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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