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Emden
Light cruiser
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Specifications
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The German light cruiser Emden
was the only ship of its class. The third cruiser
to bear the name Emden was the first new warship
built in Germany after World War I.
Ordered in 1921, construction was delayed first
by Allied objections to the design and then
by the German hyperinflation in 1923. The original
design had the eight 6-inch guns installed in
four twin-turrets and would have made Emden
one of the most advanced cruisers of her time.
But the Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany
the development of new weapons, including new
turrets. Like most navies, the German navy had
never before used twin-turrets for such small
guns. All previous designs were for 8-inch or
larger guns and were too heavy for a 6000-ton
cruiser as allowed by the Treaty. This forced
a redesign of the ship with the less effective
single-gun turrets, making Emden look very similar
to her WWI predecessors.
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| Ordered |
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| Laid down |
08.December.1921
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| Launched |
06.January.1925
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| Commissioned |
15.October.1925 |
| Decommissioned |
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| Fate |
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| Displacement |
7,102 tons |
| Length |
155,10 m |
| Width |
14.30 m |
| Draft |
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| Armament |
8 x 15 cm-SKC 25/L 45
in single carriage MPL C/16, 2 x 8.8 cm-C/32 L/45
single carriage,
4 x 3.7 cm-C 30 in single carriages, 11 x 2 cm in
two Vierlings and three single carriages,
4 x 50 cm ( 1934 12 x) |
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| Speed |
29,4 kn
knots |
| Propulsion |
46,500 wps |
| Range |
18 kn -5,290 sm |
| Complement |
19 officers & 464 NCOs & Crew |
| See Also |
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