Emden (1925, Single Ship)
First Post-Versailles Treaty Cruiser (Unique Design) - Single ship commissioned 1925. First German cruiser built after Versailles Treaty restrictions. Unique design: 5,400 tons, 8× 15cm SK C/25 guns, 29.4 knots. First oil-only firing, first geared turbines. Named after famous WWI raider SMS Emden. WWII service (1939-1945): Mine-laying operations in North Sea and Baltic. Last German cruiser to survive WWII, scuttled in Heikendorfer Bay (3 May 1945) to avoid Soviet capture. Raised 1949, scrapped.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 5300 t
- Displacement (full)
- 6990 t
- Length
- 508.9 ft
- Beam
- 46.6 ft
- Crew
- 630
- Ships built
- 1
- Commissioned
- 1925
- Decommissioned
- 1945 (scuttled)
Performance
- Top speed
- 29.5 kn
- Range
- 5300 nm at 18 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK C/25
- Secondary guns
- 3× 8.8cm SK L/45 AA
- Torpedoes
- 4× 53.3cm (added 1940s)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 50mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 20-40mm
- Fire control
- C/25 fire control system
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 49.91
- Research cost
- 9,882
- Credit cost
- 34,937
Notable
- First post-Versailles Treaty German cruiser (1925)
- Unique design (single ship, not part of class)
- First German cruiser with oil-only firing
- First German cruiser with geared turbines
- Named after famous WWI raider SMS Emden
- WWII mine-laying operations (1939-1945)
- Survived WWII, scuttled in Heikendorfer Bay (3 May 1945)
- Last German cruiser to survive WWII