Kolberg-class cruiser
Appearance
SMS Kolberg
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Class overview | |
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Operators | Imperial German Navy |
Preceded by | Nautilus class |
Succeeded by | Magdeburg class |
Completed | 4 |
Lost | 2 |
Scrapped | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kolberg-class light cruiser |
Displacement | 4,362 metric tons (4,293 long tons) |
Length | 130 m (426.5 ft) |
Beam | 14 m (45.9 ft) |
Draft | 5.4 m (17.7 ft) |
Installed power | 19,000 ihp (14,000 kW) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 4 shafts, 2 sets of Germania Steam turbines 15boilers |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 367 |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 12 × 1 - 105 mm (4.1 in) guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes |
Armor | list error: <br /> list (help) Deck: 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) Gun shields: 50 mm (2 in) Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in) |
The Kolberg class was a group of four light cruisers built for the German Imperial Navy and used during the First World War.
Ships in class
- SMS Kolberg
- SMS Cöln
- SMS Mainz
- SMS Augsburg
Literature
- Gerhard Koop/Klaus-Peter Schmolke, Kleine Kreuzer 1903-1918, Bremen bis Cöln-Klasse, Band 12 Schiffsklassen und Schiffstypen der deutschen Marine, Bernard & Graefe Verlag München, 2004, ISBN 3-7637-6252-3
External links
Media related to Kolberg class cruiser at Wikimedia Commons