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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Leipzig was the lead ship of her class of light cruisers built by the German navy. She had one sister ship, Nürnberg. Leipzig was laid down in April 1928...
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1914 SMS Leipzig (1918), a Cöln-class cruiser that was cancelled before completion in 1918 German cruiser Leipzig, a Leipzig-class cruiser during World...
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The M-class cruisers were a class of light cruisers planned, but never built, by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine before World War II. The ships were designed...
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German light cruiser of the Leipzig class built for the Kriegsmarine. She was named after the city of Nuremberg and had one sister ship, Leipzig. Nürnberg...
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The Monmouth class was a ten-ship class of 10,000-ton armoured cruisers built around 1901 to 1903 for the Royal Navy and designed specifically for commerce...
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the cruisers of the Reichsmarine were old enough to permit replacement; Emden, the three Königsberg-class cruisers, and the two Leipzig-class cruisers were...
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The La Galissonnière-class cruisers were commissioned by the French Navy in the 1930s. They were the last French cruisers completed after 1935, until the...
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The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) of the first half of the 20th century...
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The Scharnhorst class was the last class of traditional armored cruisers built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). The class comprised two...
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ships of the Bremen class served in a variety of roles, from overseas cruiser to fleet scout to training ship. Bremen and Leipzig were deployed to the...
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been named SMS Leipzig, after the Battle of Leipzig: SMS Leipzig (1875), a Leipzig-class corvette SMS Leipzig (1905), a Bremen-class cruiser that was sunk...
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SMS Leipzig ("His Majesty's Ship Leipzig") was the sixth of seven Bremen-class cruisers of the Imperial German Navy, named after the city of Leipzig. She...
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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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Köln (1930–1945) Leipzig-class cruisers (8,000 tons, 9 × 150 mm guns) Leipzig (1931–1946) Nürnberg (1935–1945) Deutschland-class cruisers (10,800 tons, 6...
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War. It served as the primary armament for the Königsberg class and Leipzig-class cruisers. No surplus weapons of this type appear to have been used as...
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East Asia Squadron (redirect from East Asiatic Cruiser Squadron)
Scharnhorst-class cruiser SMS Scharnhorst SMS Gneisenau Dresden-class cruiser SMS Emden Bremen-class cruiser SMS Leipzig Königsberg-class cruiser SMS Nürnberg...
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The Irene class was a class of protected cruisers built by the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1880s. The class comprised two ships...
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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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submarines Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers Königsberg-class cruisers Leipzig-class cruisers M-class minesweepers PA-class patrol ships R boats Sperrbrecher...
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tender Leipzig: Leipzig-class corvette, launched 1875 Leipzig: 3,300 ton Bremen-class light cruiser, launched 1905 Leipzig: Cöln-class cruiser, launched...
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outbreak of war forced their cancellation. The six cruisers of the Emden, Königsberg, and Leipzig classes all served in World War II, and only one—Nürnberg—survived...
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Königsberg class, sometimes referred to as the K class, was a class of light cruisers of the German Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine. The class comprised...
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SMS Scharnhorst (redirect from German cruiser scharnhorst)
an armored cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. She was the lead ship of her class, which included...
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HMS Glasgow (1909) (category Town-class cruisers (1910) of the Royal Navy)
HMS Glasgow was one of five ships of the Bristol sub-class of the Town-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century...
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Takao-class heavy cruisers, active in World War II with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). These were among the largest and most modern cruisers in the...
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HMS Cornwall (1902) (category Monmouth-class cruisers)
10 Monmouth-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was assigned to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of...
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1921. Five more ships of the Königsberg and Leipzig classes were built between 1926 and 1935. These six cruisers all saw combat during World War II; two,...
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cm SK C/25 guns used as the main armament of the Königsberg- and Leipzig-class cruisers. It shared the earlier gun's design with a loose barrel, jacket...
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23.5 Germany Königsberg-class cruiser 3 9 × 149.1 mm (5.9 in) C/25 900 lb (0.41 t) 28,100 25.7 8 Germany Leipzig-class cruiser 2 9 × 5.9" 15 cm SK C/25...
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