SMS Nuremberg (1916)
Ship data | ||
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Construction designation: | Replacement Thetis | |
Ship type | Small cruiser | |
Ship class | Königsberg class | |
Keel laying : | December 1914 | |
Launching ( ship christening ): | April 14, 1916 | |
Commissioning: | February 15, 1917 | |
Builder: |
Howaldtswerke Kiel construction number: 595 |
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Crew: | 475 men | |
Building-costs: | k. A. | |
Fate: | July 7, 1922 as a target ship in the Isle of Wight sunk | |
Sister ship | ||
SMS Koenigsberg |
SMS Emden SMS Karlsruhe |
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Technical specifications | ||
Displacement : | Construction: 5,440 t Maximum: 7,125 t |
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Length: |
KWL : 145.8 m over all: 151.4 m |
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Width: | 14.2 m | |
Draft : | 6.3 m | |
Machinery: | 10 coal-fired boilers and 2 oil-fired double-ended boilers 2 sets of steam turbines |
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Power: | 31,000 PSw | |
Number of screws: | 2 three-leaf Ø 3.5 m | |
Shaft speed: | ??? 1 / min | |
Top speed: | 27.5 kn | |
Driving range: | 4850 nm at 12 kn | |
Fuel supply: | 350 - 1340 t coal 150 - 500 t heating oil |
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Armament | ||
Rapid fire cannons 15 cm L / 45 | 8th | |
Anti-aircraft guns 8.8 cm: | 2 | |
Torpedo tubes Ø 50 cm | 4th | |
Mine capacity | 200 |
The SMS Nürnberg was a small cruiser of the Imperial Navy . She was the fourth and last ship of the Königsberg class and named after the small cruiser SMS Nürnberg of the same name , which was lost in the sea battle on the Falkland Islands .
After her testing, the Nuremberg came to the II Reconnaissance Group and was used in the outpost and security service in the North Sea . In October 1917, she took over the escort for transporters at " Operation Albion ", the occupation of the Baltic Islands . On November 17, 1917, she took part in the second naval battle near Helgoland , where she received a few light hits and had one dead and nine wounded. After a thorough overhaul of the shipyard from March to May 1918, mainly mining operations followed until the end of the war.
After the end of the war, the Nürnberg was interned in Scapa Flow . Your scuttling on June 21, 1919 failed. The British were able to loosen the chain from the anchor (slip) and put the ship on the ground in shallow water. It was recovered and subsequently used as a target ship . As such, the Nürnberg was finally sunk on July 7, 1922 near the Isle of Wight .
Commanders
Rank | Surname | period of service |
Frigate Captain / KzS | Walther Hildebrand | February 1917 - January 1918 |
FKpt | Hans Quaet-Faslem | January - July 1918 |
FKpt | Wolfgang Wegener | July - December 1918 |
Lieutenant captain | Günther Georgii | Internment Commander |
literature
- Gerhard Koop / Klaus-Peter Schmolke, Kleine Kreuzer 1903–1918, Bremen to Cöln Class , Volume 12 Ship Classes and Ship Types of the German Navy, Bernard & Graefe Verlag Munich, 2004, ISBN 3-7637-6252-3