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| 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. 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. |
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| Nautilus-class |
| There was 2 ship in this class; NAUTILUS, ALBATROS. |
| Builder: AG Weser, Bremen Displacement: 2208t designed, 2506t full load. Length: 315ft 7in (96.2m) waterline, 331ft (100.9m) overall Beam: 36ft 9in (11.2m) Draught: 14ft 5in (4.4m) Propulsion: 2-shaft VTE, 4 Navy boilers, 6,600 ihp Speed: 20 knots Complement: 201 to 208 Armament: Eight 3.45in (8.8cm) SKL/45 guns, 200 mines
NAUTILUS: Laid down:
1905, Launched: 20 August 1906, Commissioned: 19 March 1907, Broken up:
1928 On 2 July 1915, Albatross, the
light cruiser Augsburg, and three destroyers were en route to lay
mines in Russian waters when the ships were attacked by four Russian
cruisers—the armored cruisers Bayan, Admiral Makarov, and
light cruisers Bogatyr and Oleg. Augsburg escaped
while the three destroyers covered her retreat. Albatross was
severely damaged and forced to beach on the Swedish island of Gotland.
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