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Pages in category "World War I cruisers of Germany" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
These ships, the last protected cruisers built in Germany, provided the basis for the armored cruisers that were built starting at the end of the decade. [3] All of these ships were intended to serve both as fleet scouts and overseas cruisers, since Germany's limited naval budget prevented development of ships optimized for each task. [4]
The cruiser SMS Konigsberg and the gunboat SMS Geier were based in German East Africa. The East Asia Squadron (Kreuzergeschwader or Ostasiengeschwader Vizeadmiral Graf Maximilian von Spee was based at Tsingtau and comprised two heavy cruisers, a light cruiser and two gunboats; the cruisers SMS Leipzig and SMS Nurnberg were at sea. With the ...
A significant increase in speed compared to earlier armored cruisers was obtained by replacing old triple-expansion steam engines with more powerful steam turbines; Von der Tann was the first large German warship to be fitted with turbine propulsion.
List Click on headers to sort columns. List of cruisers of World War I Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Achilles Royal Navy Warrior armored cruiser 13,550 22 April 1907 sold for scrap 9 May 1921 Adamastor Portuguese Navy unprotected cruiser 1,729 3 August 1897 decommissioned 16 October 1933, scrapped April 1934 Admiral Makarov Imperial Russian Navy Bayan ...
The first battlecruisers were designed in the United Kingdom, in the first decade of the century, as a development of the armoured cruiser, at the same time as the dreadnought succeeded the pre-dreadnought battleship. The original aim of the battlecruiser was to hunt down slower, older armoured cruisers and destroy them with heavy gunfire.
SMS Königsberg ("His Majesty's Ship Königsberg ") was the lead ship of her class of light cruisers built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). [a] Named after Königsberg, [b] the capital of East Prussia, she was laid down in January 1905, launched in December of that year and completed by June 1906.
The protected cruisers, the first of which were the two Irene-class vessels, were laid down starting in 1886. [3] The protected cruisers evolved into more powerful vessels, culminating in Fürst Bismarck, Germany's first armored cruiser. Fürst Bismarck was laid down in 1896, a decade after the first German protected cruiser. [4] [a]