Kolberg-Class
First L/45 Gun Light Cruisers - 4 ships built (1910): Kolberg, Mainz, Cöln, Augsburg. First German light cruisers with improved 10.5cm SK L/45 guns (longer barrels, better accuracy). Faster (27.5 knots vs. 24.1), heavier armament (12× guns vs. 10×). 4,362 tons. Battle of Heligoland Bight (28 Aug 1914): SMS Mainz sunk by HMS Liverpool (89 killed, 284 survivors), SMS Cöln sunk by British battlecruisers (512 killed, no survivors). SMS Kolberg and Augsburg survived WWI.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 4362 t
- Displacement (full)
- 4915 t
- Length
- 428.1 ft
- Beam
- 45.9 ft
- Crew
- 373
- Ships built
- 4
- Commissioned
- 1910
- Decommissioned
- 1914-1930
Performance
- Top speed
- 25.5 kn
- Range
- 4400 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 12× 10.5cm (4.1-inch) SK L/45
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- 2× 50cm
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (deck only)
- Deck
- 20-80mm
- Fire control
- Optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 21.99
- Research cost
- 1,935
- Credit cost
- 15,393
Notable
- First German light cruisers with improved 10.5cm SK L/45 guns (longer barrels)
- Faster than predecessors (27.5 knots trial vs. 24.1 knots)
- Increased armament (12× guns vs. 10×)
- SMS Mainz: Sunk at Battle of Heligoland Bight (28 Aug 1914, 89 killed)
- SMS Cöln: Sunk at Battle of Heligoland Bight (28 Aug 1914, 512 killed)
- SMS Kolberg and Augsburg: Survived WWI