Karlsruhe-Class
Fast Light Cruiser Design - 2 ships built (1914): Karlsruhe, Rostock. Enhanced Magdeburg design: faster (28.5 knots), waterline belt armor (60mm), increased torpedo armament (4× tubes vs. 2×). 4,820 tons, 12× 10.5cm SK L/45 guns. SMS Karlsruhe: Famous Caribbean raider (Aug-Nov 1914), sank 16 Allied merchant ships, lost to internal magazine explosion (4 Nov 1914, 263 killed, 146 survivors). SMS Rostock: High Seas Fleet flagship, sunk at Battle of Jutland after torpedo damage (1 Jun 1916, 14 killed, 559 survivors).
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 4900 t
- Displacement (full)
- 6191 t
- Length
- 466.5 ft
- Beam
- 44.9 ft
- Crew
- 373
- Ships built
- 2
- Commissioned
- 1914
- Decommissioned
- 1914-1921 (sunk)
Performance
- Top speed
- 29.3 kn
- Range
- 5500 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 12× 10.5cm (4.1-inch) SK L/45
- Secondary guns
- 2× 5cm SK L/40
- Torpedoes
- 4× 50cm
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 60mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 20-80mm
- Fire control
- Optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 46.3
- Research cost
- 9,167
- Credit cost
- 32,410
Notable
- Fast light cruiser design (28.5 knots trial)
- Enhanced Magdeburg design with waterline belt armor
- Increased torpedo armament (4× tubes vs. 2×)
- SMS Karlsruhe: Famous Caribbean raider (Aug-Nov 1914), sank 16 Allied ships
- Karlsruhe: Lost to internal explosion (4 Nov 1914, 263 killed)
- SMS Rostock: Sunk at Battle of Jutland (1 Jun 1916, 14 killed)