Königsberg-Class (1907)
Enhanced Light Cruiser Design - 4 ships built (1907-1908): Königsberg, Nürnberg, Stuttgart, Stettin. Improved Dresden design with steam turbines (24.1 knots). 3,400 tons, 10× 10.5cm guns. SMS Königsberg: Famous East Africa raider, sank HMS Pegasus (20 Sep 1914, Zanzibar), trapped in Rufiji Delta (Oct 1914), hunted for 8 months, scuttled after bombardment (11 Jul 1915). SMS Nürnberg: East Asia Squadron, sunk at Battle of Falkland Islands (8 Dec 1914, 327 killed, 7 survivors). Stuttgart and Stettin survived WWI.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 3390 t
- Displacement (full)
- 3814 t
- Length
- 378.3 ft
- Beam
- 43.3 ft
- Crew
- 322
- Ships built
- 4
- Commissioned
- 1907-1908
- Decommissioned
- 1914-1929
Performance
- Top speed
- 23 kn
- Range
- 4900 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 10× 10.5cm (4.1-inch) SK L/40
- Secondary guns
- 8× 5cm SK L/40
- Torpedoes
- 2× 45cm
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (deck only)
- Deck
- 20-80mm
- Fire control
- Optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 19.29
- Research cost
- 1,698
- Credit cost
- 13,503
Notable
- Improved Dresden design (smaller, more economical)
- SMS Königsberg: Famous East Africa raider (1914-1915)
- Königsberg: Sank HMS Pegasus (20 Sep 1914), hunted for 8 months
- Königsberg: Scuttled in Rufiji Delta (11 Jul 1915) after being trapped
- SMS Nürnberg: Sunk at Battle of Falkland Islands (8 Dec 1914, 327 killed)
- SMS Stuttgart: Survived WWI, scrapped 1920