Germany.
Light Cruiser
KOLN-class
There were 3 ships in this class: KOLN, KARLSRUHE & KONIGSBERG
Displacement: 6,650 tons.
Dimensions: 554 (w.l.) 570 (o.a.) x 50 x 18 ft.
Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 68,000 plus 2 diesels, B.H.P. 1,800 for cruising = 32 knots. KARLSRUHE after refit, 30 knots only.
Radius: 5,200 miles at 19 knots.
Protection: Side 3-4 in., turrets 3 in., C.T. 3 in.
Armament: 9-5.9 in. (3 x 3), 6-3.5 in. A.A. (3 x 2), 8—37 mm. A.A. (4 x 2) guns; 12—21 in. (4 x 3) T.T.; 2 aircraft. Complement: 820

KONIGSBERG: Wilhelmshaven D.Y. 26. 3.37 Broken up 1944.
KARLSRUHE:   Duetsche Werke, Kiel 20. 8.27 Lost 10/4/40.
KOLN:                  Wilhelmshaven D.Y. 23. 5.28 Broken up 1946.

Notes:—In 1943 6 torpedo tubes were removed from KOLN. Everything possible was done to reduce weight in these ships. A very high grade steel was selected and electric welding used instead of riveting. The staggering of the after gun turrets was necessitated by the disposition of the ammunition handling rooms.

KONIGSBERG: Flagship of the Senior Officer of Scouting Forces; 9/4/40 Norwegian Campaign; 10/4/40 Sunk by dive bombing attack by F.A.A. Skuas at Bergen; 1943 wreck refloated and dry docked; 22/9/44 capsized; abandoned and broken up.

KARLSRUHE: 1929 Training Ship, making several foreign cruises: Then in Scouting Forces, 1939 Refit at Wilhelmshaven D.Y., appearance altered—larger funnels with caps, tripod main mast; different pattern cranes; 9/4/40 Norwegian Campaign; 10/4/40 Badly damaged by torpedoes from H.M. submarine TRUANT; .ater sunk by own side by torpedoes from German torpedo boat GREIF, off Kristiansand.

KOLN: Scouting Forces; 1936-39 Service in Non Intervention Patrol in Spanish Civil War; 1939 Service in Baltic and mining operations in North Sea; 9/4/40 Norwegian Campaign; 1942-43 Service in Northern waters; 1944 Service against Russia in Baltic and in Fleet Training Squadron; 30/4/45 Bombed and sunk Wilhelmshaven D.Y.; broken up 1946.