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Konigsberg
Light cruiser
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Specifications
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Konigsberg was a light
cruiser of the K class in the German Kriegsmarine.
Her sisterships were Koln and Karlsruhe.
Her keel was laid in Wilhelmshaven on 12 April
1926. She was launched on 26 March 1927 and commissioned
on 17 April 1929.
Following a number of foreign visits in the
1930s, the ship operated along the Spanish coast
from November 1936 to January 1937 during the
Spanish Civil War. Her design and construction
rendered her poorly suited to commerce raiding
or deep-water operations, and when war broke
out in September 1939 she was assigned to duty
as a torpedo training ship in the Baltic and
subsequently used for mining operations in the
North Sea (Operation "Westwall").
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| Ordered |
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| Laid down |
12. April 1926 |
| Launched |
26. March 1927 |
| Commissioned |
17. April 1929 |
| Decommissioned |
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| Fate |
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| Displacement |
8350 tons |
| Length |
174 m |
| Width |
16,8 m |
| Draft |
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| Armament |
9 x 15 cm SK/L 60 -
C/25 in ever three triple turrets with turntable
carriages LC/25,
2 - 6 x 8.8 cm L/76 in double carriages /30 (10.5
cm), 8 x 3.7 cm L38 C 30 in double carriages,
8 x 2 cm L/65 C 38 in single carriages C/30, 12
x 50 cm (1934 53.3 cm) |
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| Speed |
10 knots |
| Propulsion |
68,200 wps/1.800 hp |
| Range |
19 kn - 5700 sm |
| Complement |
21 officers & 493 NCOs & Crew |
| See Also |
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