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1044:. The operation was commanded by Rear Admiral Hopman, the commander of the reconnaissance forces in the Baltic. IV Scouting Group was tasked with screening to the north to prevent any Russian naval forces from moving out of the Gulf of Finland undetected, while several armored cruisers and other warships bombarded the port. The Russians did attempt to intervene with a force of four cruisers:
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in
Wilhelmshaven, and was completed in May. As a seaplane tender, her forward and rear 10.5 cm guns, and the two rearmost broadside guns were removed, leaving only four broadside guns remaining. Two 8.8 cm SK L/45 anti-aircraft guns were installed forward; she retained her submerged torpedo
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had become increasingly active in the area and the
Germans had incurred a series of losses that needed to be replaced. The ship saw no significant operations during this period, however, and she spent much of it in dry-dock for an overhaul in Wilhelmshaven that lasted from 21 November to 14 December.
615:, three on either side; and two were side by side aft. The guns had a maximum elevation of 30 degrees, which allowed them to engage targets out to 12,700 m (41,700 ft). They were supplied with 1,500 rounds of ammunition, for 150 shells per gun. The ship was also equipped with eight
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should be converted into fast seaplane tenders. The order to convert the vessels was issued on 24 January, but the question of the nature of the conversion had not yet been settled: should they be lightly armed seaplane tenders or should they retain some of their original armament as
1474:, but these were too slow to operate with the fleet. The commanders of the High Seas Fleet made increasing demands for aircraft-carrying ships over the course of the war, and the naval command discussed converting a number of the older cruisers that had been decommissioned, including
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was in the shipyard in Danzig; she left the harbor on 6 August and arrived in
Wilhelmshaven the following day. There, she was assigned to III Scouting Group, which was soon re-designated as IV Scouting Group. The cruisers of IV Scouting Group were tasked with patrol duties in the
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During the ferocious night fighting that occurred as the High Seas Fleet forced its way through the
British rear, IV Scouting Group encountered the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron at close range in the darkness. As the two squadrons closed on each other, the Germans illuminated
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in
Wilhelmshaven for an overhaul that lasted from 25 February to 12 March 1915. She thereafter re-joined IV Scouting Group. She covered further minelaying operations in the North Sea on 17–18 and 21–22 April. On 7 May 1915, IV Scouting Group, which by then consisted of
814:. In July, she joined the Scouting Unit for a cruise in the Baltic to visit several ports in the region, which lasted into August. For the autumn fleet maneuvers, she was assigned to II Scouting Group. Another naval review for the kaiser followed on 19 September in the
592:(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
785:, and she again participated in the autumn fleet exercises that followed immediately thereafter. The year 1911 saw little activity beyond routine gunnery training, apart from the autumn maneuvers in August and September, which included a naval review held in
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briefly moved to the Baltic from 8 to 17 November, after which she resumed her role in the fleet's cruiser screen for the next operation against the
British coast. This took place on 15–16 December, which again saw the battlecruisers of Rear Admiral
756:. During the annual fleet maneuvers in August and September 1909, she was temporarily assigned to III Scouting Group, the cruiser screen for the Reserve Fleet. She thereafter resumed training duties. From 1 April to 1 June 1910, she cruised in the
1164:, which had completed its first operation. The fleet sortied the following day for another sweep for British warships that ended without results on 7 March. On 25 March, the fleet went to sea again in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy British
1330:, though these hits did not do serious damage. The two British ships were badly damaged and set on fire and forced to retreat, while the Germans also fell back in an attempt to bring the British closer to the battlecruisers
1620:, France, where she was surrendered to the Allies by 20 July. She was surrendered to the United Kingdom on 20 July 1920, as the war prize "S". On 22 October, she was sold for scrap to the Channel Shipbreaking Company of
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for the first time, but the aircraft was not used during the operations. Another fleet sweep into the North Sea took place on 29–30 May, which encountered no
British vessels. IV Scouting Group—which now consisted of
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By this time, it had become increasingly clear that the High Seas Fleet needed seaplane carriers that could accompany it to provide fast aerial reconnaissance. The
Germans had initially focused their efforts on
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was recommissioned on 16 May, and she embarked her first aircraft eleven days later. The ship carried out initial training in the Baltic, and by late July, she began operations in the German Bight to cover the
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again took part in the autumn fleet maneuvers, which lasted from 26 August to 12 September. Her last period of activity with the rest of the active fleet took place in March 1914 for a cruise in the North Sea.
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was torpedoed by a
British submarine. On 1 December, the units of the High Seas Fleet were reorganized, and many of the older ships, which were inadequately protected against torpedo or
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and the rest of the High Seas Fleet went to sea twice in April, the first on the 21st and 22nd, and the second on the 24th and 25th; the latter to cover the battlecruisers during the
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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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was the fourth ship in the line, and her gunners could only make out one
British ship in the haze. Since that ship was already being engaged by the other German cruisers,
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on 1–2 July, but again, no British ships were seen. The fleet sortied twice more in late 1915; on 11–12 September and 23–24 October. The day after the latter operation,
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1074:, but both sides were unsure of the others' strength, and so both disengaged. Shortly after the bombardment, Libau was captured by the advancing German army, and
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had fired 64 rounds, the least of all of the German cruisers in the battle. She emerged from the battle unscathed, unlike many of the other German cruisers.
1362:. She was present during a later encounter with British light forces around midnight. She remained concealed in the darkness and observed I Battle Squadron
883:. The cruisers were divided with the torpedo boat flotillas, and assigned to rotate through nightly patrols into the North Sea. As part of this operation,
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and the rest of IV Scouting Group covered the battleships during sorties on 17–18 and 25–26 May, both times to cover minelaying operations carried out by
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1432:, which saw the British and German fleets initially attempt to engage each other, but both sides disengaged, the British after losing a cruiser to a
469:. All four members of the class were intended to be identical, but after the initial vessel was begun, the design staff incorporated lessons from the
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1480:, but the RMA refused to agree to the conversions. Eventually, on 20 January 1918, the naval command was finally able to convince the RMA that
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could carry only three aircraft, a number which was deemed insufficient to support the entire High Seas Fleet, plans were drawn up to convert
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tubes. Two large hangars were installed aft of the funnels, with space for two seaplanes; a third seaplane was carried on top of the hangars.
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Conversion work started in February 1918, and the naval command created the position "Commander of the Fleet's Aviators", which was given to
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survived the war, and was decommissioned in Kiel on 17 December 1918. She was specified among the list of vessels to be surrendered to the
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707:, which lasted until 9 April. Shortages of officers and crewmen led to the ship's decommissioning shortly thereafter. She did not remain
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and IV Scouting Group were not heavily engaged during the early phases of the battle, but around 21:30, they encountered the British
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and the other cruisers serve in the cruiser screen for the main body of the High Seas Fleet, which provided distant support to the
1440:. Another sortie followed on 18–20 October, which again failed to locate any British vessels. The operation was called off after
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hammering several British destroyers. The British meanwhile launched torpedoes at the German line, which forced it to turn away.
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signaled the two light cruisers and ordered them to abandon the pursuit and retreat along with the rest of the High Seas Fleet.
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in Wilhelmshaven informed the naval command that work could not begin until early 1919. Throughout the discussions about the
1470:, owing to the state of technology before the start of the war. In late 1914, they had converted a number of steamships into
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for wheeled aircraft would be a superior option, leading to the decision to convert the unfinished passenger liner
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to haul out of line to starboard. She then lost contact with the rest of IV Scouting Group, so she fell in with
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sides were 100 mm (3.9 in) thick. Her main battery guns were fitted with 50 mm (2 in) thick
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was decommissioned as part of this restructuring on 15 December, and her crew were used to man the new cruiser
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to assist merchant vessels in the Baltic. On 9 February, she cleared a path in the pack ice from Sonderburg to
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was armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and a pair of 45 cm (18 in)
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held her fire. Reuter turned his ships hard to starboard, in order to draw the British closer to the
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with 4,000 rounds of ammunition. She was also equipped with a pair of 45 cm (17.7 in)
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1258:. Due to the long range and poor visibility, only
889:conducted a patrol on the night of 15 August with
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2109:(1–12). Toledo: Naval Records Club, Inc.: 87–91.
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1598:left Germany in company with the cruisers
1348:was hit and sunk by a torpedo launched by
1270:were able to engage the British cruisers.
237:24.1 knots (44.6 km/h; 27.7 mph)
1542:into a seaplane carrier as well, but the
824:until 1 June, when she was sent with the
634:The ship was protected by a curved armor
333:(Imperial Navy), named after the city of
18:Light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
1527:clearing paths in the minefields there.
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729:be recommissioned to serve as a gunnery
658:Map of the North and Baltic Seas in 1911
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2253:. London: Cassell Military Paperbacks.
605:10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/40 guns
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1180:bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft
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2236:. London: Cassell and Company, ltd.
2212:. Oxford: Osprey. pp. 102–118.
2148:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
2082:Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (2020).
2044:Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting
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2404:List of light cruisers of Germany
2086:. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
2046:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
1979:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
1960:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
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1816:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
1765:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
1570:, the project was not completed.
596:(10,650 km; 6,620 mi).
539:structure. Her hull had a raised
2437:Königsberg-class cruisers (1905)
853:. The work lasted until 3 June.
484:Plan and profile drawing of the
156:: 4,002 t (3,939 long tons)
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2442:World War I cruisers of Germany
2280:The Kaiser's Cruisers 1871–1918
2251:Jutland: The German Perspective
1409:. In the course of the battle,
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947:'s I Scouting Group bombarded
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551:. She was fitted with two pole
499:was 115.3 meters (378 ft)
399:. There, she saw action at the
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2146:A Naval History of World War I
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1659:class and does not include
711:for long, however; Admiral
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299:: 100 mm (3.9 in)
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826:pre-dreadnought battleship
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182:5.29 m (17.4 ft)
166:115.3 m (378 ft)
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2144:Halpern, Paul G. (1995).
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446:Germany's colonial empire
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781:on 28 August for Kaiser
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226:triple-expansion engines
174:13.2 m (43 ft)
2249:Tarrant, V. E. (1995).
2042:Campbell, John (1998).
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113:General characteristics
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806:being employed as an
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568:that drove a pair of
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1873:, pp. 280, 390.
1729:, pp. 140, 157.
1686:, pp. 142, 157.
1586:Treaty of Versailles
1406:Friedrich der Grosse
1143:On 30 January 1916,
975:Loftus William Jones
760:in company with the
1962:, pp. 211–212.
1885:, pp. 213–221.
1818:, pp. 210–211.
1806:, pp. 191–193.
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1698:, pp. 110–114.
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864:World War I
847:run aground
808:ice breaker
701:Fitting-out
644:gun shields
545:quarterdeck
515:3,469
393:World War I
247:14 Officers
2427:1906 ships
2421:Categories
2343:Königsberg
2329:Königsberg
2036:References
1696:Nottelmann
1662:Königsberg
1622:Teignmouth
1613:Königsberg
1607:Strassburg
1387:By 02:30,
1140:submarines
1099:carried a
907:mine-layin
897:Horns Reef
851:Great Belt
783:Wilhelm II
779:Danzig Bay
754:Baltic Sea
750:Sonderburg
705:sea trials
623:with five
607:in single
541:forecastle
525:short tons
503:and had a
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459:Königsberg
441:Königsberg
344:Königsberg
318:Königsberg
242:Complement
220:propellers
218:2 × screw
213:Propulsion
123:Königsberg
2357:Stuttgart
2242:503878430
2177:310653560
1672:Citations
1636:Footnotes
1632:by 1922.
1630:Dartmouth
1626:broken up
1618:Cherbourg
1595:Stuttgart
1582:war prize
1573:Stuttgart
1533:Stuttgart
1519:Stuttgart
1503:Stuttgart
1483:Stuttgart
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1412:Stuttgart
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1390:Stuttgart
1369:Stuttgart
1355:Stuttgart
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886:Stuttgart
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803:Stuttgart
758:North Sea
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726:Stuttgart
669:Naval Law
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625:torpedoes
613:broadside
558:Stuttgart
529:full load
521:long tons
513:displaced
496:Stuttgart
422:war prize
413:Stuttgart
405:HMS
388:Stuttgart
362:Stuttgart
335:Stuttgart
311:Stuttgart
154:Full load
148:long tons
73:Laid down
67:Stuttgart
56:Stuttgart
2350:Nürnberg
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1895:Campbell
1871:Campbell
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909:cruiser
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777:held in
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350:Nürnberg
257:Armament
97:Stricken
81:Launched
63:Namesake
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1065:Bogatyr
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1715:Gröner
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1601:Pillau
1530:Since
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1375:Nassau
1333:Moltke
1322:Dublin
1318:Dublin
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1301:Dublin
1119:Berlin
1062:, and
1037:Danzig
1034:, and
830:Wettin
736:Nymphe
687:, the
681:Danzig
537:bridge
465:Bremen
428:Design
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371:Danzig
353:, and
320:-class
315:was a
163:Length
140:Normal
125:-class
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1641:Notes
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1459:Emden
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1053:Bayan
1042:Libau
812:Alsen
590:knots
553:masts
509:draft
490:class
467:class
285:Armor
262:10 ×
234:Speed
203:11 ×
179:Draft
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992:Roon
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892:Cöln
787:Kiel
636:deck
543:and
505:beam
475:hull
438:The
308:SMS
291:Deck
269:8 ×
266:guns
224:2 ×
171:Beam
105:Fate
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