FRAUENLOB

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

light cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Gazelle

Grouping

IV Scouting Group (Ludwig van Reuter)

Command

Hipper's Arfklärungs gruppe

Builder's Yard

AG Weser dockyards, Bremen under contract name "G"

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

The eigth member of the 10 ship Gazelle class.

Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

22.03.1902

Completed date

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Commission date

17.02.1903

Year laid down

1901

Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

The name of the ship means "Praise women".

Sister ships

Frauenlob was 8th member of 10 ship class

Eventual Fate

Torpedoed and sunk May 32st 1916

Jutland result

At 21:15 Frauenlob encountered British 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron and briefly engaged (weather was poor and so only Stettin and Munchen fired for any time). Later the Seydlitz and Moltke passed too close forcing the entire Scouting group to veer off. This reactionthen brought them into contact with the British 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron (Godenough) and they engaged at 2,800 yards. Torpedoed by HMS Southampton at 22:35. 6" fire then set her aft deck afire. Accounts of the death and wounded vary. In one, she went down with 12 officers and 308 men. There were 9 survivors.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Fregattenkapitän Georg Hoffman

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

270

Officers

14

Ratings

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Killed

320

Wounded

1

Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

3,108 long tons

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

344.5

Length (mtrs)

105

Beam (ft)

40.7

Beam (mtrs)

12.4

Draught (ft)

16.4

Draught (mtrs)

4.99

Max. Speed (knots)

21.5

Range (miles)

5,100 miles at 12kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

Carried 700 tons coal

Propulsion

2 shafts, 2 triple expansion steam engines putting out 8,000 ihp

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

0.79" - 0.98" (20 to 25 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

2" (50 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

3.1" (80 mm)

Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

10.5 cm SK L/40 guns

No. Primary Turrets

5

Guns (No.barrels)

10

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

150 (1,500)

Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

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Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

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Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

12,200

Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

17.7"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

450

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

320 killed (Campbell p. 281 details this as 12 officers and 208 enlisted men).