SMS Leipzig (1918)

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Leipzig p1
Ship data
flag German EmpireGerman Empire (Reichskriegsflagge) German Empire
Ship type Small cruiser
class Cöln class
Shipyard AG Weser , Bremen
Build number 235
Launch January 28, 1918
Whereabouts Not completed, broken up in 1921
Ship dimensions and crew
length
155.5 m ( Lüa )
149.8 m ( KWL )
width 14.2 m
Draft Max. 6.43 m
displacement Construction: 5,620 t,
maximum: 7,486 t
 
crew 559 men
Machine system
machine 14 × water tube boilers
2 × steam turbine
Machine
performance 		31,000 PS (22,800 kW)
Top
speed 		27.5 kn (51 km / h)
propeller 2 three-winged ⌀ 3.5 m
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 18-60 mm
  • Deck : 20-60 mm
  • Collision bulkhead: 40 mm
  • Ammunition socket : 20 mm
  • Command tower: 20–100 mm
  • Shields: 50 mm

The second SMS Leipzig was a small cruiser of the former imperial navy. This should be used as the fifth ship of the Cöln class . The name was chosen to commemorate the small cruiser Leipzig sunk in the sea ​​battle near the Falkland Islands . Due to a lack of material and personnel, construction was stopped seven months before completion. On November 17, 1919, the Leipzig was removed from the list of warships. In 1921 the ship was sold and demolished.

literature

  • Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945 . tape 1 : Armored ships, ships of the line, battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, gunboats . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8 , p. 143 .
  • Gerhard Koop, Klaus-Peter Schmolke: Small cruisers 1903-1918. Bremen to Cologne class. Volume 12: Ship classes and ship types in the German Navy. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7637-6252-3 .