Bremen-Class
First Expanded Production Light Cruiser Class - 7 ships built (1904-1907): Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin, Lübeck, München, Leipzig, Danzig. Improved Gazelle design: larger (3,250 tons vs. 2,644), faster (23.5 knots vs. 22.3). 10× 10.5cm guns. Established German light cruiser standard for WWI. Notable losses: SMS Leipzig sunk at Battle of Falkland Islands (8 Dec 1914, 315 killed), SMS Bremen scuttled at Zanzibar (10 Aug 1914). Most served as commerce raiders and High Seas Fleet scouts. Demonstrated successful light cruiser concept.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 3278 t
- Displacement (full)
- 3816 t
- Length
- 364.5 ft
- Beam
- 43.6 ft
- Crew
- 288
- Ships built
- 7
- Commissioned
- 1904-1907
- Decommissioned
- 1914-1929
Performance
- Top speed
- 22 kn
- Range
- 4270 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 10× 10.5cm (4.1-inch) SK L/40
- Secondary guns
- 2× 4.5cm landing guns
- Torpedoes
- 2× 45cm
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (deck only)
- Deck
- 20-80mm
- Fire control
- Optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 19.63
- Research cost
- 1,727
- Credit cost
- 13,741
Notable
- First expanded production light cruiser class (7 ships)
- Improved Gazelle design (larger, faster: 23.5 knots vs. 22.3)
- First German light cruisers to serve as commerce raiders (WWI)
- SMS Leipzig: Sunk at Battle of Falkland Islands (8 Dec 1914, 315 killed)
- SMS Bremen: Scuttled Zanzibar (10 Aug 1914)
- Established German light cruiser standard for WWI