Karlsruhe class of light cruisers was a pair of two ships built for the German Imperial Navy before the start of World War I. The ships—SMS Karlsruhe...
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SMS Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the Karlsruhe class built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). She had one sister ship, SMS Rostock;...
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SMS Karlsruhe (1916), Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1916, scuttled 1919 German cruiser Karlsruhe, 7,200 ton Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1927 sunk...
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Karlsruhe was a light cruiser, the second member of the Königsberg class, and served from November 1929 to May 1938, and again from November 1939 to April...
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Magdeburg and Karlsruhe-class cruisers) were faster but maintained a lighter 104 mm main armament compared to their British Town-class counterparts. With...
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cities: Königsberg, Karlsruhe, and Köln, all built between 1926 and 1930. These ships were the first of the Reichsmarine with a modern cruiser design; their...
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SMS Wiesbaden (category Wiesbaden-class cruisers)
ship, SMS Frankfurt; the ships were very similar to the previous Karlsruhe-class cruisers. The ship was laid down in 1913, launched in January 1915, and...
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The Cöln class of light cruisers was Germany's last class commissioned before her defeat in World War I. Originally planned to comprise ten ships, only...
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SMS Rostock (category Karlsruhe-class cruisers)
was a light cruiser of the Karlsruhe class built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). She had one sister ship, SMS Karlsruhe; the ships were...
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end of World War I. The class comprised Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Emden, and Nürnberg, all of which were named after light cruisers lost earlier in the war...
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SMS Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the Königsberg class, built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during World War I. She was named after the...
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SMS Frankfurt (redirect from German cruiser Frankfurt)
ship, SMS Wiesbaden; the ships were very similar to the previous Karlsruhe-class cruisers. The ship was laid down in 1913, launched in March 1915, and completed...
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when the British cruiser HMS Dublin arrived on the scene. The Graudenz-class cruisers were very similar to the preceding Karlsruhe class, being of similar...
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The La Motte-Picquet class were a planned series of light cruisers for the French Navy and named after French admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la...
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The Leipzig class was a class of two light cruisers of the German Reichsmarine and later Kriegsmarine; the class comprised Leipzig, the lead ship, and...
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SMS Karlsruhe (1912), World War I German light cruiser, launched 1912 SMS Karlsruhe (1916), Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1916 German cruiser Karlsruhe...
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and Leipzig classes were built between 1926 and 1935. These six cruisers all saw combat during World War II; two, Königsberg and Karlsruhe, were sunk during...
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Oleg (Russian: Олег) was the 4th and final Bogatyr-class protected cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Oleg was laid down at the Admiralty Shipyards...
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Nicholas; Crawford, Kent (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". Warship International. 44 (1). Toledo: International Naval Research Organization:...
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The Magdeburg class of light cruisers was a group of four ships built for the Imperial German Navy. The class comprised SMS Magdeburg, the lead ship,...
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Köln was a light cruiser, the third member of the Königsberg class that was operated between 1929 and March 1945, including service in World War II. She...
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German light cruiser that was operated between 1929 and April 1940, including service in World War II. She was the lead vessel of her class and was operated...
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Nürnberg was a German light cruiser of the Leipzig class built for the Kriegsmarine. She was named after the city of Nuremberg and had one sister ship...
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Blücher was the second of five Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (lit. 'War Navy'), built after the rise of the Nazi Party...
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Yahagi (矢矧) was an Agano-class cruiser which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Yahagi was the third of four vessels completed...
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of the 1920s were originally classed as light cruisers until the London Treaty forced their redesignation. Heavy cruisers continued in use until after...
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different directions. Suffolk followed Karlsruhe, and Craddock ordered the light cruiser Bristol to intercept her. Karlsruhe's faster speed allowed her to quickly...
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Karlsruhe (1916): Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1916 Karlsruhe (1927): 7,200 ton Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1927 Karlsruhe (F223):...
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The Graudenz class of light cruisers was a class of two ships built for the Imperial German Navy. The class comprised SMS Graudenz and SMS Regensburg....
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The Descartes class comprised two protected cruisers of the French Navy built in the early 1890s; the two ships were Descartes and Pascal. They were ordered...
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