ROSTOCK

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Karlsruhe

Grouping

2nd Scouting Group

Command

Hipper

Builder's Yard

Howaldtswerke, Kiel

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

12.11.1912

Completed date

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Commission date

04.02.1914

Year laid down

1911

Year launched

1912

Year completed

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Commission Year

1914

Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

scuttled on the way back from Jutland

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Fregattenkapitän Otto Feldmann

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

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Officers

18

Ratings

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Killed

14

Wounded

6

Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

6,191

Artefacts Data

2 Deck guns and assorted gunnery and engineering equipent (Thyyboron Sea War Museum, Denmark).

Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

466' 62

Length (mtrs)

142.2

Beam (ft)

44' 11"

Beam (mtrs)

13.7

Draught (ft)

17' 8"

Draught (mtrs)

5.38

Max. Speed (knots)

29.3

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

2 shafts driven by two steam turbines rated at 26,000 shp.

Armour Main Belt

2.4" (60 mm)

Deck Armour

60 mm

Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

3.9" (100 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

12

Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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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

120 mines

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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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

20"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

500 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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