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Kolberg-class cruiser

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SMS Kolberg
Class overview
Operators Imperial German Navy
Preceded by Nautilus class
Succeeded byMagdeburg class
Completed4
Lost2
Scrapped2
General characteristics
Class and typeKolberg-class light cruiser
Displacement4,362 metric tons (4,293 long tons)
Length130 m (426.5 ft)
Beam14 m (45.9 ft)
Draft5.4 m (17.7 ft)
Installed power19,000 ihp (14,000 kW)
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4 shafts, 2 sets of Germania Steam turbines
15boilers
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement367
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12 × 1 - 105 mm (4.1 in) guns
2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
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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

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

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