work continued into the 1930s, and by the 1940s the hull had rolled over to her starboard side. As late as 1965, salvage work continued, but in 1966 the wreck collapsed and
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had in the meantime been moved a third time, even further upriver. On 6 July 1915, the two monitors crossed the outer sandbar and steamed up the river, despite heavy fire from German positions on the river banks. They stopped at a point they thought to be 10,000 yd (9,100 m) from
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at the mouth of the Rufiji and slowly made her way up the river. Coast watchers were stationed at the mouth of the river and telegraph lines were run to ensure the
Germans would not be surprised by British ships searching for them. Zimmer, who was sending small coastal steamers to resupply
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at the colony's capital Dar es Salaam. Looff got his ship ready to sail and left port on the afternoon of 31 July 1914, with the three slower
British ships shadowing him. Looff used a rain squall and his ship's superior speed to break contact with his British pursuers the following day.
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and other tropical ailments. Generally cut off from the outside world, the morale of the sailors fell. However, the situation was marginally improved with a scheme to resupply the ship and give her a fighting chance to return home. A captured
British merchant ship,
704:(43 km/h; 26 mph), though she exceeded these figures in service. Normal coal storage amounted to 400 t (390 long tons; 440 short tons). At a more economical pace of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), the ship had a range of approximately 5,750
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initially attempted to raid
British and French commercial traffic in the region, but only destroyed one merchant ship in the course of her career. Coal shortages hampered her ability to attack shipping. On 20 September 1914, she surprised and sank the British
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later in the year. The
African colonial subjects considered the ship to be quite impressive, particularly her three funnels, which were assumed to signify a warship more powerful than one with only two funnels. The ship acquired the nickname
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on
Sundays, and so Looff decided to attack the ship in port before he began his overhaul. He considered the action justified, since Britain had rejected a German proposal to keep central Africa neutral according to the
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her; the ship rolled over slightly to starboard and sank up to the upper deck with her flags still flying. Nineteen men had been killed in the battle, with another forty-five wounded, including Looff.
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for Cutler's aircraft. On his first attempt to locate the cruiser, Cutler, who did not have a compass, got lost and was forced to land on a desert island. On his second flight, he successfully located
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German warships were ordered under provisional names. For new additions to the fleet, they were given a single letter; for those ships intended to replace older or lost vessels, they were ordered as "
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resumed her sea trials, which lasted from 9 August to 9 September. She visited her namesake city from 21 to 23 September and was later assigned to the fleet scouting forces to replace the cruiser
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went on to see service in the East
African land campaign under Lettow-Vorbeck. All ten guns were repaired in Dar es Salaam over the next two months; one was mounted on the converted ferry
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was again placed in reserve in Kiel. During this period of active service, she was assigned to the training squadron from 1 to 18 April. In early 1914, the high command decided to send
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that was 80 mm (3.1 in) thick amidships. The deck sloped downward at the sides, with a thickness of 45 mm (1.8 in), to provide protection against enemy fire. The
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transferred some 850 t (840 long tons; 940 short tons) of coal to the cruiser, which permitted a sweep to Madagascar. No British or French ships were found, however, and so
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posed to troop transports from India, the British reinforced the flotilla tasked with tracking down the elusive German raider, and placed the ships under the command of Captain
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that could otherwise have been employed elsewhere. In the course of the campaign, the British reinforced the squadron blockading the Rufiji with additional cruisers, including
1036:, where she was placed out of service on 14 June for modernization work. On 22 January 1913, the ship was recommissioned for service with the fleet, to replace the cruiser
1952:(Königsberg-Detachment), eventually surrendered on 26 November 1917 and were interned in British Egypt. In 1919, after the war, the men took part in a parade through the
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participated in the normal peacetime routine of individual and squadron training for 1908 without incident. The year ended with a major training cruise, first in the
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swamps, which concealed the ship and offered a degree of cover from British shellfire, especially while the British ships remained outside the river. A collier,
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against the British; a total of 220 men were left aboard to keep the ship in fighting condition. This was not enough, however, to permit the ship to go to sea.
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to sink the cruiser. The attempt was unsuccessful, once again because the shallow waters prevented the battleship from getting within range. In December,
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left the Rufiji and arrived off Zanzibar the following morning. She opened fire at a range of about 7,000 meters (23,000 ft) at 05:10, starting the
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had run low on ammunition and her gun crews had suffered very heavy casualties, and so Looff ordered the crew to abandon ship and to drop the
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moved further up the river on 18 December. On 23 December, the British used a pair of shallow-draft ships to sail up the delta. They hit
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s engines required a thorough overhaul, and Looff needed to find a secluded area where the work could be completed. He settled on the
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were brought up with the intention of scouting and even bombing the ship. They soon fell apart in the tropical conditions. A trio of
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steamed off Aden until 5 August, when word of the outbreak of hostilities between Britain and Germany belatedly reached the ship.
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agreed to a plan submitted by Drury-Lowe the previous November, which envisioned attacking the German cruiser with shallow-draft
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was hit four times in return, one shell striking beneath the waterline and causing some flooding. In the span of three hours,
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twice in the engagement; one shell disabled the forward 6-inch gun, and another holed the ship below the waterline.
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1970:Bundeswehr Military History Museum
1468:, but it could not be seen aboard
1258:chased after the German freighter
1104:left Kiel on 25 April, stopped in
767:
218:5.29 m (17 ft 4 in)
210:13.2 m (43 ft 4 in)
14:
3436:
3074:List of light cruisers of Germany
2937:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
2884:
2610:
2563:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2368:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2307:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2266:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2242:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2187:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2170:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2155:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
862:. The two ships then cruised the
708:(10,650 km; 6,620 mi).
651:structure. Her hull had a raised
323:5.2 cm (2.0 in) SK L/55
3380:Königsberg-class cruisers (1905)
3313:
3308:
3296:
3288:
2659:
2471:
1516:and sank her with three shells.
995:served as the ship's commander.
596:Plan and profile drawing of the
192:: 3,814 t (3,754 long tons)
55:
31:
3410:World War I cruisers of Germany
2916:The Kaiser's Cruisers 1871–1918
2192:
735:5.2 cm (2 in) SK guns
688:that were vented through three
663:. She was fitted with two pole
277:(44.6 km/h; 27.7 mph)
2847:Turner, Charles Cyril (1972).
2743:A Naval History of World War I
2066:
2046:
2033:
2012:
1968:bow shield, on display at the
1209:
874:. After returning to Germany,
678:triple-expansion steam engines
328:2 × 45 cm (17.7 in)
1:
2662:British Battleships 1889–1904
2631:
1413:, observed a British cruiser—
998:From 8 March to 22 May 1911,
917:Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
886:on 5 November. At this time,
773:Construction and early career
745:submerged in the hull on the
397:(Imperial Navy). Named after
3415:World War I commerce raiders
2085:
2005:
1848:Finally, in April 1915, the
1501:. While leaving the harbor,
1442:s guns emplaced in the delta
915:, and were visited by Queen
405:included three other ships:
7:
3425:Scuttled vessels of Germany
2914:; Nottelmann, Dirk (2021).
2825:. Bahrain: Kevin Patience.
2764:. Amherst: Humanity Books.
2058:class and does not include
1645:was protected by the thick
1581:in the delta. The cruisers
1537:convinced the British that
957:on 16 February 1910 in the
808:" and was laid down at the
352:: 100 mm (3.9 in)
10:
3441:
3385:Maritime incidents in 1915
2724:German Warships: 1815–1945
1622:
1523:Concerned with the threat
1305:, and the two vessels met
1098:took command of the ship.
711:The ship was armed with a
659:, along with a pronounced
540:
346:: 80 mm (3.1 in)
316:10.5 cm (4.1 in)
18:
3283:
3244:
3120:
3069:
3043:
3007:
2741:Halpern, Paul G. (1995).
1335:. Meanwhile, the steamer
1299:took the ship along with
643:. The ship had a minimal
558:Germany's colonial empire
536:
432:After her commissioning,
148:
48:
30:
2866:Willmott, H. P. (2009).
2851:. New York: Arno Press.
2821:Patience, Kevin (2001).
2541:, pp. 114–115, 121.
1708:to serve as a makeshift
1474:due to the heavy smoke.
700:) for a top speed of 23
543:Königsberg-class cruiser
483:then retreated into the
454:in August of that year.
262:triple-expansion engines
2760:Herwig, Holger (1980).
2700:Farwell, Byron (1989).
2200:"Cruisers in Collision"
1994:, South Africa, one in
1844:gun in the field (1916)
1762:Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
1720:Royal Naval Air Service
1653:, was converted into a
1339:, under the command of
1311:four days later in the
1146:surveyed the harbor at
1008:with Wilhelm II aboard
525:campaign in East Africa
521:Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
497:, the British sent two
149:General characteristics
3420:World War I shipwrecks
3395:Ships built in Hamburg
2074:
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2054:
2027:
2022:Seiner Majestät Schiff
2020:
1985:
1976:
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1936:
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1911:
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1631:
1625:Battle of Rufiji Delta
1620:
1619:after she was scuttled
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1605:Battle of Rufiji Delta
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1236:Portuguese East Africa
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1195:
1164:
1153:Manowari na bomba tatu
1142:
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1091:
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1085:at Bagamoyo, June 1914
1081:
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1044:
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1000:
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979:
977:also won the Kaiser's
973:
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936:, Sweden to meet King
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39:
2885:Yates, Keith (1995).
2143:Campbell & Sieche
2098:Campbell & Sieche
1962:
1838:
1760:(Lieutenant Colonel)
1735:
1612:
1456:; within 45 minutes,
1432:
1078:
951:with the new cruiser
872:Nicholas II of Russia
854:during three sailing
780:
680:that drove a pair of
595:
368:("His Majesty's Ship
3405:Shipwrecks of Africa
3400:Shipwrecks in rivers
3346:7.86833°S 39.24000°E
2933:Hoyt, Edwin (1968).
2704:. New York: Norton.
2660:Burt, R. A. (1988).
2145:, pp. 140, 157.
2100:, pp. 142, 157.
1949:Königsberg-Abteilung
1766:East Africa Campaign
1531:Sidney R. Drury-Lowe
389:built by the German
3342: /
2950:Looff, Max (1936).
2849:The Old Flying Days
2601:, pp. 133–134.
2589:, pp. 154–155.
2577:, pp. 131–132.
2553:, pp. 122–123.
2510:, pp. 139–142.
2498:, pp. 137–138.
2426:, pp. 132–133.
2280:, pp. 128–129.
2244:, pp. 139–140.
2172:, pp. 138–139.
2112:, pp. 110–114.
1677:and the Australian
1319:was transferred to
1214:At the outbreak of
1116:before arriving in
1071:East Africa station
1060:unprotected cruiser
1032:was transferred to
3351:-7.86833; 39.24000
3170:Giuseppe Garibaldi
2211:. 17 February 1910
2028:His Majesty's Ship
2018:"SMS" stands for "
1977:
1846:
1744:
1621:
1601:could not escape.
1454:Battle of Zanzibar
1444:
1317:City of Winchester
1315:, where coal from
1293:City of Winchester
1087:
1056:German East Africa
991:(Frigate Captain)
788:
686:water-tube boilers
604:
583:Russo-Japanese War
564:Kaiserliche Marine
473:Battle of Zanzibar
448:German East Africa
393:Kaiserliche Marine
241:water-tube boilers
3325:
3324:
3082:
3081:
2925:978-1-68247-745-8
2877:978-0-253-35214-9
2813:978-1-4728-4071-4
2794:978-3-7822-0456-9
2771:978-1-57392-286-9
2733:978-0-87021-790-6
2692:978-0-85177-245-5
2639:Bennett, Geoffrey
2450:, pp. 39–40.
1850:British Admiralty
1800:. It was given a
1533:. The sinking of
1446:On 19 September,
1424:Congo Act of 1885
1089:On 1 April 1914,
1006:Mediterranean Sea
846:Kaiser Wilhelm II
820:Oberbürgermeister
810:Imperial Dockyard
781:Pre-war photo of
733:also carried ten
694:metric horsepower
463:protected cruiser
444:Kaiser Wilhelm II
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102:Kaiserliche Werft
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930:Prince Heinrich
894:armored cruiser
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838:High Seas Fleet
830:Siegfried Körte
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133:6 April 1907
130:Commissioned
90:East Prussia
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2215:18 December
2041:Kaliningrad
2026:" (German:
1509:picket ship
1389:survey ship
1216:World War I
1210:World War I
1166:Admiralstab
980:Schießpreis
898:Scharnhorst
834:fitting-out
762:gun shields
657:quarterdeck
627:3,390
452:World War I
299:14 officers
285:5,750
3375:Königsberg
3370:1905 ships
3364:Categories
3337:39°14′24″E
3160:Königsberg
3122:Shipwrecks
3013:Königsberg
2999:Königsberg
2632:References
2110:Nottelmann
2061:Königsberg
1986:Königsberg
1965:Königsberg
1919:Königsberg
1912:Königsberg
1903:Königsberg
1897:Königsberg
1884:Königsberg
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1679:HMAS
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1466:white flag
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1436:Königsberg
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1399:Königsberg
1377:Königsberg
1364:Königsberg
1350:Königsberg
1333:Mozambique
1322:Königsberg
1302:Königsberg
1297:prize crew
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1275:Goldenfels
1269:Königsberg
1262:Goldenfels
1255:Königsberg
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1221:Königsberg
1203:Königsberg
1196:Königsberg
1143:Königsberg
1110:Suez Canal
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1001:Königsberg
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925:Königsberg
909:Portsmouth
889:Königsberg
877:Königsberg
858:including
842:sea trials
826:Königsberg
792:Königsberg
784:Königsberg
741:with five
730:Königsberg
719:in single
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653:forecastle
637:short tons
615:and had a
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516:Königsberg
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457:Königsberg
435:Königsberg
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399:Königsberg
377:) was the
371:Königsberg
364:Königsberg
294:Complement
256:propellers
254:2 × screw
249:Propulsion
159:Königsberg
86:Königsberg
75:Königsberg
40:Königsberg
3306:June 1915
3254:USS
3139:Ellesmere
3027:Stuttgart
2086:Citations
2043:, Russia.
2006:Footnotes
1830:Manza Bay
1668:Newbridge
1655:blockship
1651:Newbridge
1587:Dartmouth
1568:Dartmouth
1552:Präsident
1176:HMS
1096:Max Looff
963:Helgoland
864:North Sea
860:Kiel Week
848:'s yacht
747:broadside
743:torpedoes
725:broadside
641:full load
633:long tons
625:displaced
466:HMS
414:Stuttgart
383:her class
379:lead ship
190:Full load
184:long tons
114:Laid down
3334:7°52′6″S
3256:Oklahoma
3252:19 Jul:
3231:30 Jul:
3221:28 Jul:
3214:Mariotte
3205:26 Jul:
3191:Eastland
3188:24 Jul:
3177:20 Jul:
3167:18 Jul:
3156:11 Jul:
3020:Nürnberg
2960:17207148
2831:37615728
2722:(1990).
2641:(2005).
2436:Willmott
1992:Pretoria
1854:monitors
1826:Kronborg
1822:Hyacinth
1798:Kronborg
1723:Sopwiths
1700:seaplane
1647:mangrove
1592:Weymouth
1571:located
1419:Zanzibar
1184:Hyacinth
1148:Bagamoyo
1137:Schwalbe
959:Kiel Bay
938:Oscar II
911:and the
904:Sleipner
868:Nordkapp
856:regattas
635:; 3,740
552:and her
499:monitors
420:Nürnberg
309:Armament
142:Scuttled
122:Launched
82:Namesake
3267:Boorara
3234:Iberian
3146:8 Jul:
3130:7 Jul:
3059:Dresden
3034:Stettin
2527:Bennett
2508:Farwell
2496:Farwell
2484:Farwell
2424:Bennett
2412:Halpern
2400:Bennett
2383:Farwell
2343:Farwell
2331:Bennett
2319:Farwell
2290:Halpern
2278:Farwell
2230:Farwell
2055:Stettin
2000:Pegasus
1981:Pegasus
1974:Dresden
1928:scuttle
1789:malaria
1749:Goliath
1697:Curtiss
1681:Pioneer
1674:Pyramus
1583:Chatham
1546:Chatham
1535:Pegasus
1513:Helmuth
1489:Pegasus
1476:Pegasus
1462:Pegasus
1458:Pegasus
1433:One of
1415:Pegasus
1226:Red Sea
1190:Pegasus
1178:Astraea
1023:Kolberg
968:Dresden
954:Dresden
715:of ten
690:funnels
661:ram bow
631:(3,340
554:sisters
471:in the
468:Pegasus
408:Stettin
182:(3,340
96:Builder
49:History
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1938:Götzen
1892:Mersey
1865:Severn
1859:Mersey
1806:Danish
1802:Danish
1794:Rubens
1776:Somali
1710:tender
1689:Durban
1637:Somali
1589:, and
1579:Somali
1385:Rufiji
1369:Somali
1359:Somali
1355:Somali
1337:Somali
1328:Zieten
1308:Zieten
1248:Zieten
1231:Koenig
1187:, and
1034:Danzig
948:Baltic
913:Thames
883:Medusa
805:Meteor
799:Ersatz
649:bridge
577:Bremen
537:Design
510:Severn
504:Mersey
417:, and
199:Length
176:Normal
161:-class
3208:Cimba
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1064:Geier
1039:Mainz
934:Malmö
702:knots
665:masts
621:draft
602:class
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403:class
338:Armor
321:10 ×
314:10 ×
282:Range
275:knots
273:24.1
270:Speed
239:11 ×
215:Draft
3302:1916
3294:1915
3286:1914
3265:HMT
3198:U-36
3181:U-23
3158:SMS
2956:OCLC
2939:OCLC
2920:ISBN
2891:ISBN
2872:ISBN
2853:ISBN
2827:OCLC
2808:ISBN
2789:ISBN
2766:ISBN
2747:ISBN
2728:ISBN
2706:ISBN
2687:ISBN
2666:ISBN
2647:ISBN
2472:Burt
2217:2012
2039:Now
1862:and
1635:and
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1114:Aden
1079:SMS
840:for
814:Kiel
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617:beam
587:hull
507:and
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344:Deck
325:guns
318:guns
260:2 ×
207:Beam
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108:Kiel
70:Name
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