Leipzig-Class
Improved Königsberg Design - 2 ships built (1931-1935): Leipzig, Nürnberg. Enhanced Königsberg-class: wider beam (53.5 ft vs. 50.2 ft) for better stability, same armament (9× 15cm guns in triple turrets, 32.5 knots). 6,710 tons. Enhanced AA armament (up to 28× 2cm by 1944). Leipzig: Torpedoed by British submarine Salmon (13 Dec 1939, bow damage, 20 months repair), limited WWII service, surrendered 1945, scuttled with chemical weapons (July 1946, North Sea). Nürnberg: Battle of Barents Sea (31 Dec 1942, damaged by HMS Sheffield), Soviet war prize 1946, served as Admiral Makarov (1946-1959).
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 8100 t
- Displacement (full)
- 8382 t
- Length
- 580.7 ft
- Beam
- 53.5 ft
- Crew
- 850
- Ships built
- 2
- Commissioned
- 1931-1935
- Decommissioned
- 1945-1946 (both sunk)
Performance
- Top speed
- 32 kn
- Range
- 5700 nm at 19 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 9× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK C/25 (3× triple turrets)
- Secondary guns
- 6× 8.8cm SK C/32 AA
- Torpedoes
- 12× 53.3cm (4× triple mounts)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 50mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 20-40mm
- Fire control
- C/28 fire control system with stereoscopic rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 148.64
- Research cost
- 81,752
- Credit cost
- 104,048
Notable
- Improved Königsberg design (wider beam for better stability)
- Enhanced AA armament (up to 28× 2cm by 1944)
- Leipzig: Torpedo hit by British submarine (13 Dec 1939, damaged)
- Nürnberg: Battle of Barents Sea (31 Dec 1942, damaged by HMS Sheffield)
- Leipzig: Sunk by scuttling (July 1946, North Sea with chemical weapons)
- Nürnberg: Soviet war prize, served as Admiral Makarov (1946-1959)